Alona’s training in martial arts
Author: Альона ꑭ Шевченко
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🥋MARTIAL ARTS - 🧵
I think training very actively (up until Feb) helped me loads in terms of coping with all the emotions over the last few months
That's what I was mostly training for - Brazilian jiu-jitsu in particular develops you as a person and keeps you humble
@cryptodrftng @PaulNiland You already sounded pretty badass with your tweets...and now with the gloves.. completes the picture 😉🇺🇦👊🇺🇦
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Btw, jiujitsu entered my life the same weekend I jumped out of a plane🤣
Back in autumn 2019, I skydived to raise funds for a UK-based charity supporting 🇺🇦 children - www.ukrainecharity.org: Ukraine Charity - Helping disadvantaged children in Ukraine
Skydiving wasn't scary at all - awesome experience which I can't wait to repeat
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When I got back from Cambridgeshire to London after this, I felt too tired to go to that self-defence workshop I'd booked and almost didn't go, but then last moment changed my mind.
.@VisAxel @ngc_alex 🤪 https://t.co/p5xsePFTqI https://t.co/BWeTD6Jw9n
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At that workshop I absolutely fell in love with jiujitsu and signed up to the school
My friends were making jokes like "Alona is clearly preparing to join the army or something - jumped off the plane and is learning how to fight🤣"
Now I'm in the Digital Forces of Ukraine😂
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Brazilian jiujitsu (BJJ) is not the kind of thing you can make serious progress in if you train once week.
I was very dedicated to it - not because I want to be great at fighting, but because I really enjoy it, which helped me get through some difficult times in life
✨I trained Brazilian jiujitsu for over 2 years, almost every day before the full scale invasion started. I'd often get up at 5am to go to a 7am class and then be at work on time by 9.
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✨A lot of the skills you learn through martial arts can be applied in other areas of life. https://t.co/Xtm60GrDmo https://t.co/nS4b0zsjJM
In spring 2020 when I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, the first question I asked the doctors about was whether I'd still be able to train 🤣
Last summer I almost rejected a job offer because I thought that job would mess with training (it did😅)
1/ In March 2020, just as the pandemic was hitting the UK where I'm based, I was diagnosed with #type1diabetes which is an incurable autoimmune disorder that requires extremely complex care. Exhausted rn but will later post about life with a disability in this 🧵 https://t.co/xdbLpJdyTN https://t.co/p0CNLvx2yH
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Practicing jiujitsu CAN make one a deadly weapon - doesn't mean they will get there 😂
It takes many years of training, and staying humble is critical
Arrogance prevents you from learning from your mistakes and getting better.
Just look at russia as an example:)
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