Ok! I deleted my first post because I had made a complete hash up of explaining, well, everything.
On sunday I entered a mixed martial arts competition, though it was mainly kickboxing and a few karate places, with a few MMA specific ones. Long story short I got beaten easily; completly overwhelmed, especially by the Kickboxers punches. though as I said before, they had just under a couple of stone weight advantage, more experience, and were fighting on their terms (as a side note- is there a definition of semi contact? I dont think they get it, though they were going easy on me- nothing broken!).
The most unfortunate side effect was a black eye (2 actually), which then of course leads not only to being eyed up as a mugger by most of the general public, but being asked to recall the whole debacle by everybody you know and run into for the next week.
Though quitting never really occurred to me; I really did just keep getting up. I dont kick like a muel; but damned if i'm not as stubborn as one!
The whole thing just bought be back down to earth (not so much as with a thud as with being piledrived off a second story balcony); I am half way to blackbelt, NOT. No; I have a lot further to go than that... So I had better get moving fast!
Tags: MMA Kickboxing Loss
Suppose there are worse character traits to have though, like a lack of modesty 
. I think I'll leave it a bit before entering again though, I need to get a lot better at dealing with those close range punches. Even Itf isnt brilliant for that as most people move out after a few punches. 
