I missed May & June is nearly over...
Been kicking it a lot w/ my Muay Thai fam lately, definitely trying to up my training a bit. For what, we'll see what the future holds maybe a mixed martial art event which just means stand-up & ground work/submission grappling, possibly a gym-to-gym sparring event, or even a smoker fight but we'll see. It'd be cool to be part of the M-1 fight team, even though my teammates consider me an
honorary member, it would still be pretty sweet solidify & earn a spot.
Which brings me to a more humorous aspect of being part of the fam bam, nicknames. Everyone has a nickname or a "fight" moniker. We actually had a discussion about it the other night, my coach and a few of the guys were asking what my nickname is or should be, & I had no idea. I am pretty sure I am not allowed to bestow a nickname upon myself. I feel like the names that actually stick are given to a person with inspiration in or supporting it.
I've been called a lot of things; Shortie, KC, Toes, Funk Master, Cougar, Hot Pocket, Chongy, Kim Chee, Kimberellasita, Sunshine, Rainbow Ninja (which has conversely been turned on the nickname-or as he is now the "Secret Rainbow Ninja") but nothing "fight" worthy. Some of the ideas the guys were throwing around were crazy it went from; Green Munchkin [no way], to Green Fairy [if you let me fight in a green tutu], to Green Hornet [Bruce Lee], to Midori, to Midori Sour, LOL nickname brainstorms are hilarious. As the guys were reflecting upon their own nicknames and those of our teammates they thought of one fighter and queried about his nickname, "what's Sheldon's nickname?" As far as I know he didn't have one but immediately someone said, "he's 'Handsome Rob'." & everyone agreed, we were like, "yeah, he's totally Handsome Rob" & that's how nicknames should be...they catch on like wildfire. It got me thinking, I don't really have any outstanding attributes, quirks [I think, in my case it may be that I have TOO many quirks for any one to be extraordinary], or a particular fight style to have earned myself a nickname & knowing me it's going to be something ridiculous rather than flattering but hey I don't complain about nicknames cuz they could always be worse. Besides, if it represents me what else can I do except laugh at myself cuz it will probably something truthful.
There was nothing wrong about the nicknames being suggested, I just thought they were too long or something. I can't imagine anyone calling me "Kimmie The Green Fairy Chong" or being greeted as, "Hey Green Hornet," or "Hey Midori Sour, how are you doing?" maaaaaaybe it's just me but I don't see it happening.
One of my teammates texted me yesterday, apparently he had been contemplating the whole "Kim's nickname thing" he said he found one and I was presented with, "Katsumi." He defined this name as Victorious Beauty and I had to look it up [of course, I am a paradoxical gullible skeptic] and via Google search and ultimately Wikipedia results produced one definition of Katsumi as "win, beauty" depending on the Kanji and also Kastumi is the name of a porn star so I might have to decline.
I'm not sure how people would think of me or describe me to their friends, the little one, freckles, loud, or the one who always dances [poorly mind you]. I guess if I was forced to dub myself w/ a nickname it would be something like Little Monster [however, I think that also happens to be the Fan Name of Lady Gaga's minions]...I'm really not sure how this nickname thing is going to go but hopefully it will be something cool to fit in w/ the rest of the team: Mr. Perfection, Shoots, Yoda, Duke, Duchess, Banger, First Lady, etc etc.
Weirdly yours,
-K
