Ok Ok, I guess I better clear the air about my previous post. I didn't know people would pay that much attention to it.

1) In no way, form, or fashion am I system or person bashing. I actually sat at the same dinner table as Guro Carl and the rest of the Atienza crew after the CSC tournament. I know that they are great people. I also know that all FMA is great.

2) This is a personal rant of mine. I know I'm a beginner and I know where I stand in the martial arts world. I know I'm a nobody. One of the reasons I wrote this is because I want people to see what it is like being a woman in martial arts, and on top of that, being a nobody. I have 2 strikes against me already, don't you agree?

Also, when people ask me how I did, I can't feel proud to tell them that I made it to the top 8 because it seems like a FARCE. How would you, as men, feel everytime you tried to tell people who look up to you that you only got to the top 8 because someone let you win? I may be young, inexperienced, and a woman, but like everyone else at the tournament, I put in time, I worked really hard, and I was ready to go down just like everyone else. And it's not like Texas is that close to California. I didn't know who Carl Atienza even was before or while I was fighting him.

3) I probably will not be attending the Cold Steel Challenge next year. I've been twice and that seems to have been too many. So I guess none of this even really matters. I didn't intend to anger anyone. This is just my personal weblog.