Asdis Lydsdottir
I found out about Tiger Muay Thai and MMA Training Camp through a newspaper in Iceland where an Icelandic girl talked about her TMT experience. I remembered thinking that this was something I wanted to do and wrote the information down about the camp and kept it. Before I came to TMT, I was in India this year and it was coming to an end so I decided to go to Thailand before heading back home to Iceland. I wanted to learn Muay Thai, get into better shape and loose weight. I remembered about Tiger Muay Thai from that article 5 years ago and I went online, found the camp and booked the first 4 weeks. I was a teen when I last trained hard and competed in basketball so I thought this would be quite a challenge for me.
Honestly, It was at TMT that I first got a glimpse about what BJJ is all about . First I was asking around what it was exactly and people seemed very fond of BJJ. I really wanted to try it since it has been proven to be quite useful in self-defense. I went for the first class and I was horrible but it was fun and exciting.
Well I owe my interest today and the fact that I do BJJ regularly now in Iceland to the private lessons in Tiger Muay Thai. After my first session in BJJ,I really wanted to learn more, at least I have learned the basic locks before I went back home. The private lessons helped me tremendously. Before I felt so uncomfortable rolling with others in BJJ classes because of my lack of experience and understanding of basic locks but today Ive have started to enjoy rolling. Private lessons gave me confidence in BJJ and it has given me confidence in myself and life. I will always treasure what I learned in the lessons because that knowledge was a perfect foundation to built my BJJ experience on. I’m just a beginner still but I’m excited to learn more. It is impossible to talk about my BJJ lessons at Tiger Muay Thai without mentioning my instructor Rafael. Rafael is a first class teacher and a great person as well. His patience has no limits.
Now I am back in Iceland and enrolled myself in a gym called Mjolnir to continue my BJJ lessons. I’m very excited to see how many women are learning BJJ in Iceland.
Learning sports like Muay thai and BJJ gives you confidence and sense of security. I would recommend it to everybody but especially to women. You learn sense of control over your body and in a way the situation around you. It gives you confidence to know what you have the knowledge to defend yourself in a difficult situation. Thank you once again Rafael and Tiger Muay Thai!