The Muay Thai to Boxing transition

One of the hurdles I have to tackle is my long history with Muay Thai boxing.
Muay Thai boxing involves kicking, any part of the body, knee's, elbows and all sorts. I remember my Thai boxing trainer once saying that the aim of the game is to simply obliterate the opponent’s entire body. It's all attack attack attack.
So with the switch to boxing everything changes. Like with my stance where as previously I would be on my toes, getting ready for a kick or to defend any kicks with my shins now I am having to keep my feet firmly on the ground strong and solid.
My guard has to stay up at all times where as with Thai I could be lazy at times and let me long legs do most of the work.
This I find has been the most challenging hurdle with my training for models fight night because my old ways are natural to me and I have to unlearn what I know so well.
I do love to learn and test myself and my limits and I am enjoying the challenge, BRING IT ON.
I've been told this makes me more dangerous that although I am taking it seriously it is also all play and fun for me. Life is one big game and I am playing it to the end.

My training progress!!

I am really enjoying my training for Models Fight UK. It has given me a new focus and determination in my life. I now believe that having a goal and a something to focus my attention on has benefits that I underestimated before now.
In the past I have often found myself a little lost with the direction in which I am going with my life and at times steer off course but I have found that having just this one significant goal to focus on has over spilled in other aspects of my life to help me stay focused and on course.
Of course the health benefits are a massive plus as my body is feeling fitter and stronger which in turn keeps my head strong too.
I am one of those girls whom other girls hate because I don't actually need to keep fit, I am just naturally very slim as I have a very high metabolism and tend to keep my weight really low without actually having to do anything however I am also mutually aware of the fact that perhaps I will not be graced with this LUCK forever and at some point age will kick in and things might start expanding and drooping in places I would prefer things not to haha.
I have for some time now had every intention to get back into fitness so that I will keep fit and maintain a good physique for my later years but intentions are just that, intentions and unfortunately lots of other things got in the way of me actually following them through and so having signed up for the Models Fight Night has given me the MUST that I needed to get motivated.
I actually trained as a personal trainer with the YMCA a few years back and so I frustrate myself because I have all the knowledge but lack the motivation to back it up so now my fitness knowledge is really being put into good use. I know that if I were to do some form of exercise every day for six months after this time my body would have to continue to train every day for the rest of my life, it would become a way of life, a natural inbuilt mechanism that is as natural as breathing. This is the place I vision myself in after the event in September.

Model's Fight Night

My latest news is that I have signed up for a boxing match on september 1st at an event called models fight night. Its all for an amazing cause to raise money for the Katie Piper foundation. There is also a tv show being made for sky which is exciting stuff :-))))
I've really been training hard and I can feel the amazing benefits to getting back into the swing of fitness, I do declare I have been a little lazy of late but now I am back on it like super tonic and loving it loving it loving it, tee hee hee.
I started Muay Thai boxing 16years ago and the hardest part of the boxing training is having to unbreak old habits for example the stance for boxing is a lot different to that of Muay Thai and I am having to learn a whole new worls of dodgeing and diving alongside having to resist the natural impulse to kick, knee and elbow which I am finding the hardest task of all grrr When I am confronted with an apponent I go into fight or flight mode and its as if my body just takes over and the hits come from all over the gaff, from all my body parts lol, I am having to be very dissiplined and keep certain body parts to myself.
wish me luck guys x x x