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MMA FIGHTER AND KUNG FU ACADEMIC

WORLD

CHAMPION

KUNG FU

11

MMA FIGHTS

23

YEARS OF

TRAINING

BLACK

BELT

KARATE

PROFILE

Me in Thailand

MMA Fighter - Kung Fu Practitioner - Academic

Born in the Czech Republic, I fell in love with martial arts in 1999. My journey has taken me from Shotokan Karate to Hung Kuen Kung Fu and now Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). I am a seasoned MMA fighter on the brink of turning pro, a professional Muay Thai fighter, a World Champion in Kung Fu, and a proud holder of a black belt in Karate.

In pursuit of my love for Kung Fu, I relocated to Hong Kong eight years ago to further my studies and earn a Ph.D. in Sports Psychology. In 2022, I made the move to Thailand to train professionally in MMA.

Now, at the age-defying point of my career, I fight professionally out of Bangtao Muay Thai and MMA at the age of 35.

11 amy MMA fights

2-1 Proffesional Muay Thai

Sport Psychology Ph.D.

Karate Black Belt

World Champion,

European Vice-Champion, and multiple National Champion in Kung Fu

Intermediate MMA Women Award, Thailand

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Nationality

Czech

Residency

Thailand, Phuket

 

Weight Class

57 and 61 kg

 

Gym

Bangtao Muay Thai and MMA

Education

Ph.D.

 

MY JOURNEY

I started training in martial arts in 1999. I spent my childhood in a dojo, training in traditional karate. After I reached the 1st-degree black belt, I also added Chinese kung fu which then took over my life.

In 2015 I board a plane to Hong Kong with my backpack, scared to death. In the years before I visited Hong Kong, the center of Southern Chinese martial arts to compete. But now I decided to move here to study directly from one of the best practitioners of the Hung Kuen style, Wong Chung Man Sifu. I saw the depth of the knowledge kung fu has in Hong Kong and since my love for martial arts drew all my main life decisions, I thought: either I stop training, or I move over there. And so I did. 

The first years were pure survival. I started working at learning centers because even though I had two degrees in Education, I could not land a job at a school. Those were terrible jobs and I knew they would be, but they were my ticket to Hong Kong. So I worked in a tiny overcrowded room without windows. My first few flats were small too: I could easily touch opposite walls at the same time. My first flat: no kitchen, so my flatmates used to cook in the bathroom. Cocraches loved that.

As time was passing by, I kept applying to the Doctoral program and eventually got it. I got to research martial arts from a psychological point of view. All those years I was training daily, competing and winning the Hong Kong national titles, vice European titles, and a World Championship title.

My gyms were a public park and my sifu's school, filled with lion heads and weapons.  Around that time I started to spar at boxing gyms, sanda gyms, and eventually MMA gyms. Thanks to a crazy idea, I flew to Thailand to spend a week training there and I met George and Frank Hickman, who changed my opinion on MMA. I kept coming back as often as I could, and from a crosstraining opportunity, it became a full-time career dream.  When Covid hit, gyms in Hong Kong were often closed and so I kept training in the parks like I used to. Finally, in 2022 stars aligned and I had a short window opportunity to move from Hong Kong to Thailand. Within a month I left my kung fu home, packed my things and my dog, I flew to Phuket. So here I am in Thailand, training full time striking, wrestling, BJJ, and fighting as often as I can with the best people in my corner. I am truly blessed.

WHO AM I

A Geek at Heart.

I love Star Wars and Harry Potter, but if I have to decide, I would rather be a Jedi. 

A voracious reader, I read various genres including fantasy and science fiction, marketing, self-improvement, and spirituality.

A proud Corgi parent. My furry companion is a Covid puppy who joined me in my move from Hong Kong. He's my family here in Thailand.

I am always hungry.

Weight loss isn't too terrible for me since I can feel the positive impacts of eating clean have on my body and mind, and I appreciate how I feel. But I do enjoy a wonderful chocolate cake, hot pot, burger, or any type of milk tea.

My dog Taco
Me with ketchup
Me and my dog Taco
Posing during a weight cut
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