What Fighting Like a Girl Really Looks Like | Artemis Fight Night · ข่าว Ireland

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Here is the story of a young female fighter, Vicky Ochala, whose journey started with judo at just five years old, a path inspired by her late father. What began as a disciplined childhood routine evolved into a deep passion for K1 kickboxing and full-time training. She opens…

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An unnamed female combat athlete speaks on Combat Confidential about discovering Artemis Fight Night on Instagram and wanting to compete on it. She describes a childhood dream of becoming a professional fighter, starting judo around age five or six after her father encouraged her, and later choosing K1 kickboxing over MMA after falling in love with the sport. She ties training and competition to staying close to her father after his death, and talks about discipline, weight cutting, training full-time with double sessions, and logging workouts in a notebook. She contrasts typical mixed cards where only two or three women's bouts appear with Artemis's model: a card focused on younger amateur women, including fighters brought in from England, Scotland, and elsewhere, which she calls the first of its kind in Ireland and badly needed. She urges younger girls not to be discouraged in male-dominated gyms and says supporters will show up for an all-amateur women's show.

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I started fighting when I was a little girl. Um, my background is judo, so I started that when I was about five or six. So, I found out about Artemis through Instagram. Um, as soon as I seen I wanted to be a part of it, of course, like it's it's a big deal, I think, for for females to be getting so many fights. My dream was always to be like a professional fighter of some sort. And then I found K1 kickboxing. Um, I originally started to get into MMA, like that was always my dream when I was a little girl, but I kind of fell in love with it and stuck to it. My background is judo, so I started that when I was about five or six. My dad passed away when I was younger. It's kind of my way of feeling closest to him when I'm fighting and when I'm competing. It was my dad who really pushed me into judo. Um, it was like pretty straightforward. You know, you have training Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and there's no missing them. even when I didn't enjoy it as much, it was always like that discipline of going you have training them days and that's when you go like I enjoy pushing myself so hard. Sometimes it's a bit tough and you know when you're way cutting and stuff. I enjoy that push and I enjoy that that thrill you get when you actually do something you don't think you're able to do. Anything's possible. Um and I think it's so easy to forget that sometimes especially with social media for younger girls. I actually I love seeing younger girls. I remember when I was that age, I was looking at all these different fighters and like they were so inspiring to me. Like how they went on about their day and what they did, what they ate. Like that was it was so cool at the time. Like that's what I wanted to be. You can be that. Like you if you focus on yourself and keep doing what you love, especially if you love it, it's going to play out for you. I feel like everything's scary at the start. Anything that you do in life, you gain so much from it. Even though it is nerve-wracking and being in a room full of guys and you know like kicking and punching something you've never done before. It's it's scary and it's you feel like everyone's looking at you but honestly no one's there to judge you like everyone has been in your position at one stage and everyone has felt the same. I guarantee that even some guys feel like that coming into a male dominated gym. There's always lovely girls as well who are there and have felt that way so they encourage you even more to keep going. Like when I started I was like straight in. I got the membership. I was in college then at the time and I was kind of low on money. So I was like, "Okay, the more I train, the less the class costs." So I just jumped into it and started training every single day and I just got lost in it. At the moment I'm training full-time. So I have double, you know, double training days and then I have kind of easier days. But I think my hardest training days has to be sparring. Like it has to be sparring. I actually have my notebook. I write down all my trainings in my notebook. So I like list them out during the week when I fight. It is on a male card and there's maybe two or three female fights. Four if you're lucky, but three is kind of even pushing it. Um, but to have a full fight card full of younger girls, aspiring fighters, like it's amazing. What actually I love about Artemis is that she's prioritizing younger amateur girls and bringing them in from England, bringing them in from, you know, different countries and different places over professional fighters who do actually get that spotlight and do get the chance to fight on these regular shows that are on. Um, so definitely wanted to be a part of it. Like it's it's so such a cool concept and it was like it's very needed in Ireland. It's the first one in Ireland where it's just, you know, younger girls, amateur fighters, people coming in from people uh girls getting flown in from from England and Scotland. Like I think it's an amazing amazing opportunity for them and people notice that and they'll be there to support it 100%. That's priceless. Like that's worth all the money in the world. All these girls have supporters and they have family and friends that are there to support them and it's just like any other show. Like it's gonna I think especially like females and people who are interested in sport will be pushing to to go to this show and watch this. Like as soon as I seen it was happening I wanted to be on it. [Music]