Fight for Your Right !

Fight for Fun professionell: Meike Früchtenicht

Seit 1996 bietet der Rauftreff München Raufen, Balgen und Ringen für Frauen (auch mit Männern) als Maßnahme zur weiblichen Persönlichkeitsentwicklung an. Unter dem Motto "Fight for Fun" steht allerdings mehr der Spaß- und Freizeitgedanke im Vordergrund.

Meike Früchtenicht (Jahrgang 69) kämpft auch zum Spaß, allerdings auf einem anderen Niveau. Als international aktive Freistilkämpferin (engl: Grappling) nimmt sie erfolgreich an Spitzen-Turnieren, vor allem in den USA und Brasilien teil und konnte inzwischen den Titel einer Nordamerikanischen Meisterin erringen. Hauptberuflich arbeitet sie als Trainerin und Coach für Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. Dabei bringt sie in ihrem ganzheitlichen Ansatz auch ihre Kampfsporterfahrung mit ein. Vor allem Frauen sind die Zielgruppe ihres mentalen und körperlichen "Fight for Your Right to be Fit" - Trainings.

Meike hat Erfahrung in den folgenden Kampfsportarten:
Boxen, Submission Grappling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai Boxing, Vale Tudo.

Auch sie trainiert gerne mit Männern ;-)

Am 28. und 29. Juni 2003 war Meike zu Besuch beim Rauftreff München. Am 28.06. gestaltete sie zusammen mit der Deutschen Vizemeisterin im Tai Chi Chuan, Annette Minhoff-Friedl, das Gaudi-Raufen beim Freisinger Sommerfest der Sinne. Am 29. nahm sie an unserem Jubiläumstreffen anläßlich unseres siebenjährigen Bestehens teil und führte eine professionelle Trainingssession durch.

Als international tätige Kampfsportlerin und Businnessfrau gab uns Meike das folgende Interview natürlich auf Englisch :-)

1. How has martial arts training affected your career?

   Actually, it has changed my career! When I was 29 I was at a point of my career that I desired a new challenge and so I took a time-out and went to Brazil for three months to learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. From that time on I continued to be passionate about martial arts in different ways.
   First: I am now pursuing my dream of becoming a professional fighter.
   Second: Martial arts have become an integral part of my work as a life-coach. They are one of the most efficient ways of regaining personal strength and health consciousness. I offer personal training and workshops‚ "Fighting for Fun" for high performance businesspeople, artists and musicians. My favorite program (which actually has resulted from my own experience in Brazil) is my ENTERSURPRISE INNOVACATION, a 10 day vacation with delicious healthy food, martial arts training and personal coaching in Salvador, Brazil.

2. Why would you recommend self defense and martial arts training for women?

   It’s a unique way to gain self awareness as well as the confidence and strength to pursue matters you yourself want to do. It creates a sense of independence and balance, where you do not depend on acknowledgement from other people but can communicate who you are and what you want to do.

3. How do you handle everyday life from a self defense point of view?

   I am doing what I want to do, avoiding situations and people I do not like and if I cannot avoid them I am expressive and honest. My strategy is yielding but getting what I want. This requires honest self perception and the courage to express myself.

4. How has martial arts training affected your physical and emotional health?

   Emotionally, martial arts training provides me with a great way of channelling emotions and becoming aware of feelings and the ability to express them in a balanced, understandlabe and calm way. Overall, the training makes me happy! Physically, it has affected myself enourmously: I gained flexibility, endurance and the training keeps me attracted to a healthy way of eating.

5. How have martial arts contributed to your self defense preparedness?

   My perception of dangerous people and situations has improved, and I have gained better judgement of the range of my actions and possibilities. Also, through fighting I learned to identify my fears, then transform them by facing them, which lead me into a status of higher alertness and intensity. I gained the ability to direct my energies better – and in that way I am now better prepared for defending myself in any possible way.

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