Last Updated on November 13, 2013.
By:Bobby Price – TSMMA Seaford
Tiger Schulmann’s has truly helped get my life back!! It made me so strong mentally that I was finally able to deal with my terrible adversities with a strong mind.
I want people to hear my story, even though it is a personal one I feel it should be told. So much of what happens to your body can affect it mentally as well as physically. So let me not beat around the bush, I was a guy for years that had his life in complete order and did everything by the books and as far as my training goes I was in out of gyms for years. So I was always in pretty good shape, ate well and never drank or smoked. But this was until back in 2010 when tragedy struck in my life. My Mother died of a sudden heart Attack. This was one if not the hardest experience I have ever went through and had hoped it was the last.
In the following year of 2011 my Marriage of 20 years had come to an end. I had to endure a painful and completely heartbreaking divorce. At this point I was so completely hurt I did not think anything else could get worse, but I was wrong. The year after that my father passed away of a heart Attack. So within 3 years my wife and parents were painfully gone and taken from my life. I have to be honest I wasn’t sure where to go or how to go about handling these life changing of events. They had completely knocked me down and I could not get up. The stress alone was eating away at me and I Iost about 20 lbs in the process (Not healthy weight) and looked like death myself.My DJ Company I had owned for 20 years was falling apart and did not have the energy to try and saved it. I had 3 children who needed me and I just could not get a grip on my own life. What was a solid life up until 2010 had fell apart just like that in an instant.
I can not describe the feeling I got when I got to class other than I felt that this was a place where I was meant to be.
So in April of 2011 a friend had talked me into Meeting Sensei Belluomo the instructor of the TSMMA Massapequa which is now the Seaford school. So I decided to sit and watch a class and even began thinking about taking a free trail class. So I decided I was going to take the plunge and I joined Tiger Schulmann’s. I can not describe the feeling I got when I got to class other than I felt that this was a place where I was meant to be. I felt that I actually belonged here and that my training here really meant something to me and even the people around me. I was started gaining this amazing discipline of being able to control my life. I was starting to put some muscle weight back on.
I was started gaining this amazing discipline of being able to control my life. I was starting to put some muscle weight back on.
Training under Sensei Belluomo made me feel I could do anything. He would constantly talk to me and boost my confidence to never give up every chance he could. I developed a relationship with all my class mates and we would look out for each other. I felt like I had a purpose in life again and even started to smile again and in turn my training regimen began to get better and better. So I am now going on my second year, I am sound mentally as well as physically. I was in shambles when I walked in the office 2 years ago, today at 52 years old I am doing things I thought I never do. I am in tip top shape, I even have my fellow classmates saying to me “Hey Price your looking good out there”. I take 4 classes a week and I’m loving it, My discipline in class as well as on the outside of class is excellent. My DJ Company has made its way back mainly from my huge gain of self confidence. Even on top of that I now landed a new job as Security at a hospital and my relationship with my children is better than ever.
On top of that I am in the best shape of my life, which I thought could never even be possible at the age of 52.
Tiger Schulmann’s has truly helped get my life back!! It made me so strong mentally that I was finally able to deal with my terrible adversities with a strong mind. On top of that I am in the best shape of my life, which I thought could never even be possible at the age of 52. So for those you out there that don’t think it possible to come back from adversity, or to even use something as kickboxing as a way to build strength through the mind as well as body, I am full proof that YES it can be done. Let Tiger Schulmann’s help, this is not about one or two classes, it’s a change in lifestyle and a true path to happiness as it was for myself and this is a path I intend to pursue for the rest of my life.
So for those you out there that don’t think it possible to come back from adversity, or to even use something as kickboxing as a way to build strength through the mind as well as body, I am full proof that YES it can be done.
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Bobby Price