๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ช๐ต ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ช๐ท โ๐๐ฑ๐ธ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ช๐ปโ ๐๐ธ๐ท๐ญI first met Alan Pond in 2017 in #BMAEX#ISKA Championship in #Labuan. After interviewing him, I really felt inspired by this wily old man ( actually heโs only 2 years older than me ), but Alan will always say he is 27!
The challenges he goes through to win his โ๐ ข๐ ฃ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ง-๐ ๐ ข๐ ๐ belt,โฆ hospitalized for food poisoning day before his weigh-in, anxiety from his loss of luggage from the flight and mental stress from his pending court case for his marital issues,โฆ but Alan fought through it all & won his belt beating a much younger opponent.Again in 2018, he was back in Labuan & took home another ISKA Cสแดแดแดษชแดษดsสษชแด belt. Ever the entertainer and gives out positive vibes. he made sure he put on a good show for the fans.Back home in Australia, he builds up the local communities by imparting good martial arts values & his knowledge of techniques to local kids. He is also very supportive of other promotions & travels around to help in events to ensure the combat sports industry grows.Although I knew him only a short few years, but his spirit gave me a lasting impression. Itโs so heart โ breaking to know that he has pass on.
๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐,๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐โ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ. ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ & ๐ท๐จ๐น๐ป๐,โฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
May his legacy lives on in my story:
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