TFC Weekly Member Update ~ June 16th to 22nd 2025

It’s getting colder, darker and harder to train.  At this time of the year taking your foot off the gas is tempting.

Combat sports is not seasonal, it’s year round, day in, day out of looking for the 1% better.  And sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards.

What doesn’t get you any closer to your training goals though, is skipping the hard days.

Turning up on the hard days is where you switch from being motivated, to being disciplined.  When turning up becomes a part of your identity, then you’re truly starting to adopt a fighter’s mindset.

In Episode 2 of our weekly member update I chat with Jarvie about the places that need to be filled for Fight Camp 7, and we introduce our new Member Sign Up packs.

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By Lorina Thompson.

Some would say it’s a big week for TFC, but around the gym it’s business as usual.

I think the whole team has learned the psychology behind what ‘staying ready’ really means.  So, although we have Darcy Vendy defending his Eternal MMA Middleweight title on the Gold Coast this Saturday night, the vibes are the same – turn up, do the work.

If fighting is like the ocean, than the goal is always to find calm seas, despite the undercurrents of adversity.  Getting excited for the next big wave will only make it harder to ride the crash of returning back to homeostasis – even, calm.

That’s the goal.

Fighting is not an event for the athletes, it’s their job.  The event is for the spectator.  So behind the scenes we keep working.

• FINAL ENTRIES

  There are still spots to be filled for Fight Camp 7.

  If you’re thinking about doing it, now is the time.  Fight Camp 7 will be your only opportunity in 2025.

  We have heaps of chats with people around the gym who say they wanna do a Fight Camp, but they don’t think they’re ready.

  I always think that’s crazy, because everything you get taught on the mats at TFC is literally to get you ready for opportunities like this.

  Or any opportunity that shows up for you.  It’s a huge part of a fighter’s mindset, to be ready for whatever comes at you.

  So if you’re that guy that always says ‘next time’ here’s a light read to take you out of your head, and see how that really sounds in the big scheme of things.

  ~

  Dear Next Time, 

  You always show up when I’m not ready, and honestly, I’m starting to think that you’re doing it on purpose.

  Seriously.  My work is all over the place and I just can’t seem to get on top of life at the moment.

  It’s overwhelming and I’m struggling with my mental health.

  And then you show up and I’m not ready.

  I said I’d do things differently this time, but how can I when you turn up at the most inconvenient time?

  I’ll just get these things sorted, and then I’ll do it Next Time.

  Yours sincerely,
  That Guy.

  ~

  Dear ‘That Guy’, 

  I’m sorry that you’re so upset with me.  I guess I should know better, I meet people like you often.

  You ask for me, you invite me in, and then when I show up you change your mind.

  What I wish you understood, is that, if you had the courage to let me in you would see how I make everything else fall into place.

  Instead, you make me wait outside your door.

  And I have to watch as your whole life passes by, until you come back to the door, only to find that I’m not there anymore.

  Don’t be that guy.

  Posters are up all around the gym guys, or jump on the link RIGHT HERE and submit your interest for Fight Camp 7.

• NEW MEMBER SIGN UP PACKS

  Get your hands on a new member sign up pack, so that you can find the information you need, when you need it.

  Continuing on the TFC tradition of consistent forward motion and innovation, we are introducing a new member sign up pack.

  In a TFC branded manila folder you’ll find an A4 booklet insert with a full table of contents and QR codes that will take you directly to any information you might need as a student at TFC.

  The past iterations of this have included our online member portal, a series of emails over your first 30 days, and a play list of information videos on You Tube.

  What we haven’t done before though, is actually hand you something physical at the desk when you sign up, that you can take home and keep on hand whenever you need it.

  We encourage all members, new and current to grab a pack at front desk.  You might just learn something you didn’t know before.