Sunday, December 7, 2014

Unbound

"To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent: To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire and Victory."

  Percy Bysshe Shelley: 1820  Prometheus Unbound, act 4, l.570-8.     


     One footstep.  The turn of a key.  A thousand miles.  Doorways opened. Challenge accepted.

Liz Tracy left for Southern California today to start training full time for her MMA career.  She is tentatively scheduled to join Team Oyama (home of current stars such as Carla Esparza and Ian McCall).  She leaves behind her family, friends, and community to pursue her dream of one day having her hand raised as a professional MMA champion for a major promotion.

 
 
 
You can follow her journey here.  Pictures, videos, quotes, and anecdotes will be available as her training commences. 
 
Here is a message from the Titan herself:
 
 

 
 
 
Stay tuned for more! 

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