why mma helps me

The reason i do MMA is because my uncle who I’m really close to is an expert in Muay Thai a and a black belt in Brazilian Jui Jitsu. i grew up watching all my cousins fighting in MMA and i thought it was so cool and i always wanted to do it. I like to fight i don’t know why but it just something that I’m good at and i don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

To make MMA a career would be a dream come true and I’m going to push myself every hour of everyday to make that happen. My youngest brother Austin who passed away loved to watch me train he was so proud of me and he looked up to me so highly as does my other brother nick who i just recently got started doing MMA.

 A lot of people don’t realize the dedication and hard work it takes to make it in this sport. If you don’t train properly and prepare yourself you can get in the cage and come out very hurt. if you don’t know proper defense you can end up with a broken jaw, broken nose, broken arm or a lot of other things. When i turn 18 i plan on competing in fights just to see how far i can take this. The one thing that my baby brother Austin showed me was that you can’t take one day for granted. And I’m going to show him that i won’t do that. i got him watching over me and i know he's going to give me the strength to go the extra mile.

On February 17 2012 my 6 year old baby brother Austin Backschieder passed away. Austin had numerous special needs; he had lung disease, heart disease, epilepsy and many others. I feel like i lost one of my best friends it’s been really hard on me and my other younger brother nick. There’s so many things i feel i never got to do with him, things that would have meant so much to the both of us.

 Even though he had so many special needs he was always smiling nothing could keep this boy down he was always so energetic he really gave a example of beating the odds. Doctors always said he'd never walk well Austin learned to run; doctors said he'd never learn to talk correctly and yet again Austin learned to speak just perfectly fine. If i could go back and hear that little boys laugh just one more time i would do it over and over again. After Austin’s passing I’ve noticed life is to short and family is supposed to be there for each other not fight not argue and not focus on times that we hurt one another.

 all this little boy wanted was to see all his family in one place at the same time and for them to get along hug each other and be there for each other and it is more than terrible that the only time this was possible was at his funeral. i hope my family reads this and realizes that we have to stop or there will be no more family. I’m tired of not having the family reunions and the good times we used to have. we all need to find the love again that’s all Austin wanted and i think we all owe him that much.

R.I.P Austin john Backscheider april 20,2005-february 17,2012.

we all miss you buddy