How Boxing Transformed My Outlook On Life | Refinery29
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2018
- Before discovering her true passion, Mia Kang was a successful model signed with an agency. After feeling the repeated pressure of having to look a certain way in order to model, she had enough and on her vacation to Thailand, Mia found Muay Thai boxing. Watch this video to see how far Mia has come! #WillFindsAWay
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What have you had to overcome in order to follow your dreams? Let us know in the comments!
Refinery29 I had to ignore people that said i couldn't do it, then i achieved it
Letting go of toxic people and putting me first ❤️
Ever since I was a kid, I always loved music- especially viola!(yeah I’m aware of the viola jokes, but the instrument had such a human quality and rich tone^^). Unfortunately, I lived in a rural area, so there weren’t any teachers! So when my dad came home with a violin he found at a neighbor’s(a really old tiny one perfect for the 5 yr old me) I decided to try and teach myself! It wasn’t a cello or viola, but worked well. After a while, we moved to another state- I was 11 at the time, and found a real teacher! Her students were all so talented and I was jealous, but that drove me to try harder...it also gave me a lot of stress and fury. To make matters worse, my peers and other teachers told me it would be too hard to be a violinist and then laughed more when I corrected ‘viola’. But my teacher somehow believed I would be determined enough to be a musician! I had to overcome jealousy, mute out everyone else, and compete against myself. In the end, the results were better, and I ended up being accepted in a conservatory in St.Petersburg when I turned 14!!! (Irony. I auditioned for violin with the Tchaikovsky violin concerto for my violin major, and when I played them the Hoffmeister viola concerto for my viola MINOR class they switched me immediately😂)
Thanks for sharing!
+Катрин соён Пак i think thats wonderful that you didnt let anyone break your spirit and you kept on going!..im pretty sure im way older than you and even still i could not ever get what i really want in life!? for some reason i always get in my own way... let me just say i wish you all the best and kp going!
*Step outside your comfort zone, that's where the best stuff lives*
-*Mia Kang*
+niab. #preach
Refinery29 showing women in STRENGTH and POWER is EVERYTHING. I love this video so much
+patricia YAS!!! Thanks for being here!
She's beautiful, both on the inside and outside 💕
Thank you Mia! For being yourself in this video. More girls need someone to look up to like you :) So that they respect their body and cherish their health over what other people think about them. I loved this video. ❤️ Your voice sounds on point too btw 💯
This video is inspirational i’m obsessed with my weight though I weigh only 104 lbs and I feel so conscious about my body all the time this video has waked me up
+ynnguyn1001 Thanks for sharing!
Refinery29 you’re welcome i’d love to
mia is such an inspiration. i'm recovering from an ED and her story encourages and reminds me that there's more to me than just my appearance. thanks for sharing this.
+cocobrazy Thank you for sharing your story & being a part of spreading positivity! :)
anyone who is on the fence about muay thai, go ahead and do it because it will be the best thing you have ever done for yourself! i started muay thai when I was 13 years old and had major anxiety and body issues, within a year and a bit i had lost 25 kilos as well as having 6 sparring matches and one official fight - never sit on the fence about something that is so beneficial to not only your physical health but also your mental health :)
This is super interesting and inspirational!!! Refinery29 has so many interesting and inspiring videos!! 💕💕
+laylah. We love seeing you here for every vid! Thanks for being a part of the #squad!!
This is so empowering! I appreciate this so much 💕
+chaehan & we appreciate YOU!!
She is so beautiful and inspiring ...More power to you ...
Love to refinery29 from india 🇮🇳
I 💜 Boxing and Kick Boxing the best total body workout.
I wanna ask I wanna learn that but they told me my body will look less feminist so I am scared is it right?
I love that there is movement in her stomach. She's real af. She's motivated and she is strong. This is inspiring !
ive always wanted to try boxing. this is the sign i needed!
well this is not Boxing.. this is mma or muay idk why she keeps saying when i started boxing then she throws a kick wtf lol
Star Lord oh shit my bad 😭
@@starlord7125 she is boxing 😭 this is kick boxing
Wanted to try boxing and searched for a motivation and your words and story was everything I Needed thank you Mia💙
This is the best video I've ever seen on this channel.
Gratitude, Mia.
This is the kind of content I need more of. I’m over here by myself cheering for her. I love seeing strong women be bad ass! She makes me want to get back into kickboxing style workouts.
+oddness/weirdness That's so sweet! Stay tuned for more content that empowers women!
I really needed this. Thank you!
Love this, I need to get back into kickboxing it make me feel powerful and confident!
This was incredibly inspiring, and it conveyed such a good message to women everywhere: don't be afraid to step outside your comfort zone. I've never loved a video so much!
+myrtlej Thanks for checking it out!!
Awesome!!
I have been wanting to do boxing for so long. I feel like I've lost control of my body and I want to be strong and confident. So inspiring. I want to definitely find a coach and gym
This channel must be one of the most underrated on youtube!
+christinegrunert Thanks for the love!!
Wow! This was so inspiring!
Wow this is my first time seeing her and now I'm in love w her 💕 her confidence inspires the hell out of me omgfgg I love her already 💕💕💕❤
+almahuerta Same!!
Inspiring ❤️
This is so inspirational
+inciyen Thanks for hanging out with us! :)
LOVE THIS !!!
This was so Inspiring 💪🔥
She's so stunning!
this is very inspirational!!
Needed to hear this today, thank you.
+marys Thanks for watching!! :)
this is crazy! For the past six months this is the type of body that I've been dreaming about. I want to have a Fighter's body
+solisinvictus Same!
I love you and I don't know you...this totally spoke to me! Thank you, Mia.
go girl!!
Thank you booooo!!!!
Yes! We love a strong queen
this is amazing!!!
I agree 100%
Love this ✨🤎 💪💪💪 I am hoping start boxing soon
So encouraging!
+macheliflores 100%!!!
Love these videos. Women rock
Women
Elke x Thank you, I didn't realize I spelled women wrong, so embarrassing for someone who speaks English fluently 😂. 😡 Let stuff go, grammar book
Love this inspiration!
+gavinramjaun #inspo
Beautiful
YES!!! Athletic females stand up!!! 💪🏼🔥
100%
I'm going to start my first boxing lesson this week🥰🥰🥰
Yeah girl!!!
I just want to feel empowered in a way that will affect me in numerous ways. Maybe this is a good direction
Great motivation. 👏
+bridgettebasedo 100%!!!
YASSSSSSS!!!!!
She's so cool
yes queen!
+catbuttcollective YAS!
what a role model
Wow
Now this is POWER...
not what the society says about looking or dressing a certain way....
Super proud of her!
She is beautiful and strong!
She’s beautiful and so empowering
+reioki Agreed! :)
She is a person who one day I would love to meet although I have already spoken to her but sadly I couldn’t go to her retreat in Thailand but I wish I could have. #badasswomen
❤️❤️❤️
Honey YESSSS
I feel like you're just talking about me, one year ago I didn't have self confidence because I was strong and everyone was just like you hands are really hard, your not a girl and they would make fun of me and they made me cry all the time and I never saw that having strong arms and hard hands is a good thing until I started kickboxing everyone there was amazed with how strong I am and how hard my hands are and how strong my body is and everyone there is trying to be like me now and I am really proud of myself now and really confident about my body and how strong it is. I understand every single thing she's saying cause I used to hate how strong I am I thought I wasn't normal but now I knew I was special but everyone was trying to pull me down.
+noursherif Thanks for sharing!!
Models ain’t hot
Strong independent women like Mia taking care of themselves and kicking ass is hot and attractive 😊
YOU GO GIRL 💪💪
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I like the word fighter
Am 27 and Its the first time i fall in love 😍🙊
ok now iam sure i need to do boxe thqnk you
Did any one else read “hot boxing “ or was it just me lmfaoooooo
I've always wanted to try boxing but I'm too scared
If only i could press the like button 19282919 times
I just thought about boxing? Should I go for it and take courses?😬
Go for it girl!! 😊👏👏👏
I want to so bad but theres no where in england, well not in my area at least
Everyone telling me I wasn't good enough
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️
Imma need to see her before and after cause I'm calln bullshit
who wants to tell her that boxing doesn’t involve kicks knees or elbows ...
I do not think I can be a professional fighter. I can take a class. I can cheer you on, tournament. Shout out the dates well in advance.
I wanna practice kick boxing but ppl told me my body will look like men and less feminist so I am scared
go hard. is this boxercise?
hit me with a spinning elbow just so I can get a glimpse of that dump truck
lol but modeling and boxing dont work together very well nice gimmick tho.
ah please woman boxing is so bad