{"id":10590,"date":"2014-06-04T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/?p=10590"},"modified":"2015-05-04T11:16:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T16:16:08","slug":"reflections-summer-camp-instructor-blake-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/10590\/reflections-summer-camp-instructor-blake-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections of Summer Camp Instructor: Blake Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CI-MMA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CI-MMA-266x300.png\" alt=\"Cadet instructor belays at the rappel tower\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CI-MMA-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CI-MMA.png 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a>For the majority of my life I have not had to work for things as much as I should have.\u00a0 However, when I came to MMA, I saw a big door open for opportunities to work.\u00a0 Most cadets say they just want to help out and earn rank by being a cadet instructor (CI).\u00a0 I too agree with this, but being a CI is much more than helping others and earning rank.\u00a0 Being a CI improved my leadership skills and made me more confident about what I am capable of doing.\u00a0 This is the reason why I chose to work as a cadet instructor.\u00a0 I enjoyed telling others what to do and helping them along the way.\u00a0 It feels good to take charge of something and manage it the way I desire, but at the same time I know that I must handle my responsibilities correctly.\u00a0 Being a leader has its ups and downs.\u00a0 One must handle the downs to maintain the ups.\u00a0 This is what I learned from being a cadet instructor at MMA.\u00a0 By learning all the things I have learned at MMA, I have gained self-assurance.\u00a0 I know that I can be a leader as long as I put forth effort.\u00a0 The rest will take care of itself.<\/p>\n<p>-Blake Moore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the majority of my life I have not had to work for things as much as I should have.\u00a0 However, when I came to MMA, I saw a big door open for opportunities to work.\u00a0 Most cadets say they just want to help out and earn rank by being a cadet instructor (CI).\u00a0 I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonials"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10620,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590\/revisions\/10620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summer-camp-mma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}