Back with 4 gold medals around his neck from the world championships in kenpô, in Turkey at the end of October, the young Bigourdane does not hide his ambitions. Meet.
The look is clear. Above all, he sets a distant horizon, pierces the cage of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts, combat sport combining many disciplines, ranging from judo to Thai boxing, including wrestling, legalized in Franc since 2020) and shows the same assurance. and determination than those with which the young woman sees the future. Morgane Dehaye is only 24 years old, but with the four world championship titles she has just won in Turkey in recent days (see elsewhere), the Bushido member knows what she wants. And how to achieve it.
The gemstone metaphor
It is in the gym of the club, nestled at the end of a parking lot north of Tarbes, that we find the fighter. On the program for his week? Rest, a lot of rest for the Bigourdane, after the six fights she delivered in the different categories offered by one of the amateur kenpô federations, even if the Gamma federation championships are already looming, in MMA exclusively, planned in Berlin in a few weeks. It will be necessary to “retype” in the face of strong competition, always under the colors of the France team. And still seize the opportunity to make oneself known and to build oneself for the future. “I have devoted everything in my life to my career, explains Morgane Dehaye. My goal is to go as high as possible in MMA, and to fight in UFC (the leading professional federation in MMA). materialize, I’m sure, because for that you need three elements: the fighter, the trainer and the manager. It’s a bit like a precious stone: you need the stone, a good stonecutter and a good seller if not your stone, no one will ever see it. If you have that good trio, you can build a good career. ” So, as Morgane gives herself the means, that she has “a coach of excellence” with Lova Randrianasolo, is missing more than the manager, which should happen soon. A realization in UFC would in any case punctuate a long journey for the champion: “I started martial arts at 3 years old at Yoseikan budo, jutsu club. And I have always been a fan of Bruce Lee, of Van Damme and Mohammed Ali “, remembers Morgane who will push the doors of Bushido 65 as a teenager. She now works there as a trainer (graduated in particular from a strong BPJEPS bodybuilding-weightlifting), ideal position to learn more on his discipline and devote himself fully to it. Because the young woman is a perfectionist. And this is not the least of her qualities: passionate of course, disciplined in her everyday life (“MMA is an arms race”), persevering (with bi-daily training sessions. including technical, tactical, mental work, cardio, bodybuilding, but also the management of recovery, nutrition), ambitious and intelligent in the choices of those around her as in the octagon, Morgane Dehaye dreams of registering his name alongside that of Ronda Rousey, the star of the discipline. The fear in all of this, once the cage is closed? “” You have to be afraid, it is a proof of intelligence. But it is rather a pressure that forces us to be better. It’s difficult to get into the cage but the hardest fight is against ourselves, against our doubts, our questioning, our fears of (oneself) disappointing. ”Words which demonstrate that Morgane Dehaye conceives highly the discipline that she practices, and that she can serenely see far.
The different disciplines
Submission kenpô (combat on the ground without submission, we stop debating until obtaining a dominant position, parrie ground of MMA) .Kenpô knock down (punches prohibited in the face, but kicked in the head and brought to the ground Allowed) Full kenpô (like kick boxing, all authorized areas and allowed on the ground). MMA kenpô (a combat sport combining many disciplines, ranging from judo to Thai boxing, including wrestling).
