Hello everyone! My name is Melissa and I am this year’s Secretary, nice to meet you all!
As Secretary I am mainly responsible for taking meeting minutes and answering emails, but I will also be helping out with organizing activities.
I am 20 years old and I lived in the Netherlands for my entire life. This year I will be in my first year again of European Studies at Zuyd Hogeschool. My hobbies include listening to music, hanging out with friends, travelling, doing sports, watching Youtube or Netflix and my big, big passion is martial arts.
I joined Kinran only last year, but before joining Kinran, I was active for over 7 years in Shaolin Kempo, with my highlight being my European title at the European Championships Shaolin Kempo of last year and qualifying for the world championships in the same year. Getting to the level of blue belt and winning multiple prizes, gave me a background in martial arts before joining karate, but in a different art. For me it therefore also was no doubt to join Kinran, because I wanted to continue practising martial arts when I moved to Maastricht.
By now, Kinran to me means family. We have a super fun group of people, always wanting to help each other out. In for a good laugh but also working hard to get to a higher level. It’s always a lot of fun to train together and improve. Everyone helps and supports one another and I believe that’s one of the best parts of being part of Kinran.
If you have any questions regarding Kinran, doing martial arts or anything else, feel free to approach me or contact us in a different way. And I hope to meet you at our trainings!
Stay protected!
