Crazy Monkey Alaska

What’s up everybody? I’ve got three table seats for the AFC tonight that are unspoken for, they’re 55 a piece. If anybody would like to join us at our table this evening reach out now!!!!

What’s up Monkey fans!!!! here is the link to Rylan‘s boxing match last Thursday that the judges thought he lost! It was a great fight and we got exactly what we needed out of it except for the W lol but needless to say he was definitely the people champ that night as the crowd disagreed!!

Check it out and tell me what you thought!

https://youtu.be/vFaLHfZBJ-4?si=YNGlztHL4VNLucgp

Updated weigh in pics, Insta cut off Rylans head lol

Couldn’t be prouder!!! Short notice, minimal prep, mix in a little courage, some super GRIT and …. Fighter of the night!!!

Katie by decision! All three judges, 29-28 for the W!!! Katie did an amazing job controlling the pace, show casing her defensive skills and dictating where the fight went. A solid showing!!! Girls got hands!

Let’s Gooooooo!!! It’s been over 5 years since her 1st match but Katie is back in the ring tonight at

Come out and show some love and support!!!

Whats up everybody? Well… obviously the fight didn’t go as we planned but I still couldn’t be prouder of Rylan, This was a big step up in competition for his 1st pro fight and he didn’t hesitate. Regardless of the outcome he was the man in the arena and that takes courage most don’t possess. That being said, we did want to take a minute and address the outcome, thank supporters, and set the tone for what comes next.

From Rylan; “Training camp was strong. Preparation was dialed in. I was ready. We had a solid game plan, and were fully ready to execute it. Unfortunately, something came up last minute that took me out of the mindset I needed to perform at my best. That’s on me. No excuses, just honesty.

Thank you to everyone who believed in me, showed love, and had my back. Your support and belief in me means everything. I promise, you’re going to see the version of me you were expecting. I owe it to all of you, and I owe it to myself. This journey is far from over.

“To my opponent, thank you for the opportunity. It was an honor to share the cage with you. Know this isn’t the last time our paths will cross. We’ll see each other again soon.”

Thank you to and all the AFC fans!!

As a father, I agree completely!  Nobody ever has the right to put their hands on you!! defending yourself is respecting yourself! Boundaries are important!!

I had a student years ago who was given in-school suspension for defending herself. The story was simple:

A boy pushed her.
She told him to stop.
He grabbed her wrists.
She told him to stop.
He didn’t.
So she dropped him with a clean, sharp kick that ended the discussion.

I wrote about it then because it mattered, and here I am again, because it’s happened again, with another young girl who did everything right and still paid the price for it.

Different year. Different school. Same broken system.

She didn’t escalate. She didn’t provoke. She didn’t act out of anger. She defended her boundaries when the adults tasked with protecting her refused to.

And what’s her reward? Suspension.

So what’s her takeaway supposed to be? What are other girls supposed to learn? What about kids who freeze because they’ve spent their whole lives being told to wait for help that isn’t coming?

Zero tolerance is the abdication of responsibility masquerading as policy.

It’s a shortcut for people who don’t want to think, don’t want to lead, and don’t want to apply nuance. It creates victims and emboldens the very behavior it claims to deter.

Telling a child they’re wrong for defending their own body is one of the fastest ways to create an adult who second-guesses themselves when it matters most.

Not here.

Here, we teach kids to fight when the moment calls for a fight.

Sometimes that means working harder to get into a trade school or college. Sometimes it means asking for a raise. Sometimes it means confronting depression. Sometimes it means stepping in for someone weaker. And sometimes, like in this case, it means slapping the kid who didn’t understand the word stop.

Self-defense isn’t violence. Self-defense is agency.
Agency is something we will never punish.

By the way, I’m picking up something for her this week: a gift card, a note, something simple. Not as a reward for fighting, but as a reminder of this:

She wasn’t wrong.
She wasn’t the problem.
And she damn sure isn’t alone.