I don’t like to fight people
but you can’t get by without budding
my mom named me after Queen as Inga from
Angola she was a warrior queen
I met Peter Westbrook when I was 9 Peter
Westbrook is a legend in u.s. fencing he
fence at a time when black fencers were
banned from the New York Athletic Club
and started a foundation to introduce
inner-city kids to fencing
I never felt out of place there a lot of
people don’t get the chance to learn
discipline I learned it at an early age
my mom used to make me do push-ups in
the kitchen when I got in trouble I
wouldn’t want to leave the sport without
something that represented how much of
my energy I put into it
fencing’s always on my mind
when I friends
I visualized it talk to myself through
the about touch by touch work for one
touch don’t hesitate
make sure your steps are slow push well
close the distance
take the plate pressure
hard to find motivation to do this
everyday
I was around ulti my club that were on
national teams on Olympic teams
and I saw what they were doing I saw how
hard they were training
I saw them bring back metals
it’s your responsibility to give back
medal at the Olympics it would show so
many little kids that just because
you’re underrepresented somewhere you
don’t see someone that looks like you
doing this doesn’t mean it’s impossible
I’m a product of all the Peters love
and
you
but you can’t get by without budding
my mom named me after Queen as Inga from
Angola she was a warrior queen
I met Peter Westbrook when I was 9 Peter
Westbrook is a legend in u.s. fencing he
fence at a time when black fencers were
banned from the New York Athletic Club
and started a foundation to introduce
inner-city kids to fencing
I never felt out of place there a lot of
people don’t get the chance to learn
discipline I learned it at an early age
my mom used to make me do push-ups in
the kitchen when I got in trouble I
wouldn’t want to leave the sport without
something that represented how much of
my energy I put into it
fencing’s always on my mind
when I friends
I visualized it talk to myself through
the about touch by touch work for one
touch don’t hesitate
make sure your steps are slow push well
close the distance
take the plate pressure
hard to find motivation to do this
everyday
I was around ulti my club that were on
national teams on Olympic teams
and I saw what they were doing I saw how
hard they were training
I saw them bring back metals
it’s your responsibility to give back
medal at the Olympics it would show so
many little kids that just because
you’re underrepresented somewhere you
don’t see someone that looks like you
doing this doesn’t mean it’s impossible
I’m a product of all the Peters love
and
you
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