How it all started
Solo Fight began with a problem that came up in almost every session I did alone: I knew what I wanted to drill, but I found it hard to stay inside the session.
I have trained in martial arts for many years, and I always wanted to train more. Even when there was no session at the gym, I would look for a chance to work on what I had learned. Sometimes all I had was a little time and a heavy bag, and that was enough to make me want to start. But on my own it was hard to get to the session I actually wanted to do.
Over the years I collected hundreds of combinations from coaches and from various sources. I would come to the bag wanting to drill them, but after three or four I had to stop and read what I had saved on my phone.
With gloves on my hands and my heart rate climbing, that stop took me out of the session. In the end I went back to what I already remembered, and the very things I wanted to learn and keep stayed in the list.
I felt the difference in effort, too. In sparring, when I get tired, there is someone in front of me who keeps going. I have to stay focused, react and keep working. At the bag there is nobody demanding the next response from me. When the fatigue arrives, it is easy to drop the pace without meaning to.
I wanted something around my solo sessions that would help me do what I already wanted to do: remember what I had learned, drill a wide range of combinations, stay inside the session and keep working even when it is hard.
I looked for something like that, and when I did not find it, I started building it for myself.
At first the app was only for my own training. I wanted it to call out instructions, vary the work and give me something to react to, without having to stop in front of the phone.
When I felt how much it helped me train alone, I realised the need was not only mine. Plenty of people want to work outside the gym too, to go over what they have learned and stay sharp, but they need a structure to lead the session.
From there the app started to grow. Disciplines were added, levels, fitness and strength sessions, an academy, videos, challenges and tools for keeping track. But the idea it all started from is the same idea:
Less time in front of the screen, and more time inside the session.
