THE CHEMISTRY STUDENT WHO’S EXPLODING!
Like comic-book superhero Spider-Man, Martinez is a chemistry nerd. But unlike Peter Parker, she did not develop her ability to kick butt after being bitten by a radioactive spider. She did it the old-fashioned way — by busting her butt in the dojo.
a best-selling book about performance enhancement written by Malcolm Gladwell, holds that 10,000 hours of determined practice are needed to attain expertise in any endeavor. This translates to about 10 years of training. Martinez first stepped into her parents’ dojo at age 2, so the 22-year-old has put in roughly 20,000 hours of training. This probably explains why Martinez is often twice as good as anyone who steps into the ring with her.
