Most people, have at some point in their lives, tried the martial arts.
Some have gone the traditional route (think Karate, Kung-Fu, Tae Kwon Do); and some have gone a bit non-traditional. MMA, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, etc.
There's no best style. No most effective style. And there are a lot of personalities (to be made fun of for sure... )
So what do you train? Or what did you train?
34+ years here. Started when I was 11 years old in Tae Kwon Do. Moved on to Ninjutsu (seriously... it was the damn 80's). Then into Karate. Was a black belt by the time I went into the Army, got another while I was in.
Then in 92 I fought in my first "bare knuckle", "no holds barred", "value tudo" fight (as it was known back then). And got my ass soundly beat like a school girl, by a Muay Thai fighter. With whom I started training with two weeks afterwards. I've never looked back at another striking art.
In 95 I got into grappling via Submission Wrestling under the tutelage of a former Olympic Wrestler, turned Chiropractor who went by the name Obake. Started doing PR, helping with business "stuff" at his gym and was contacted by the manager of a very high ranked Brazilian Jiu-jitsu professor in 96. Got hooked on BJJ from then on. I stayed with that BJJ man, named Master Ricardo Murgel until 2007. He lived with me for a couple years, and the training was intense. He's a monster on the mats; and seriously lethal to this day in his 60's.
Helping out at that gym exposed me to other arts too. One that stuck was Kali/silat. Nasty stuff, and supplements exceptionally well with BJJ and Muay Thai, especially the "military" version of Muay Thai called Krabi Krabong. Having a knife handy to compliment BJJ and Muay Thai makes for a hell of a scrap.
And finally, around 2007, I started working with an old friend, named Kru Kevin Jacobs. this is perhaps one of the most deadly men I've ever met; and one of the very few who can teach the "old style" Muay Thai, commonly referred to Muay Boran nowadays. Now I'm a devotee of the "old style". This version of Muay Thai was banned in Thailand because it was, and is so nasty.
Then there are the guns.... love the guns... I'm an old Army Infantry guy. So.... lots of time placing booger hooks on bang buttons.
Who's next?
Some have gone the traditional route (think Karate, Kung-Fu, Tae Kwon Do); and some have gone a bit non-traditional. MMA, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, etc.
There's no best style. No most effective style. And there are a lot of personalities (to be made fun of for sure... )
So what do you train? Or what did you train?
34+ years here. Started when I was 11 years old in Tae Kwon Do. Moved on to Ninjutsu (seriously... it was the damn 80's). Then into Karate. Was a black belt by the time I went into the Army, got another while I was in.
Then in 92 I fought in my first "bare knuckle", "no holds barred", "value tudo" fight (as it was known back then). And got my ass soundly beat like a school girl, by a Muay Thai fighter. With whom I started training with two weeks afterwards. I've never looked back at another striking art.
In 95 I got into grappling via Submission Wrestling under the tutelage of a former Olympic Wrestler, turned Chiropractor who went by the name Obake. Started doing PR, helping with business "stuff" at his gym and was contacted by the manager of a very high ranked Brazilian Jiu-jitsu professor in 96. Got hooked on BJJ from then on. I stayed with that BJJ man, named Master Ricardo Murgel until 2007. He lived with me for a couple years, and the training was intense. He's a monster on the mats; and seriously lethal to this day in his 60's.
Helping out at that gym exposed me to other arts too. One that stuck was Kali/silat. Nasty stuff, and supplements exceptionally well with BJJ and Muay Thai, especially the "military" version of Muay Thai called Krabi Krabong. Having a knife handy to compliment BJJ and Muay Thai makes for a hell of a scrap.
And finally, around 2007, I started working with an old friend, named Kru Kevin Jacobs. this is perhaps one of the most deadly men I've ever met; and one of the very few who can teach the "old style" Muay Thai, commonly referred to Muay Boran nowadays. Now I'm a devotee of the "old style". This version of Muay Thai was banned in Thailand because it was, and is so nasty.
Then there are the guns.... love the guns... I'm an old Army Infantry guy. So.... lots of time placing booger hooks on bang buttons.
Who's next?
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