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The-Don
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Posted by Jackelope

I could have sworn I replied to this but I couldn't find my post when I went through. I've been giving out a lot of advice and I don't want people to think I'm unwilling to share my background.

My background is mostly mix and match because I've moved around a lot (thanks, U.S. Army) but as for official times studied at schools-

Kenpo Karate- 3 years
Wing Chun Kung Fu- 2 1/2 years
BJJ- 1 1/2 years
Enshin Do Karate- 8 months
Wrestling- Middle school through most of high school
MT- 1 1/2 Years

For the past year and a half I've been between one gym and another training MMA whenever I can. I've only recently (for the past 3 months) been able to truly dedicate a major portion my life toward it. I've been training with some pretty well known fighters and a lot of great up and coming talent in the UFC and other orgs.

Unofficially I can say that I've been training Kenpo Karate for about 6-7 years, BJJ for 3 1/2, and Wing Chun for 4. I've fought in several army boxing smokers and many regional school tournaments. Boxing wise I'm not that great, but I hit hard enough to impose my will and can take a decent punch. Kind of like Chris Leben in a sense haha. (Except much prettier!)

As for my medical experience I'm a certified EMT in the state of Arizona and I volunteer my time in the ER and at local fire stations while attempting to get hired as a fireman. (No dice at the time of writing this) In the future I hope to raise my certification to the full on Paramedic level, but for right now I'm just an EMT-B. I was also a combat lifesaver in the Army so I'm trained on stupid stuff like administering IV's and general combat effectiveness health related questions.

For general health and fitness tips I've been an athlete all of my life and I'm actually midway through obtaining my personal training certificate.




Cool.. I am an EMT-IV Though I am no longer practicing as I work for Dell.... Go figure...

Post #76   7/30/08 5:54:06PM   

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I've been in and out of Judo for 18 years. I received my black belt from (Olympic medalist) Jimmy Pedro. Curently I've been away from Judo for a few years after I moved across the state and I'm currently training in BJJ and Muay Thai.

I've trained in a lot of different martial arts as well here and there along the way.

Shotokan Karate (3 years)
Aikido (a few months)
Muay Thai (1 year)
Kick Boxing (about 5 years)
Kempo Karate (about 2 years)
Michael Macaris's Kung Fu (3 years)
BJJ (a little over a year, almost two but under different instructors, currently a blue belt)

I've learned a few things having been in martial arts all my life. One is that Karate is an awesome art for kids to begin with. It really helps your balance later on in all other martial arts. Another is that I really wish I had trained in wrestling back in high school. Judo is a really good base to have in BJJ because BJJ guys aren't used to being thrown and us Judo guys have insane posture power. And one final thing, some guys just cannot be submitted by the achilles crush lol!

Post #77   10/28/08 1:31:44AM   

Tizzy
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I've got about 13 years in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, 10 years boxing and 8 years Muay Thai Kickboxing. I've been training and assistant training people for 6 years.

I have sports asthma so my challenge has always been finding different ways to work out to increase my lung capacity and my cardio.

Being old and broken my research is really paying off. I stopped training people a few months ago and began to train to fight again. I am also writing articles on mma fitness and general athletic performance: http://buildingbodies.ca/exercise/category/mma-training/

Post #78   11/9/08 10:06:47AM   
 
 
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