just wondering where you guys train and what style?pro or ama?
Kirk, I training in St. Louis in TKD starting at age 13. My instructor was under Jim Smothers and we often brought in people such as Dan Inosanto and Master Chai Sirsute (Thai). We often worked on shootfighting, Kali, Escrima, Silat. In college I trained for amateur kickboxing fights at Jesse’s Finney’s gym in downtown St. Louis. While in school I trained under a guy who ran the gym “The House of Submission” in LA. After college I continued the TKD and the kickboxing but then I trained under Rodrigo Vaghi. www.submissionjiujitsu.com
I moved to Denver about 6 months and have been bouncing around trying to find a place that I like. I’m currently in the beginner class at an Aikido school. www.nippon-kan.org but I really want to continue my BJJ training. Some of the schools that I’m evaluating can be found on this page that has a lot of information on the Colorado fightscene. It’s
http://fightscene.com
When I say evaluate, I don't think that I'm above any of these schools, I'm just trying to find the right mix of discipline, commeradery, skill and people with like minded goals. Do you train and what in?
My training resume has several different arts on it. I find it sad but humorous went people would give a laundry list of styles that they’ve had exposure to. I would have to knowledge of a lot of arts, but an understanding of just a few. For example, TKD is my base and I’m very confident in those abilities. After I really discovered ground fighting, I have gravitated towards that. My buddy who also started in TKD, really started training hard in Kali and some Indonesian arts. I have some of those techniques down but not as well as the ground fighting. I suppose to quote Dan Inosanto, “Absorb was is useful”
i’m an ama. kickboxer. i train at iron city muaythai in pittsburgh, pa.