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xwingday · White Belt

I'm new to the site, so just dropping in to say hello tonight.

Name: xwingday
Styles: Taekwondo (1st DAN) and Kenpo (New student)
Career: Security, I specialize in dealing with schools and school events.
Age: 30s
Brief history: I'm an Army veteran, grew up in a low income area. Had a teacher in school who practiced Hapkido and gave free lessons after school. Unfortunately, after a year he moved away and as far as I know no one from the "Karate Club" had the money to seek other instruction at the time.

On leaving service in my mid twenties I took up security work and began looking at martial arts again. Because of the above mentioned I looked for Korean arts first, and found a small place teaching mostly TKD where I felt at home.

Life has moved on, Grand Master is nearly retired and I started looking for something more applicable to my career field. In November I decided to sign on for a year at a self defense school which uses kenpo as it's core art. So far I am very happy with the art, with my instructors and with the general feel of the program.

Arts I avoid:
Judo and BJJ - I don't mind learning techniques from either but I have always liked striking better. Still, I respect both arts especially as one of the martial artist I most respect is a 70+ year old Judo instructor.

That's me in a nutshell.