The Ice Breaker thread - Introduce yourself to the forum

[King Coconut]

The best way to get some conversation going is to know a little bit about one another first. As suggested by our forum members and friends we started this thread aptly titled, The Ice Breaker thread, to do just that. So simply answer the simple questions below and post up your responses, so everyone gets to know a little bit more about you.

1. Where do you currently live?

2. What martial arts do you practice?

3. If you do train martial arts, what gym do you attend (team, affiliation)?

4. Besides the martial art you currently train, what other martial art would you like to practice?

5. Who are your favorite fighters and why?

6. How did you get in to the martial arts?

7. What are your other hobbies besides martial arts?

8. What would you like to see on the forum or website?

9. Write a statement or sentence that best describes you or the way you live your life.

[MuayThai Kid]

1. Ft.Lauderdale

2. Thai boxing

3. TKA (Team Dynasty is my fight team)

4. I would like to learn BJJ, Krabi Krabong, Tai Chi, and Ninjitsu.

5. I like many fighters Andy Souwer, Remy Bonjasky, Buakaw, Anuwat, Sanchai, Yodsanklai, and more!

6. Always had an interest for martial arts and eventually i decided to start training.

7. Hobbies of mine include ( Meditation, Computer, Games, Woman, Weight Lifting, Swimming, Friends, and family.

8. I would like to see Lots and Lots of Enthusiastic martial artist and martial arts fans having intelligent discussions about the sport, fights , and fighters.

9. "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become." The Buddha.

[shift]

1. Jamaica

2. Kung Fu

3. Wing Lung

4. Muay Thai, Judo, BJJ, Wrestling

5. Yves Edwards (well rounded, amazing stand up, exciting to watch)
George St. Pierre (talented, strong and well rounded)
Cung Le (exciting to watch and very dynamic)
Randy Couture (He impresses me with his execution of game plan)
Buakaw Por Pramuk (brutal)
Andy Souwer (tight defense)
Masato (tactician)
Spencer Fisher (Exciting, explosive striker)
Kenny Florian (Excellent work ethic, Good Muay Thai, Good BJJ)

6. I grew up on Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Jean Claude van damme. Ended up starting a tae kwon do class with my friends in High School.

7. I used to be a race car driver.
I like writing fiction and articles
I like drawing
I like making films

8. I'd love to see training routines and logs of how the school you guys are opening is going. Oh fight diaries as well.

9. Take a chance...you never know what might happen.

[Shenme]

1. Where do you currently live?

NYS

2. What martial arts do you practice?

Police/Military Sanda, Hebei Style Xingyiquan (What can I say I like Chinese Military MA styles old and new)

3. If you do train martial arts, what gym do you attend (team, affiliation)?

No Specific Gym or team affiliation, I have a Sanda sifu and a Xingyiquan Sifu. Was associated with a Wing Chun School briefly but Wing Chun is just not my style I guess.

4. Besides the martial art you currently train, what other martial art would you like to practice?

Might give MMA a try if I have time, but right now I don’t. Also Bajiquan, again if I had time and in the case of Baji if I found a real teacher that would actually teach me I would make the time.

5. Who are your favorite fighters and why?

Cung Le, I just liked watching his sanshou fights and I have been pretty impressed by his showing in MMA so far too.

6. How did you get in to the martial arts?

A friend of mine was taking Jujitsu and I went to class with him. That was a very long time ago, were talking enter the dragon was a new movie then. After that TKD then Changquan then Baguazhang and various Taijiquan styles and now Sanda and Xingyiquan

7. What are your other hobbies besides martial arts?

There are other hobbies!!! I also train Taijiquan but it is old school with the MA intact but I would not jump in a Sanshou ring and try and use it. Also I just started Yoga, getting old and stiff so I needed to do something.

8. What would you like to see on the forum or website?

Don’t know I haven’t been here long enough

9. Write a statement or sentence that best describes you or the way you live your life

I like to live day to day actually, enjoy my family, train my MA and hate my job just like a lot of other people do.

[joemilla]

1. Tallahassee/Davie

2. Muay Thai exclusively, about to add in BJJ after the IKF tournament in Orlando.

3. Tallahassee Mixed Martial Arts/American TKA Muay Thai

4. just BJJ and little wrestling to maybe do some MMA.

5. Andy Souwer, for his strategy, skill and stamina. Mike Zambidis, because he is a beast and Ramon Dekkers, because when he gets in the ring, he wants to kill you...... oh and Masato for his new hair cut, haha.

6. been getting into fights my whole life, decided to actually learn how to do it, and fell in love.

7. what?! other than martial arts?! huh?!

8. more updates! i want to know what happened at the tournament in Iowa, and maybe a video or something of chase and bento's fights in kendal.

9. relax, school, train, train, train, school, relax.

[Rebel Yell]

1. Where do you currently live?

South Florida

2. What martial arts do you practice?

Muay Thai, Sanshou, The occaisional Judo and Wing Chun

3. If you do train martial arts, what gym do you attend (team, affiliation)?

Been slacking lately but used to regularly train at Temple Arts with team dynasty.

4. Besides the martial art you currently train, what other martial art would you like to practice?

Bajiquan and Xingyiquan


5. Who are your favorite fighters and why?

Yodsanklai power precision and he's southpaw like me. Mike Zambidis he's got wikedly powerful hands.

6. How did you get in to the martial arts?

My dad peer pressured me into it while I was a toddler then I fell in love

7. What are your other hobbies besides martial arts?

i'm a student of life you name it I tried my hand at it.

8. What would you like to see on the forum or website?

More female nudity LMAO!

9. Write a statement or sentence that best describes you or the way you live your life

I endure and perservere to achieve greatness in all that I do. To be the man I want to be and the man the people in my life need me to be.