New around here, but I used to post at T-mag and Rugged.
Been training for 25 years.
First black in Tae Kwon Do, which also had Kyokushin influences as my instsructor studied with Mas Oyama. I then moved to American Kenpo. Good street style, but too standup oriented.
Tried Aikido for a year or two, but could not get into it. Too passive.
Trained witha friend who studied American Freestryle Karate (Joe Lewis) and learned that my skills were lacking in a big way. Started focusing more on Muy Thai and Western Boxing with some Wing Chun thrown in for good measure.
Found Team Quest and got my ass handed to me on the mat. I now focus on MMA.
Currently training in Corvallis, Oregon with "Downing's Gym Elite Martial Arts" Cory Reeves is the head instructor. We are basically a Team Quest "satellite school". Many of our instructors train at Team Quest, or trained under Randy when he was a wrestling coach at Oregon State University. Looking to get my first MMA fight in the next year.
In the next few monthes we are hosting seminars with Rigan Machado, Randy Couture, Robert Follis (head trainer at Team Quest) and hopefully Andre Arlovski.
A great place to train.
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