robb805
White Belt
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- Sep 16, 2011
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Hey everyone. Nice community here, I was lurking for a bit but decided to join up.
So as the title says I'm 43 and completely new to martial arts. I have a friend who is an MMA fighter and trainer and almost out of the blue I decided to take one of his classes to see what it was all about. Well after the first session I was hooked, I'm coming up on one month of twice a week training sessions. I honestly don't know what really hooked me except for it's fun. I'm not a violent person in fact I'm quite peaceful so this is way outside my norm. We have been doing some jujitsu and kickboxing in our sessions along with cardio and strength training and I have to say it's the hardest thing I've ever done both mentally and physically. Physically I'm not really strong in my upper body, years of cycling will do that, but with every session and doing some bodyweight exercises at home I can feel some progress. I'm the oldest person in the class so I'm usually up against high school and college kids who have way more fitness and endurance than I do but that doesn't seem to stop me from trying to get over on them. :ultracool
That's a bit about where I'm at now. I'm stoked to be a member here and to have a place to talk martial arts with everyone.
Robb
So as the title says I'm 43 and completely new to martial arts. I have a friend who is an MMA fighter and trainer and almost out of the blue I decided to take one of his classes to see what it was all about. Well after the first session I was hooked, I'm coming up on one month of twice a week training sessions. I honestly don't know what really hooked me except for it's fun. I'm not a violent person in fact I'm quite peaceful so this is way outside my norm. We have been doing some jujitsu and kickboxing in our sessions along with cardio and strength training and I have to say it's the hardest thing I've ever done both mentally and physically. Physically I'm not really strong in my upper body, years of cycling will do that, but with every session and doing some bodyweight exercises at home I can feel some progress. I'm the oldest person in the class so I'm usually up against high school and college kids who have way more fitness and endurance than I do but that doesn't seem to stop me from trying to get over on them. :ultracool
That's a bit about where I'm at now. I'm stoked to be a member here and to have a place to talk martial arts with everyone.
Robb
