Bumblebee
Green Belt
Hi,
I'm obviously new. Thought I'd make my first post an introduction, makes sense, right? I'm 23 hailing from sunny Oceanside, California. That's about 20-30 miles north of downtown San Diego. I like martial arts, movies, and music. I work full-time and go to school when I can afford it. I also play bass in a local band called The Mess.
Anyways I've been involved in martial arts since I was about four (off and on though,) learning a modified form of Shotokan Karate from my dad in our garage. He learned it from his uncle in the Philippines. When I was seven I had my first formal martial arts class in Aikido. It was fun, but I forgot why I stopped. Maybe the classes got too expensive for my parents, but whatever the reason I stopped. I then enrolled in what was labeled as Koga Ninjutsu when I was 11. I stayed there until the month I paid for was up and then left without ever turning back. The instructor kept trying to sell me things and I just felt that the instructor was trying to make a quick buck. It screamed McDojo. When I was 15 I was in independent study PE in high school and I decided to take up Taekwondo. I had a lot of fun in Taekwondo. Eventually I had to quit this school the following school year due to scheduling conflicts with school. I started back up in Taekwondo the last week of July of 2006 and haven't stopped going since. I've entered a few local tournaments getting some gold in sparring. I still can't break gold in forms though for some reason. I'm involved in a group that meets twice a month for some MMA sparring along with learning things from each other and also getting a chance to get some aggression out.
So yeah, I hope to learn a bunch of stuff here and hold some good discussions, debates, whatever.
I'm obviously new. Thought I'd make my first post an introduction, makes sense, right? I'm 23 hailing from sunny Oceanside, California. That's about 20-30 miles north of downtown San Diego. I like martial arts, movies, and music. I work full-time and go to school when I can afford it. I also play bass in a local band called The Mess.
Anyways I've been involved in martial arts since I was about four (off and on though,) learning a modified form of Shotokan Karate from my dad in our garage. He learned it from his uncle in the Philippines. When I was seven I had my first formal martial arts class in Aikido. It was fun, but I forgot why I stopped. Maybe the classes got too expensive for my parents, but whatever the reason I stopped. I then enrolled in what was labeled as Koga Ninjutsu when I was 11. I stayed there until the month I paid for was up and then left without ever turning back. The instructor kept trying to sell me things and I just felt that the instructor was trying to make a quick buck. It screamed McDojo. When I was 15 I was in independent study PE in high school and I decided to take up Taekwondo. I had a lot of fun in Taekwondo. Eventually I had to quit this school the following school year due to scheduling conflicts with school. I started back up in Taekwondo the last week of July of 2006 and haven't stopped going since. I've entered a few local tournaments getting some gold in sparring. I still can't break gold in forms though for some reason. I'm involved in a group that meets twice a month for some MMA sparring along with learning things from each other and also getting a chance to get some aggression out.
So yeah, I hope to learn a bunch of stuff here and hold some good discussions, debates, whatever.
