this is so pimp man. aight I owe my involvement to martial arts to Debra Adair she was a third degree black belt in tkd when i last saw her now shes probly a higher rank now. If it werent for her id be dead. I was groin up as a white trash punk. My mom was working all week tryin to raise four kids and an abusive drunk she was never there cause if she was to be we'd end up broke in a town where cops steal the welfare checks. I was fighting with my biological father at home fighting with rival...

i just got kicked outta my house and searching for a flat, but still doing my martial arts! just thought i'd say hi-hi!

Back at defend.net and I'm STILL the alien clones game reigning champion. living back at home, broke up with the girlfriend. Got a new one. Just as crazy. Quit my job. Build and paint guitars all day out of the garage. Hope someone buys one of these things again soon so i can afford gas and smokes. Keith's wedding is the 20th of May, found out I'm the best man. Sweet. Got to spar with a TKD black belt who runs his own martial arts school. Dropped him with a slip in and belly to back throw with a...

Spring in Vancouver is a lot like winter in Vancouver: rainy. Add the weather to the fact that I stumbled upon my old hand wraps yesterday and the result is that I wish I was back in Chiang Mai.

The wraps were white when I bought them. I paid twenty bhat for them, to replace a pair that I misplaced, a pair that had been given to me by Andy, the manager of Lanna Muay Thai, when I joined. The wraps were grey. Not very attractive, but the colour represents a LOT of sweat, and even a...

My workouts have completely changed.

In 2005, I was doing some light and intense fight conditioning, but I could never spar more than 4 rounds. Going into the 5th round, I'd get chased or punished. My endurance needed a boost.

The routine that I am doing is now lead and based off of Navy SEAL pt. These men have to be able to draw strength when they are worked, worked and worked so I figured this would be perfect.

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