What's your experience?

[Tom Yum]

Bored? Hell no - we're waiting to hear from jubs the grapplin' coach!!

[jubaji]

Shut up and take a lap, dammit!

[Tom Yum]

Shut up and take a lap, dammit!

lol...hey, I don't dance like that...c'ept as a costume gig for Haloween.

[DickHardman]

Well...

Let's see, I started wrestling when I was 7, and have been doing that ever since (that's almost 31 years now). Joe Jock captain of the team dude in HS, enjoyed a fair degree of success in D1 NCAA college wrestling (got one year of tuition taken care of via athletic scholarship). After college I decided to head over to China and see what was going on over there. Got a job in Xi'an and studied taijiquan and KF there for two years (when not working, of course). Also found the provincial wrestling team and worked out regularly with them while I was there. Met some nice folks there, including some Japanese teachers. They were so nice in fact that when my contract was up I headed over to Japan and got a job there. A few jobs actually. Was there off and on for about three years I guess. Practiced kendo, nihon kempo, and aikido while I was there. Also found a local wrestling club and worked out with them. Also ran into assorted other folks studying this and that and worked out with them when we had time. One guy was a WC guy, a few others were ninjutsu guys (got to jump into a practice with Hatsumi sensei once) some were K-1 fighters, some were judoka, all sorts of folks. Back in the States I've kept on wrestling (of course) and done a little of this and that as time and work allow. I've worked out and sparred with TKD, taekkyon, boxing, MMA, BJJ, WC, ninjutsu, American kempo, san shou, etc. whatever I could try my hand at. But wrestling is always my main thing.

So, that's about it. We usually spend a week or two in Kyoto each year if we can, to visit family, and work takes me to Korea and China every now and again (but there's usually no time for 'training' on such trips).

Everyone bored enough already?

what a shame. you have so much experience under your belt, and you have traveled to many interesting places........and the best post you could ever come up with out of 7000+ posts on this forum was about some drunk brawl in a dennys parking lot were you supposedly used a wwf finisher on someone

[jubaji]

Almost makes you want to cry, don't it?

[DickHardman]

Almost makes you want to cry, don't it?

not really. the fact that you now spend all your time trolling an internet forum despite all that cool stuff you did back in your youth may be pretty sad indeed, and even though it brings tears to your own eyes, i cant say i feel the same. thats your deal not mine.

[jubaji]

The coolness has not waned, O stoned one. You could do cool stuff yourself if you ever let your head clear.