CURRENT RANK: Shodan – 2nd Degree Black Belt ZDK, 2nd Degree Black Belt Muay Thai, Blue Belt BJJ.
WHICH STYLES DO YOU DO? ZDK, Muay Thai, BJJ
ACHIEVEMENTS: (FIGHTS/COMPETITIONS ETC) Completed in BJJ competition but didn’t win.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE FROM THESE STYLES/MARTIAL ARTS? To be fit, healthy and strong and to be a kickass fighter of course.
INTERESTS? Martial arts, live music and my family.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF? An easy going guy who likes to have a joke.
ROLE MODELS, WHO ARE YOUR INSPIRATIONS? Geoff Thompson, Renzo Gracie, my mum and my grandfather.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TRAINING FOR? IN EACH STYLE? Approximately 5 years in ZDK, 4 years in Muay Thai and BJJ
WHAT DO YOU GAIN FROM TRAINING WITH CHIKARA MARTIAL ARTS? It’s a hard style with a hard teacher which produces strong students who are also the best people I know.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO TRAINING MARTIAL ARTS? Decided one day that I wanted to be a more refined fighter and knew that ZDK was a hard style so found the nearest club and went from there.
BEST ADVICE GIVEN TO YOU? AND BY WHOM? The worst moments of our life are only there to help us appreciate the best moments of our life without one we can’t have the other, my mum.
ANY ADVICE TO NEW STUDENTS OR ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING? Training is hard. If it was easy then there would be no challenge and in the end no satisfaction. Work hard, stick with it and perceive than before you know it, you will have gone beyond what you ever thought possible.
