Hmm... Good question.
First off... In my younger days (8 years old - 16 or so) I tried TKD, tried Hapkido, tried BJJ... didnt really care for any of them. Started SD a year and a half ago or so... after a few years of being a complete bum... I wanted to learn death touch and all that crap when I first started... Learned quickly however, that it was close to useless. I hunted forms for the first few months... then realized that it was pointless. Started SC about 3 months ago... My SD training was kinda conflicting with the SC, due to light contact sparring and certain sweeping aspects from SD... I was a little low on cash as well. Stopped SD... Shortly thereafter, I found a Chen style Taijiquan teacher, named Sal De La Rosa. Bad mofo. Decided I couldnt miss an opprotunity to train with such a talented person, and I am now training under him as well as Sifu Kirk. Kirk trains for free, solely for preservation of the art, and I gotta say, hes a d@mn fine sifu. Sifu Ryan (My SD sifu) was a great sifu as well, but I just didnt feel that the SD was working for me quite as well as a more specified style would.
A lot of my views have changed because of, beleive it or not, this forum. Kinda opened up a new can of worms for me, made me question things a bit more. (Also have to give WD props for letting me know there was SC here in town )
My views have changed considerably even since a couple years ago... More than age Id have to say its due to experience and being open minded. Always remain open minded...
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