what's your age and experience ?

[gwa sow]

30 yrs old
choy lay fut 10 yrs

[Laukarbo]

39 soon...

-started judo with 6
-karate with 10
-southern chinese mix of kung with 14
this kung fu club was part of a big sport association
so if you were a member of this association u could join any of
sports offred..so I also trained with the boxers
-with 19 had my first hung gar teacher Li Wai Siong
-With 31 started learning from Mark Houghton up until now,also hung kuen
-since 2008 also learning from Ng Bing Kuen his Iron wire
-taking further training under Lam Sik Chiu sifu, hes my sigungs kung fu brother...

also since 2007 Ng jou kuen and chinese wrestling under Sifu Henry Lo..

thats it

[SPJ]

I am 48 this year.

Practicing some northern styles since 1970s.

[SIFU RON]

I stared at 17 ( Jiu Jitsu 1955) K/F 1958 and never looked back.

Thanks everyone, it's nice to be among you folks, my very best to all of you.

Ron Shewmaker

[banditshaw]

35 Years Young.
My Grandfather taught me some very rudimentary Boxing hands when I was very young and and joined a Judo club for a short while around 7 years old.

Started TKD at age 12 for 6 months

Did a form of Northern Wu Shu (old style)? with a Chinese instructor for 6 months at age 13.

Started Hung Gar Kuen/Tiger and Crane+CLF under Master Buck Sam Kong in 1996.... stopped training due to work related injury and other factors in 99.... resumed with my Sifu(BSK) in 2005 and have been training and trying to improve since then.

[SIFU RON]

GM Buck Sam Kong, I met him on 10/14/2006 at the Martail Arts History Museum when he was induced into the Hall of Fame, saw him their another time also, a great Sifu and an excellent person. His colleagues are just like him, fine people.
I was their as my Sifu GM Ark Yuey Wong was also inducted that day.


Thank you much.

[wetwonder]

I'm of course unworthy. Dreamed about learning for 40 years. Started at 46, 5 months ago with Hung Gar. Through first form and now learning 4-part two person self defense. My forarms, just above each wrist, are very swollen tonight.

[TenTigers]

nope, not unworthy. You are part of the brethren. I am right there with ya, bro.

[wetwonder]

Oh Ten, I did recently meet Jerry Battle. He'd taken off for an injury I think so hadn't been around. He is very fast.

[Wood Dragon]

30, a few weeks ago.

I've been training for 18 years.

In chronological order:

JKA Shotokan, for 3 years.

IKF-1 Kyokushinkai, 6 years. Still train and compete.

Kodokan Judo, 4 years (started while I was also training Kyokushin). Still train and compete.

Daido Juku (Kudo), the last 9 years. Still train and compete.

Modern Army Combatives, since 2003 (LINE, prior to that, briefly). Level III Instructor. Oversee instruction on a daily/weekly basis, at the Battalion level.

[htowndragon]

Jason Liao, 21 years old

training for 10 years

before the ten years, some Chuun yang sword (form only, as taught by ernie wu to my chinese school principal)

Long Fist, Ba Gua, a little Xing Yi, Shuai Jiao, Hop Gar

Sifus George Ling Hu, Eugene Chou, John Wang, David Chin.

[Eric Olson]

32 years old. Trained for one year at a Hung Gar/Choy Lay Fut school. Studied CLF for about ten years with another school and sifu. Also studied Chen Taiji for about the same length. Temporarily retired from martial arts training in 2007 to complete a competitive grad school program but I will probably resume training in a more sport-oriented art in the coming year.

EO

[brothernumber9]

I'll be 37 this year.

Started Hung Fut under Sifu Tai Yim in 1990 and been doing the same since.

[mawali]

-53 and started with TKD at 14 years
- Taijiquan for over 30 years (mainly Yang but also Chen and Sun)
- Shuaijiao (periodically)
- While in Okinawa (3 years) did karate (mostly training and conditioning work)
Naha-te and shuri-te.

[Old Noob]

I'm of course unworthy. Dreamed about learning for 40 years. Started at 46, 5 months ago with Hung Gar. Through first form and now learning 4-part two person self defense. My forarms, just above each wrist, are very swollen tonight.

Not at all. I admire you for putting your stuff up. Some guys on here have so much experience that it can be quite intimidating. You're courageous, which is a great starting point.

Me:

37

Tai Kwon Do (6 mos at 13 yrs. old)
Shaolin Longfist under Sifu Mike Barry (1 1/2 years 16-17 yrs. old)
Life interfered with training (18-36 yrs. old)
Shaolin Do (a little over a year)

Had some Army training and deployments in there too. Though that is technically "martial," its not very artsy.

Best,
ON