Wiegieboard
25-09-2005, 09:55 PM
I started martial arts in a karate school in Barrhead but didn't get on with two of the other kids so I left and watched a lot of WWF and wrestled all the other kids in the neighbouring town as well as fought gang fights with primary seven b every day in school. That was the first submission fighting a did.I never fought for years and years after that though.
One day my older brother hit me for no reason and pinned me up against the wall in front of his friends which humiliated me, thus my quest for knowledge and strength started.
My middle brother then got me into Tae Kwon Do in high school and I competed a bit till college where I met Bam Bam who introduced me to Grappling and told me what Muay Thai was. Bam Bam showed me my first chokes, arm bar, Achilles lock and hip toss and we grappled for a year or two in langside college just us really.Then I started "Jeet Kune Do".
A year later and a lot of money later since it was a McDojo, I saw a website on the net by a guy Nicknamed "The british Brawler" (who could that be then?) who did the same sport as Royce Gracie I saw on a UFC video once and he advised me on a webpage where I talked to a guy nicknmed "The Machine" over e-mail a couple of times and over the forum. I then got on to SFUK through his site and found out there that there was a place that did the Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu in GLASGOW! I asked Chris McChesney (Godders) what it was like and he told me to come along. The first person I ever grappled in a proper grappling class was Paul McVeigh LOL! It was pretty amazing to have a small guy literally play about with me like it was nothing and it really inspired me.I really enjoyed Dennis Mulholland and Scott McVeighs class until it stopped running dispite having to take time off because I got ill etc. That class is where I learned that skill was absolutely paramount in martial arts and I've been learning all of my skills off of Paul McVeigh, Gary Christie James Doolan and Stevie Fitzgerald since.
I don't get to go to class very much because I'm Ill a lot and my work hours are very unsociable but every now and then when I get along I learn a new technique and I do my best to drill it and achieve the best efficiency in that technique that I can remember. More often than not there is fault in my technique somewhere but I try to keep a clear head to remedy that. To keep a clear head I grapple to the pace where I never breathe heavy and things seem to go ok.
To me martial arts are freedom. I know I'd be dead now if it wasn't for the martial arts and training. I went to college solely to become better at martial arts and slowly through the gaps I've had to take to recover I'm getting there. I've entered two competitions now and am proud to learn from all four of my bouts.
P.S. In the next showdown with my eldest brother during my time at RGJJG, I double legged, to mount to armbar/triangled him :D. I achieved my goal.
One day my older brother hit me for no reason and pinned me up against the wall in front of his friends which humiliated me, thus my quest for knowledge and strength started.
My middle brother then got me into Tae Kwon Do in high school and I competed a bit till college where I met Bam Bam who introduced me to Grappling and told me what Muay Thai was. Bam Bam showed me my first chokes, arm bar, Achilles lock and hip toss and we grappled for a year or two in langside college just us really.Then I started "Jeet Kune Do".
A year later and a lot of money later since it was a McDojo, I saw a website on the net by a guy Nicknamed "The british Brawler" (who could that be then?) who did the same sport as Royce Gracie I saw on a UFC video once and he advised me on a webpage where I talked to a guy nicknmed "The Machine" over e-mail a couple of times and over the forum. I then got on to SFUK through his site and found out there that there was a place that did the Royce Gracie Jiu Jitsu in GLASGOW! I asked Chris McChesney (Godders) what it was like and he told me to come along. The first person I ever grappled in a proper grappling class was Paul McVeigh LOL! It was pretty amazing to have a small guy literally play about with me like it was nothing and it really inspired me.I really enjoyed Dennis Mulholland and Scott McVeighs class until it stopped running dispite having to take time off because I got ill etc. That class is where I learned that skill was absolutely paramount in martial arts and I've been learning all of my skills off of Paul McVeigh, Gary Christie James Doolan and Stevie Fitzgerald since.
I don't get to go to class very much because I'm Ill a lot and my work hours are very unsociable but every now and then when I get along I learn a new technique and I do my best to drill it and achieve the best efficiency in that technique that I can remember. More often than not there is fault in my technique somewhere but I try to keep a clear head to remedy that. To keep a clear head I grapple to the pace where I never breathe heavy and things seem to go ok.
To me martial arts are freedom. I know I'd be dead now if it wasn't for the martial arts and training. I went to college solely to become better at martial arts and slowly through the gaps I've had to take to recover I'm getting there. I've entered two competitions now and am proud to learn from all four of my bouts.
P.S. In the next showdown with my eldest brother during my time at RGJJG, I double legged, to mount to armbar/triangled him :D. I achieved my goal.