Sekushii
08-10-2011, 01:12
Hello all my name is Gary, I'm 27, male and I'm from Lockport in Illinois. I just recently moved out here with my fiance I used to live a little closer to the city in Orland. I haven't taken any formal martial arts training in many years and am looking to get back into it, I've done a little sparring with my cousins(one in particular is into boxing) and learned a bit from books/videos. Currently looking into schools in and around my area, mainly interested in self defense as I'm already in good shape, I usually weight lift and run a couple miles 5-6 days a week. Several martial arts in the area hold appeal to me like Hapkido and Arnis but I'm leaning towards Arnis at the moment as sparring with weapons is something I enjoy doing and I think it would help keep me focused. I was also interested in taking Krav Maga but there isn't anywhere within reasonable distance that teaches it. Well that's about it for my hello spiel looking forward to learning some new stuff here :D