vanir

Ah, a good one.

Well, My first contact was with kickboxing--didn't go so well since the guy was always doing tournaments and ceded responsibility to his oldest students about half the time. After 4 months passed and I'm still unable to defend myself I quit. I learned how to fight the hard way--had to.

You could count wrestling in middle school.

So finally some 17 years later I came to learn Ken-po basics in college. Though it was a beginner class, my experience shone through quite well. It was quite a reconciling experience. Funny thing was that, since I was knowledgeable I always got used as the example. Though my height is 5'8"(~173 cm) my reach is a bit longer-over 6'. I got apired with the tallest guy who was 6'4".

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