While working my regular full time job, I owned my own Mixed Martial Arts school where I taught 4 kids classes per week and 1 adult self defense class for women (that was fun... lol). Total of around 150 students. I competed in karate tournaments (never lost), Muay Thai Kick Boxing (got my tail whooped in my first fight before I won 5 in a row) and Brazilian Ju Jitsu once in Vegas and took 3rd place. In 2007 I had to close the doors of my school because there was just too much competition out there; there's a school in every corner now! Saying goodbye to my kids that I taught for over 7 years was the hardest thing I ever had to do... The reward though, is that I have 3 awesome kids that keep my time off pretty busy! (except for Tuesday nights - KARAOKE NIGHT! LOL)
Well... I was this skinny little kid who usually wore long sleeve shirts to cover my puny arms! lol... I played basketball for HP my last 2 years... Hung out with Jose Magdaleno, Juan Villanueva, Hillario Rivas, Carlos Duarte, Eddie Aguirre... High school was so awesome for me, I NEVER missed a damm day! Hell I was 1 of 2 people in class on "Senior Ditch Day" LOL! Yeah I was a nerd! I remember after basketball practice we'd go to AM/PM with the girls!! Dang, the good ol' days!!