Mt. Shasta, CA; Las Vegas, NV

Tan Tui, Northern Shaolin Kung Fu, Chen Tai Chi.
I've spent short times (a few months to a year) in numerous other styles, Kyokushin, TKD, Oikiaisuchos (sp?) and others not coming to me right now.
My foundational style was a meditative internal style where the basic movements originated in the 8 Sections of Brocade chigung practice. I don't know that there is a name for it or if it's even "legitimate" by purist standards but I stand by it.

Lohan School of Shaolin, Las Vegas, NV

Sifu Steven Baugh, most recently

24 yrs total, mostly Chinese styles but 3 months to a year in nearly anything

Teaching credentials in one style, basic instruction credentials in two styles

To fully understand the potential of my practices.

Resigned by request a few weeks ago, I suppose I oughtta attend to the work world again...
I read a lot of Star Wars novels, I'm not ashamed of my nerdliness. I like Xbox, I love my beautiful wife, and I make with the kickin and the punchin every chance I get.

I like whiskey and tofu. Never tried frying tofu in whiskey though...
I've been learning to cook, out of necessity and maturity as much as anything.
I grew up vegetarian, but I've found my own health is better with meat in my diet so I'm learning how to make it. I've got a George Foreman grill, beyond that I'm open to any ideas or recipes...

Growing up it was all martial training all the time. Now that I'm growing up a bit I'm branching out, and getting married is giving a whole new perspective.

I think I would benefit from knowing other "older" people who are in solid relationships, married or not, who still manage to train even amongst the demands of daily life.

Pandora.
Not a band, a website, it's an online radio site that plays things based on what you like.
It's really cool, I insist that you try it right this minute.

I've followed almost everything that embodies the woman warrior archetype. Xena and Buffy are central elements in my psyche, Dark Angel was cancelled entirely too soon, and if you're one of the few who've seen Witchblade we're probly going to get along just fine.
Beyond that, Scrubs. And Bones. And anything Anime.

Six-String Samurai and the Last Dragon shaped my youth through maturity, but over the last couple of years it's been all about the zombies.
zombie zombie zombie.
Resident Evil particularly.

I had a Zombie Attack dream a couple years ago, and at 3am it occurred to me there's no way to prove they Don't Exist, so I spent my sudden insomnia devising a tactical strategy versus zombies.
Because that's the sort of guy I am.

I mostly read Star Wars. It's the only time my mind will shut down for a minute, a mental pacifier if you will.
I grew up on comics (mostly Marvel) but they started to get too expensive, now I check out the graphic novels from the library.

How many martial artists does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to change it, and one to say "Hm. My style does it slightly differently..."

"What's the first rule of a gunfight? Bring a gun.
What's the first rule of knife fight? Bring a gun."
-Dell

No security is absolute.
-Batman

The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.
-Star Wars novel

Cultivate the mind, make savage the body.
-Former Chairman Mao Tse Tung

"Oh great, another Karate guy..."
-Chuck Norris

If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough.
-tshirt

When ones words are no better than silence, one should keep silent.
-Caine

"If someone comes at you with a sword, run, if you can. Kung Fu doesn't always work."
-Bruce Lee

Until you know, you just don't know.
-Me

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves,
Who am I?
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God!
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us!
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.”

- Nelson Mandela

I grew up as a martial arts geek. I saw a kung fu movie when I was 8, and that set the course.
I refer to a geek as someone who has put all their time and energy into one area of study and can't really relate to anything else.

I recently discovered that I'm also a Star Wars nerd though. Progress?

I was raised Buddhist by my mother who is a monk. I often don't bother expressing my views on a lot of things because my perspective is so different from mainstream Christian society. I have nothing against Christianity, some of my favorite people are quite devout, I just see things differently.

A few years ago I met my Rachel and we just got married on 8/28/08. A most auscpicious date.
Oh, wait.
That has rhyming traits.
Perhaps me and my mate were slated to date,
and this marriage is simply fate...

I like to speak in rhyme and pun.

I worked in coffeeshops (Starbucks et al) most of my "adult" life, and in the past years I've moved into a warehouse position and loved it, then transferred into the office world where in 6x5 gray cubes I stared at computer screens for 8-10 hours a day and dreamt of better things.

Currently, I intend to attend a college of oriental medicine (all about the needles and smelly stuff) because it's time for me to make my path rather than following the paths others offer.
Wish me luck.