I’ve taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up – there’s character development, there’s respect, discipline, perseverance.
I’ve been learning martial arts – nothing specific, as then it becomes one-sided – but basic exercises.
Without wishing to sound arrogant, when I was younger, I used to win every single martial arts tournament I ever entered. I used to enter the under 14s and under 16s, win both gold medals in those, and then go in the men’s tournament just for experience, and end up getting a silver medal.
Fighting is an expression. It’s a form of speech, and that’s why they call it martial arts. It’s an art.
A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one.
I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.
Martial arts, for me, is not just some kind of job to gain some money or whatever. No, martial arts, for me, is my lifestyle, my religion, my philosophy… Martial arts are everything for me.
