im so happy to see a thread like this here youre killing it bruce. i havent really spoke about myself much my prfoile picture is around 5 years old, im from wolverhampton, england but now i live in phuket thailand and have lived in thailand mostly for the last 9 years, i fought muay thai professionally until around 4 years ago when i had a pretty bad motorbike accident which damaged my shoulder badly and forced me to retired from fighting. when that happened i felt like id lost my identity, id been proffessionally fighting since i was 16 (im 33 now) and training since i was 5 and not being able to do that any mmore crushed me, i started to drink alot, i got into really bad shape, gained 50+lbs it wasnt good. anyay i got surgery and although they said i probably shouldnt fight again they said i could train, so from there i started to do crossfit style, functional fitness stuff gradually ive been able to hit pads again a few times a week, im in a lucky postion, where i live is all about health and fitness a lot of my friends are coaches to the UFC guys that come through so ive been blessed to get great advice from them and learn more about fitness outside of martial arts.
around 2 years ago i was training i a local gym and got asked if id ever done acting work, i was honest and said other than drama at school here and there i hadnt done anything like that, to cut a long story short ive been in 5 thai/chinese movies, a german mini series and ive been trained in stunts and fight choreograohy by the same guy that taughgt tony jaa ,fingers crossed i have a pretty big US movie next year too. life can be crazy at times and you never know whats around the corner or who youre going to meet but life is so much better when youre taking care of your health.
this is me now, i still have problems with my shoulder and the years of martial arts have taken their toll but i still turn up most days and keep doing what i can. im not going to say i know everything about fitness (i do coach some times though) but if you guys need any help or advice if i can help you i will