I started tracey system kenpo with 6th dan george sewell when I was 18, I was with him for almost five years and reached 3rd brown under him. he got ill and could no longer teach, I then tried driving an hour one way every night to train with one of his balckbelts, shihan Terry Rich, who had converted to the original Ed Parker system kenpo, driving got old so then I started kickboxing with johnny holbrook and sport point fighting for him also which I did for a couple of years until I blew out my knee racing dirt bikes. the knee injury ended my standup fighting career, so I started training traditional japanese jj with 7th degree "doc" leamon stroud where I recieved my purple belt under him. life took over for a few years, married had a kid got a divorce, life. Then i helped open ABI's mma where I instructed primarily standup and some ground. I left after a falling out with the money man, and went back to Johnny Holbrooks karate where I started a mma program in his school, using the 10th planet techniques as the basis for my jiujitsu. after two years with him, he awarded me my blackbelt in gojushorin karate under the Carolina karate systems banner. he died unexpectantly in feb of this year, and after his death, I almost gave up instructing, but in April after mopeing around the house for to months, my girl gave me the greatest birthday gift and paid for me to go to Eddie's seminar in Delaware at Kevin greens. I was instantly back in love with martial arts and have started back teaching again. I opened ninth level mma working out of a sub rented space at a fitness gym in Clayton NC. I train under Neale hoerle from lynchburg now and hope to one day fly the 10th planet banner as an affiliate. My story the end.