Hi Guys Im new to site but this is a great post! Its interesting to read about everyones different paths they have taken through training.

A little about me, I have just turned 30 (its never too late!!), around 72-73kg usually and I am in pretty good shape, training about 8 hours per week. Thai, submission and mma and some cardio, circuits and weight training

I started out in Judo when I was about 12, by the time I was 14 i had quit that in favour of weekend cider binges and Super Nes...

I didnt train again until I stopped skateboarding in 2000 at the age of 20 and I started training in kickboxing. I was still looking around for something that I thought would be good for fitness and self defence and so I dropped kickboxing for Wing Chun Kung Fu and trained this for 3 years.

I moved to Bristol for a bit and met a wing chun instructor who also taught JKD concepts and Jun Fan, Kali and submission grappling. I trained this for a year or so and then decided grappling was for me so when I went back to Uni in London I started at Gracie Barra training under Marc Walder.

Then I got into weight training more and more and quit all the martial arts completely! My weight went up from 75 to 90 over a couple of years and I got a massive gut, but much stronger. I hit 115 kg for 2 on bench at 88kg which is good for me, 130kg for 5 deads at 88kg and 120kg for 5 squat (poor squat I know!).

After I graduated I came back down south and dropped the BJJ for submission grappling and Muay Thai and stopped weight training.

I have on off about 2 years Muay Thai with an excellent instructor who was British team and British Champ. In that time I travelled to Thailand and also trained there for 4 weeks, mostly 1 on 1 private sessions which was great.

Now I have a little bit of everything, but am yet to become proficient at anything in particular, I am hopeful that will change this year.

I am now lucky to train privately in muay thai and privately in mma, my muay thai coach is as said earlier a former champ who has fought in thailand on numerous occasions, and my mma instructor is also great. He is a BJJ brown, 3rd dan (or 2nd) in Judo, ex-british team and British championship gold medalist and also cage rage veteran.

Hopefully in the coming months\years I will hone what I have and start fighting. I am hopefully fighting amateur mma this year for the first time.

Thanks