Brother Quote by Frank Shamrock

Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport.…

— Vijender Singh

I had good teachers and I loved to compete in jiu-jitsu. I was doing good, a world champ, but I always knew I wanted…

— Demian Maia

My football coach was also my wrestling coach.

— Curtis Blaydes

I grew up learning martial arts in Korea; my dad actually brought in an Olympic instructor to teach me as a teenager.

— Jihae

My two main trainers were John Dahmer and DJ Hyde. DJ Hyde mainly taught me how to be tough: I mean, the beatings that…

— Adam Cole

I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football,…

— Robbie Lawler

I got into Taekwondo when I was nine, and I started training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu later in life.

— Sean Patrick Flanery

I started jiu-jitsu because my dad has had an academy since I was born. He's a black belt. Since I was 3, I had…

— Mackenzie Dern

Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's…

— Georges St-Pierre

My father was one of the first Tae Kwon Do Masters to come to the states in the '60s. He had one of the…

— Will Yun Lee

My father is a Japanese Shotokan karate master, so I have been training karate with my family since I was three years old. I…

— Lyoto Machida

My grandfather was doing business with a Japanese man. In exchange of good relationship the man taught my uncles the art of jiu jitsu.…

— Royce Gracie