About Me
By JoshUpdated 03/30/2011
I’m a 26 year old IT specialist living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’m married and have two kids. They are my inspiration for everything I do.
I got into martial arts as a way to lose weight and at the recommendation of some friends who had success in getting in shape with martial arts. Fast forward about 8 months and it’s definitely working, I’ve lost 60 pounds so far and don’t see myself stopping anytime soon.
I currently study Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo. I have also been working on taking edged weapons seminars and studying varying aspects of that as well. I’m not an expert in any of them and don’t claim to be which is why this site is aimed at the gear and not particular arts.
I started this site with the philosophy in mind of “buy once, cry once.” No one likes spending money twice because their first piece of gear failed them. I adopted this mindset when it comes to gear from spending years learning about, building, and shooting firearms for different purposes. The source of the quote is a topic of debate on the internet but the core concept has kept this quote around for longer than 200 years by some accounts -“The bitterness of poor quality Lingers long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.”
My oldest daughter (Yellow belt BJJ) is now crazed on “jiu-jitsu” as well, so you can expect some kids gear reviews in the future!