Ari Matti

Aikido was holding on.

Kung Fu was kind of... It was kind of going away, you know?

But Chris Crudelli had a program where he would travel the world and study these ancient... There was this, like, dim mak, where it's like... I...

And seven years later, you die of cancer, you know, all that shit.

And as a kid, I'm like, oh, that's all I got to do.

Move to Korea for two weeks, study this fucking death touch and just come back and kill somebody, you know.

But then I remember I saw UFC.

I saw a few pride fights from Fedor Emelianenko because he was Russian.

He was a big prominent figure in the martial arts community.

But I remember I saw Lyoto Machida Shogun, the first one.

And in my head, because Machida looked like a traditional martial artist, you know, because he was half Asian or something, you know.

So in my head, I'm like, why doesn't he do the, why don't these people do the Chris Crudelli shit, you know, fucking neutralize your opponent to a wrist lock.

Then I started watching Pride, Wanderlei Silva.

He's stomping people, holding on to the ropes, stomping.

And in my head, I'm like, why doesn't he do the Dim Mak?

You know, hi.

And you fucking.

So then I was maybe 15, 16, late, late when I was doing gymnastics and I was doing a bit of weightlifting.

And I saw dudes like wrestling, you know, and I started thinking like Greco Roman.

And I saw them like super jacked guys in fucking just suplexing each other.