This site was created for all Enthusiasts interested in everything the site name intails and of course any of the subjects in the nav bar to the left.

I have experience in Martial Arts, Breakdancing and Padded Weapons. I wish I could train in Free Running and Tricking. But, injuries and the fear of not being able to walk again kinda keeps me grounded.

I love movies......especially Martial Arts movies. So I would like to share my favorites and recommendations in that section.

Music is such a great expresser of emotion in anything you are doing, whether it is making toast, studying, training, working, walking, breathing, dancing......well, you get the rhythm. So, in this section, I would like to share my favorites and recommendations.

Ahh....up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start......the sound of the fingers working their magic to control their hero. Could be a Plumber, a Ninja, a Guitar Hero.....who doesn't like video games.

Art is awesome. I need to do more of it.

For laughs, laughs, and more laughs, you'll be able to find a comic for you.

I hope you enjoy the site and thank you for all your patience while the site is constructed.

Thanks.

Martin Lee
FreestyleMotions Admin
freestylemotions@gmail.com


About My Training

I began my martial arts training at 14yrs old. I always watched martial arts movies throughout my childhood, but never took up training.  One afternoon, at school, my friend comes up to me and said "Check this out, it's called the 8-Point Blocking System", and before he could perform it, I said "does it go like this?", and performed the blocking set.  My friend was surprised and asked where I learned it, and I replied "well, I just came up with it just now." I then explained how your arms can only move so many ways and there are only so many attacks that can come at you from so many directions. I guess all the martial arts movies I watched symblimally taught me how to perform the technique as well as explain it.  From then on, I've been training on my own, in my basement, in my driveway, patio, front and back yard, at school, the park, anywhere. Sharing and Coaching my friends became an everyday afterschool event.  If we weren't training, then we would be watching some kind of kungfu flick.

My first real formal training was Isshinryu Karate in Townsend, Massachusetts. This was the best school I have ever been at. The Instructors and Students taught me how to fight , take a hit, and conditioning. Traditional, Hardcore, Challenging and Self Conviction would be some of the keywords I would describe my experience. Well, of course you have Painful, Bloody, Loss of Breath, or Wind Getting Knocked Out, Week long headaches, Bruises, all to want to do it all again for the next class. I was able to build up my stamina, or endurance, for sparring, as well as experimenting and building strategies. You could never be comfortable with just one favorite partner.  Everyone was different reacted and attacked differently, so we had to adapt tremendously to make sure we didn't get hit and to make sure the technique at hand worked.  Learning the spirtual and story behind Isshinryu katas gave a sense of mysticism, but more importantly, substance.

After Isshinyu karate, I dabbled in Shaolin Kempo, American Kenpo and Tae Kwon Do, became a pressure point dummy for Mr. Ed Parker Jr and kicked around with Larry Lam. A lot later I even got a chance to be the test dummy and train with Anthony DeLongis. I also learned German Longsword, Rapier, Basics of Gladiatorial Combat (Thracian, Secutor, Samnite & Retiarius), Sport Sword, or Padded Weapon training and games, and of course Fencing.

I've been teaching, since the day I started training. Not sure how that worked, but I did teach formally as a student helper, at first. As years past I taught Martial Arts and Breakdancing classes at Westfield State College, through the Acton Boxborough Continuing Education Program, taught Martial Arts, Breakdancing, Historical Weapons, Sport Sword and Fencing at Guard Up Inc., and trained many times with friends at any location at any hour.

I started Breakdancing my Sophmore year in college, around 1998, and been breakin since. I do wish my skillz were better after all these years, but some bodies have their limitations. The amount of shows our crew performed were way too many to count. I think we performed at every college event imaginable.

More story to come, to be continued..:)