Who Are Your Martial Art Heroes?

[NightOwl]

He was a wushu champion in his youth, however that is very different from an mma competition, especially seeing how the days of his youth were before MMA was big.

[bushido_man96]

That makes sense, then.

[white owl]

Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee.

Cynthia Rothrock, Michelle Yeoh.

[ninjanurse]

Much respect to Tora Tanaka and Prof. Wally Jay! I am also partial to Ernie Reyes and Chuck Norris as I have studied both of their systems. Some lesser known, but equally as important, heros are Gary Bowers, Herb Nye, and Clyde Kanekoa.

[PunchYourFACE]

No doubt good old Bruce Lee.

[tallgeese]

Can't go wrong putting Bruce at the top of this list.

The Gracies as a whole need props too for again revolutionizing the arts.

Norris is a personal fav of mine for his early influence on my desire to study (not to mention that Walker is guilty pleasure of mine ).

[bushido_man96]

You gotta love the syndicated Walker episodes! I watch them from time to time as well. The early ones were the best, though.

[unknownstyle]

anyone who is willing to spread their art the way the creator intended it to be without changing it to suit themselves

[Roys15]

Sensei Ray Nichols...

...nuff said

[humble monk]

The Superfoot. Truly a legend. Carradine, the reason I started. Pai Mei (Bak Mei) Norris, the cover of the first copy of Black Belt magazine I bought with my allowance.