I got in to martial arts specifically to get in shape and learn to fight. At the time I started doing Kung-Fu with Sifu Jeff Hughes at Austin Fitness Martial Arts I was really unhelathy and sick. I also weighed about 130 lbs on a good day and I was 5'10". A coworker refered me to the school and I decided to go try out a class. It was the hardest thing I think I have tried to do. I had been looking for a martial arts school for about a year and after visiting several other schools I was throughly impressed and was ready to sign up. The training was difficult and challenged me everytime I went back no matter how good I thought I was doing. This was very refreshing because school was always very easy for me and I was not challenged a lot in my daily life or at work. It has been 12 years since that time I first stepped into the school and I do not regret a single day that I have been here. The school and Master Hughes has taught me how to deal with change on a...