aikido over 2 summers during high school
boxing off and on from when i was 18 to 23 - tiny bit of sparring - coach said i wasn't good enough for regular and extensive sparing, which was a good call
few months of judo, without kimono at 23 yrs
6 months teakwondo at 22 yrs
at 26, 6 months of savate
at 32, went to a few bjj no gi classes after Frank Mir beaten Brock Lesnar via submission
hit punching bag occasionally over years to warm up for weightlifting or stretching
at 41, til present (2 and half years) - really did get interested in mma and wrestling when Khabib beat Conor in 2018
did some mma, bjj gi and no gi classes and some greco roman wrestling classes and some boxing classes
and yes i watch a lot of mma on tv, as well as bjj and wrestling you tube clips and some muai thai clips