David Frye black belt Budo Taijutsu instructor

Martial arts instructor uses fighting for good, not evil, likes Bruce Lee, but puts his teacher first

Wildcat: Hi. My name's Nathan.

Frye: David. Nice to meet you.

Wildcat: And welcome to this week's edition of Athletes On the Spot.

Frye: OK.

Wildcat: I want you to get ready. Ready? (Wildcat lands a speedy, but playful punch to Frye's chest.) Aw, where's your lightning reflexes?

Frye: There was no anger behind it.

Wildcat: So if I had growled before I punched you ...

Frye: ... I would have still laughed. There's no intention behind it. Now if you notice, when we throw attacks, we try to throw some intent behind it. Because if a person throws an attack and stops here (shows position), there's no technique for you to do because there hasn't really been an attack. There's a guy waving his arms and doing silly things -

Wildcat: Have you ever been in a fight? Like with a grown man?

Frye: What I've done is interceded in a fight between two individuals who were fighting. And I've gone in and separated them.

Wildcat: For a girlfriend? For a woman?

Frye: No. When you train enough, you no longer really look for fights and fights no longer look for you. Make sense?

Wildcat: Did you ever get punched in school? Or like, what made you get into this? 'Cause I remember when I was in school, people were always picking on me. I got into two fights, I think, but I won both of them.

Frye: I really didn't have anyone picking on me ...

Wildcat: Favorite martial artist ...

Frye: First would be my grand master, Masaaki Hatsumi and the second would be Bruce Lee.

Wildcat: All right! Bruce Lee. I love Bruce Lee.

Frye: My teacher has to come first. But very similar wisdoms: Bruce Lee was Chinese, and what we study is Japanese art form. But its roots are from China, as are most martial arts.