Jose Gomez, Portraits of Martial Artists and Fighters (PORTRAIT 2024)

I have been a Martial Arts practitioner for over 30 years, I have practiced Taekwondo, Hapkido, Brazilian Jui-jitsu, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, and Boxing. I have competed for many years and have won gold medals at state and national level. All these arts have brought a great deal of positive aspects to my life, such as discipline, commitment, positivity, friendship, and the most important aspect, the ability to defend myself and my loved ones. With this project I want to give the opportunity to Martial Artists and Fighters to tell their stories about their martial arts journey, the positives and negatives, the ups and downs, their achievements, and much more. My long-term goal is to produce a high-quality book of portraits of these martial artists and fighters along with their stories.

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