| rdfs:comment | - Jimmy Dragon was born on April 24, 1969; his father was American, his mother Japanese. That's why he was called "Jimmy". His father was a marine, being in Japan...then in 1971, he had to go to Vietnam, and Jimmy and his mother moved to the States. His father came back; Dragon wanted to go back to Japan when he was eleven. His family did not want that, but they saw he had a strong will. So he went to Japan, also influenced by Bruce Lee. There, he learnt all the fighting sports and Martial Arts. When he was twenty, he made a break, having achieved the highest grades in Karate, Kung Fu etc. He went to the USA, went to university there and got into amateur wrestling. He got the American citizenship. He finished university when he was 25 (in 1994). Meanwhile, he had become an All American amate
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| abstract | - Jimmy Dragon was born on April 24, 1969; his father was American, his mother Japanese. That's why he was called "Jimmy". His father was a marine, being in Japan...then in 1971, he had to go to Vietnam, and Jimmy and his mother moved to the States. His father came back; Dragon wanted to go back to Japan when he was eleven. His family did not want that, but they saw he had a strong will. So he went to Japan, also influenced by Bruce Lee. There, he learnt all the fighting sports and Martial Arts. When he was twenty, he made a break, having achieved the highest grades in Karate, Kung Fu etc. He went to the USA, went to university there and got into amateur wrestling. He got the American citizenship. He finished university when he was 25 (in 1994). Meanwhile, he had become an All American amateur wrestler. He felt he still had something to do and went back to Japan, where he became All Japan Karate Champ in 1996. He was on top of the World in 1997, when he became World Champion. In fall of 1997, he got an offer by a Japanese pro wrestling federation. He accepted. His amateur wrestling and his Martial Arts experience helped him to stay undefeated there. In 1998, he went to the States again, touring through the Indies. Then finally, in summer of 1999, President Brandon Harwell of IWF made an offer, and the rest is history.
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