Do you have any type of Martial Arts background at all, or are you coming into this as a complete noob?

Good luck either way

 

Honestly I've never done any sort of martial arts before. I learned different sparring and grappling techniques when I took a self defense course 3 years ago, so I'm basically brushing up on stuff I had already learned from that, but if we must be technical I am a noob. The trainer said he was going to throw me in the mix with the guys and see if I could keep up. He said that if I couldn't keep up or looked like I needed a lot of work he would pull me aside and work with me 1 on 1. He was surprised that I was able to keep up with the fast paced drills they were doing.