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Legless war vet trains to become MMA instructor

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    Former Marine who lost his legs in Afghanistan wants to teach self defense

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Sitting in the crater of you -- -- -- -- shakes.

Nouri -- analyst Jacob Romo remembers everything.

From the second the marine Lance corporal stepped on an an ED in Helmand Province in February 2011.

And every moment after.

-- -- The whole time I stepped on -- is -- -- the air -- in the hole.

Even then he knew what he wanted to do now is still smoking -- It.

Those and one in March towards up its its its.

And so we hence he's been through some 36 surgeries -- when people see what he's doing music jaw dropped and eyebrows go up when he's here.

He feels.

Alive.

But.

Those -- and -- sitting in union city hospital for so long and I can feel myself getting weaker and the more I do this and where you know it's it's just solidified.

I can I'm working around whatever.

Whatever it is people think it can't -- -- Romo who's been doing martial arts as he was about four is now working.

To become an instructor there's a lot of opportunity that would normally it existed he almost as blanks and yet he's focused its disadvantages.

Sitting in wheelchairs you've had lower Centre of gravity.

-- very tight turning radius.

I'm sitting on a chunk of metal even at the chair -- -- has -- -- it's as a seat belt right here so that he's more difficult to get out.

And also the arm rest.

Can become a weapon he's very articulate in the way that he gives you know his critiquing too that students and their very receptive is off definitely off.

He is he's incredibly strong.

Probably stronger and any -- so if there's anything he wants people to remember that there's usually no excuse.

To sit around and say it I can't insert into valley Erica fox you don't have any excuses Fox 5 News.

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