Mark Kay grew up in Waterloo,Iowa. Waterloo, being the home of Dan Gable, it was a given that he was to be a wrestler. He started wrestling in the 4th grade in order to keep from being tortured by his older brothers. His wrestling skills lead him to be a ranked wrestler in the state of Iowa his senior year.Mark Kay throughout his life was very athletic and in his senior year of high school he started his own Gymnastic team and placed 6th in the state on the rings with 2 months of experience.Martial arts has been a major influence as well. Mark Kay started Martial arts after watching a Bruce Lee movie. Since then it has been a dream to do martial arts in movies.Some stats: Mark Kay is a 5 time Texas "take down" champion in wrestling. He is a former collegiate wrestling champion in Texas. Mark Kay has consistently trained in various forms of Martial Arts and has taught over 1,000 students in folk style Wrestling and various styles of Martial Arts.He now lives in Austin, Texas