So, my name is Jake Brosnan, and it's been an interesting day. This morning I posed a question to my martial arts buddies on facebook and before I knew it I was signed up on Hive...
My life has taken me in directions that I never would have considered and lead me to people I never thought I'd meet. When I started training in martial arts at 14 years old, I was a chubby nerd who was into improv comedy and making silly videos with my friends, little did I know that 20 years later the most well known martial artists in the world as well as celebrities and fight choreographers that created my favorite movies would know who I am.
I've been fortunate enough over the years to be a professional actor, musician, comedian, martial arts coach, writer, director, cinematographer, graphic designer and editor, as well as a husband and father.
I currently work as a content creator and MA coach, though since all this COVID craziness, the content creation has become a bigger focus. The story behind the creation of Martial Media is actually kind of funny... It started with Jeff Imada. I had followed his work from the moment I saw The Bourne Identity in theaters, total fan boy. Any time he worked on a movie I would buy the dvd just to watch the special features and behind the scenes footage. It always seemed like he was in a different world than I was and that meeting him was impossible, but a couple years ago I had an idea. I figured that if I started a martial arts podcast, I just might be able to leapfrog my way around the industry until someone could make an introduction, so I started the Martial Media channel the next day... Oddly enough, almost exactly one year later, my phone rings. When I answer, a voice says "hey, this is Jeff Imada"... I tried so hard not to geek out, but I'm pretty sure I failed. We spoke for probably and hour shooting the shit, talking about movies, training etc. Since then I'll still get a random text at 2am from Jeff about some random thing and it always brings a smile to my face.
My main goal through all of my projects, is to make and do things that I'm proud of and that bring some joy to peoples lives. I hope this new platform provides an opportunity to amplify those efforts.
Stay tuned, it's about to get good!