The sport came first.

I started wrestling at 7 years old. By 16, I also picked up boxing and kickboxing. At 19, I began my fighting career as I stepped into my first MMA competition. Those years shaped more than my athletic background. They taught me how to stay calm under pressure, keep showing up, and handle adversity without making excuses.

I competed at the Division II level for wrestling at the University of Indianapolis at 165 pounds. I earned NWCA Academic All-American honors with a 4.0 GPA while training full-time. The lessons I've learned through combat sports have taught me things that a classroom never could.

Then came the gap.

Coming from a wrestling background, I have always looked for ways to improve my striking. That kept leading me back to the same problem. Most resistance gear was made for general fitness, not for the way fighters actually move and punch. And the gear that was made specifically for striking still missed the mark. The tension was not placed where it needed to be. The band attachment points created too much slack or created angles that added resistance without really helping punching explosiveness.

So I built something better. The Shadow Strike came out of real training, real frustration, and one simple question: What would this look like if it were built specifically for fighters?

StrikeX is the answer.

I’m studying finance and economics at the IU Kelley School of Business, and I interned at J.P. Morgan in Middle Market Banking in Chicago. I understand how to build with a long term mindest. But StrikeX isn’t a finance project to me. It’s a fighter’s brand, built by someone who still trains, still competes, and still cares about what goes into the gear.

When you buy a Shadow Striker, you’re not buying from a random dropship brand/store. You’re buying from someone who uses it, believes in it, and built it because nothing else was good enough.