{"id":408,"date":"2010-07-21T16:55:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T23:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/?p=408"},"modified":"2022-01-04T17:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T00:18:52","slug":"ryu-from-street-fighter-turns-46-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/2010\/07\/21\/ryu-from-street-fighter-turns-46-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryu from Street Fighter turns 46 today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most recognized and best (in my opinion) fighting game character ever created is Ryu from Capcom&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetfighter.com\/\">Street Fighter<\/a> series. Well, today, July 21st, 2010 is his official 46 birthday according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capcom.com\/\">Capcom<\/a> canon. Here&#8217;s to one of the greatest video game characters around today, turning another year older&#8230;at least in the video game world. You see, game-wise, he was first introduced in 1987, which means that even in our world, he&#8217;s been around for 23 years&#8230;hmm, half of his in-game age. Shoryuken!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/app.onlinephotofiler.com\/Img1\/A_0\/0\/5\/5\/5500\/703c772a38694f23af2d305845fb95ea.Large.jpg?u=12e22ae0-bfa8-495c-afbb-b730e76450a5\" alt=\"Ryu from Street Fighter\" \/><br \/>\nRyu from Street Fighter, still kicking ass at 46 years old.<\/p>\n<p>My tribute to Ryu doesn&#8217;t stop here, however. You see, it was greatly thanks to Ryu and the whole Street Fighter series, for motivating me to pursue a lifelong career in studying different martial arts. This July actually marks my 23rd year studying various art forms, with the last 6 of which being Ryu&#8217;s own Shotokan Karate (in which I&#8217;m a 2nd Degree Black Belt-Nidan).<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/app.onlinephotofiler.com\/Images\/A_0\/0\/5\/5\/5500\/Pretty_good_ab4f8.Large.jpg?u=af100d30-985e-4f49-923b-ffdc5890cbc0\" alt=\"Paul Gale, the real life Ryu.\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nintendopower.com\/\">Nintendo Power<\/a> called me &#8220;The Real Life Ryu&#8221;. Do you agree?<\/p>\n<p>There are some game characters that inspire you just as much as real life heroes and for me, Ryu is the man.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/app.onlinephotofiler.com\/Img1\/A_0\/0\/5\/5\/5500\/caba788ceeaa4c4ea0742857c5a1ed2d.Large.jpg?u=48bf8e57-1c34-498d-93a3-29f06f19b393\" alt=\"Paul Gale with flying air kick.\" \/><br \/>\nRyu&#8217;s trademark jump kick attempted by me.<\/p>\n<p>With all the stories out there that you read of kids using guns in real life because of what they learned in a game to do, to get to the end of a level, I like to show that games can have a positive influence on people as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/app.onlinephotofiler.com\/Img1\/A_0\/0\/5\/5\/5500\/7a176b3e4e7e4602a1c36eb2b4ce7cb0.jpg?uid=9cab2d02-aa17-4205-81c2-26d8311791e8\" alt=\"Street Fighter Issue #7 also has me in it.\" width=\"480 height=\" \/><br \/>\nIn Street Fighter Issue #7 the comic book by <a href=\"http:\/\/udoncomics.com\/blog\/\">Udon<\/a>, Capcom calls me the #1 Street Fighter fan and includes me in the back! Who knew that a few years later I&#8217;d actually BE a character in Street Fighter IV!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/app.onlinephotofiler.com\/Img1\/A_0\/0\/5\/5\/5500\/090a20ec7f80482c83a23b08cbffcf22.Large.jpg?u=f54c5ba9-dc21-49e8-9f44-d98fb789786c\" alt=\"Paul Gale on the right in Street Fighter IV\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;m on the right and will forever be a part of the Street Fighter universe. This is the European Cruise Ship Stage in SF4.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe today&#8217;s not my birthday (it&#8217;s actually on July 7th), but I can&#8217;t help but share some of the fun today with Ryu, since he&#8217;s been such an awesome figure in my life as a kid to this day. Here&#8217;s to many more awesome games to come starring this original World Warrior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most recognized and best (in my opinion) fighting game character ever created is Ryu from Capcom&#8217;s Street Fighter series. Well, today, July 21st, 2010 is his official 46 birthday according to Capcom canon. Here&#8217;s to one of the greatest video game characters around today, turning another year older&#8230;at least in the video game world. 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