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Experiencing Free Play ’24 — Kickin’ It With The MK Krew

I learned of their experiences as martial arts competitors, Mortal Kombat mocap actors, and TMNT stuntmen.

Can Hoang Tran
14 min readJan 4, 2025
The MK crew and That Weekend Warrior post with a Raphael cosplayer.

If you’re a fighting game fan, especially the old-school Mortal Kombat titles (before the developers switched to polygons and CGI), you would be in for a treat if you attended Free Play Florida (FPF) 2024. The event had several special guests such as Ed Smith, one of several people I interviewed throughout this three-day gaming event.

As I mentioned, I wanted to arrive at the event early enough.

But I do after-school pick-up at my Taekwondo (TKD) dojang. It was supposed to be early release day on November 22, Day 1 of FPF, but it became a regular full day because of Hurricane Milton in October.

The important part is that I still made it to the event.

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Can Hoang Tran
Can Hoang Tran

Written by Can Hoang Tran

Veteran citizen journalist who enjoys martial arts, indie & foreign film, anime, manga, gaming, music, and martial arts. https://linktr.ee/aeonxtrigger

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