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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

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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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