Nick's Jiu Jitsu Career

Shortly after coming to live in San Francisco, Nick Scarpino was continuously tormented by neighborhood bully Jonny Lorence, after the latter discovered that he was going out with his ex-girlfriend, Ally. Just as he was about to be nearly being beaten to death by Jonny and his goons, Nick was saved at the last moment by an elderly Japanese man named Kensukei Meyagi, who proceeded to instruct Nick in the art of Jiu Jitsu in order to beat Jonny at an upcoming martial arts tournament.

Jonny and Nick fought viciously at the tournament, doling out unethical and painful moves that should've technically gotten them both suspended, but that the judges decided to roll with because they found it really funny that a 30-year-old man was fighting a 16-year-old teen. Eventually, Nick defeated Jonny, and was carried off by an enthusiastic crowd while an 80s song played.

While Nick had many more scrambles with Jonny and Meyagi in the years that would follow (including that one time that some local kid called Jadin Smith had to take his place, after he binged too hard on the Hostess Donettes), they never stopped from from continuing to excel at and enjoy the art of Jiu Jitsu.