Although he always had some interest in martial arts, his training was limited prior to joining the show. "I did one year of karate in the first grade. Going out for the audition an asterisk said, 'If you know karate, that would be better.' After booking the role I thought, 'Well, I went for a year of karate, I'm athletic, this should be a breeze,'" he shared with CrypticRock. "I went in for the first day of training, before we even started to film season one, and our film coordinator kicked my butt! It was so brutal, I never regretted feeling cocky so much in my life."