Bart Butler, black-belted drummer for the excellent metal band Eagle Claw, considers regular gym workouts boring and believes that exercise should challenge your brain. Last year he took over the Void – a kung fu compound he’d been training at for a dozen years – and expanded its disciplines to include jiujitsu, kickboxing, yoga, and self-defense. Butler’s understanding that martial arts training helps counter the inherent unhealthiness of the musician/bar-worker lifestyle bears out in the studio's popularity in Austin’s rock community. Members of the Sword, American Sharks, Riverboat Gamblers, Scorpion Child, and Duel all train there.
