travels
Spent the pandemic traveling the US in an apocalyptic-ark (e.g. luxury Sprinter Van) personally converted at the start of the pandemic.
Followed by a year in Sicily racing a motorcycle around the island investigating ancient ruins and gathering material for the next book.
In Fall travelled through Europe, teaching jiu jitsu seminars and hitting manga shops. Scotland and the inspiration for Diagon Alley were hmm, magical? As were Rome Warsaw Lisbon Bilbao San Sebastian Paris Biarritz Amsterdam London…
After that blitzkrieg returned to Southern California to compete in the 2022 NOGI World Championships and won a second gold in the black belt masters division. Now staying in CA for the winter writing, filming, working with clients, surfing and training. Next up, Thailand & Japan.
JOIN THE TRIBE!! ALL THE COOL HIP KIDS ARE DOING IT
Those things don’t jibe, some say, pick a lane.
But when I look up it’s so clear: our tiny planet hurtling through the Milky Way, one galaxy among trillions each containing billions of fiery suns and at least 700 quintillion planets. Astronauts careening through an infinite sea of stars, we are, our time here just a blip.
Nothing more SciFi than reality!
Yet we take these facts for granted, just as many of us take for granted the most important fact of all: that we have but one miraculous spacesuit to explore this strange world.
So will we care for it as though our survival depends on it?
(it does)
Will we diligently monitor and repair our suit at every turn?
(we should)
Or neglect it in the vain hope that our suit—unlike the plethora of failed suits that litter the cratered ground before us—is somehow impervious to neglect?
(it is not)
Life is strange and beautiful, and there is so much to see and discover during our short stay on this rock. Yet once our spacesuits start malfunctioning, our ability to explore this wondrous existence is diminished, if not entirely over.
That is why I embrace anything and everything that piques my interest.
That’s why I’ve launched The Inner Blade