A Universidäte with Saarland?

I’ve been waiting for a little bit to officially write about this because my brain keeps going into its own cycles of what if patterns. Nani?? Back in mid July, at the end of my trip home, I finally applied to the High Performance Sports master’s program at Universität des Saarlandes. I had been looking … Continue reading A Universidäte with Saarland? →

How can I say this?

For the first time since arriving in Germany I've found myself back at a martial arts gym.AND on a semi regular basis at that.I was so involved in my martial arts community for such a large chuck of my life that not having them now made everything feel very lonely. I think in many ways … Continue reading How can I say this? →

Bois to Brothas

I came to the United States knowing just my immediate family. I've only ever had Didi for a sibling,(Not counting all the didi's, dai's, bhai's and baini's from the greater Family tree.) I never expected this core group to grow beyond 3 Pillars, and yet, over the years I've come to realize that there are … Continue reading Bois to Brothas →

Meeting Ms. Cruz

One of the first memories of meeting Paola I can vividly remember. It was a warm, sunny, summer afternoon. The shop was pretty dead so it must have been around 2ish in the afternoon. I had my ukulele with me and I was strumming along to one of my favorite songs (Lava) when she walked … Continue reading Meeting Ms. Cruz →

A Sprinkle of Sofrito

This is my, I got a brilliant idea face.It doesn't last long. It’s been a minute since I uploaded a post on here and I’ve been meaning to write something worth sharing to you all for a while now.It’s an annoying process to say the least, I think of a topic then after juggling it … Continue reading A Sprinkle of Sofrito →

Discipline comes from Love

Recently I had a friend share an article with me about eating disorders in male athletes, it briefly touched upon the topic of body image issues which can be closely related with eating disorders as well. The past 3 weeks when I was physically out of commission I started getting kind of down on myself. … Continue reading Discipline comes from Love →