How I’ve missed you.

These past couple of years have been an interesting period of my life, and being back in Nepal gave me a lot of time to think on my understanding about this life, the spaces I inhabit, and my interest in the kind of world I want to see be available for the future of my … Continue reading How I’ve missed you. →

3 Years Later

Looking back at the last 3 years of my life,It’s pretty maddening to think about all that’s passed.Since landing on this new land,with its new people,a new language,and its own set of new challenges. I’ve slept on more couches, stranger’s futons, gym mats, floors and guest bedrooms than I’d ever imagined possible. I’ve survived a … Continue reading 3 Years Later →

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 →

There’s No Place like Home

I remember the day I got back to Oregon.As JB was driving me home,I wasn’t nervous,I wasn’t scared,I wasn’t even particularly excited,It all felt so familiar to be on 405 headed towards Portland.As we got on 26 west I started thinking about how it’d be to step up to the door.Oh man I’m gonna step … Continue reading There’s No Place like Home →

Holding off so I can Hold on…

Since the day I got back to Germany, I've been actively avoiding writing this particular post.For a multitude of reasons.There’s just so much that happened,so many people I got to see,so many I still missed,and just the idea of doing a post addressing everyone and everything is …well overwhelming to say the least. But if … Continue reading Holding off so I can Hold on… →

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 →

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas?

Much like when my birthday and Thanksgiving was approaching, I was beginning to have a mix of feelings regarding Weihnachten (Christmas day). On the one hand I was super excited to check out the Weihnachtmarkt (Christmas markets), Thien-Kim and Chi-Nhan (my students from back in the day) were gonna be in town and spending time … Continue reading It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas? →

AH! I am back!

Just kidding, I really haven't had the chance to update anything on here in a while but here's a little something to let you know I'm still alive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okX5AburO6g&t=29s I never realized how many odd facial expressions I make while talking to a camera... There's still so much I want to say, honestly so much … Continue reading AH! I am back! →

Healing through Art

If you spend any amount of time in Germany, specifically in Berlin, something that'll come up more often that not are the amount of graffiti art you will see laying around every corner of the city. It is so heavily featured throughout Berlin that it really ends up taking on a personality of its own. … Continue reading Healing through Art →