This is a personal blog about my life which includes: jiujitsu, art, dj scratching, beatboxing, ESLinsider, teaching English abroad, yoga, travel, thoughts and more.
It’s hard to start something new.
It’s hard to get there and getting there is the battle. Actually it’s not that the place you want to go to is worse, but the difficult par… Read More
Here’s the latest creative video that I made. I first did a little beatboxing, recorded it, looped it with my computer and then scratched over it with my turntables.
I also used a litt… Read More
Here are some interesting comments on why men make more money!
This is an interview with Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson who is a clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto and a forme… Read More
Autophagy is how a cell naturally clears away dead or unhealthy cells in your body. You can do that 2 ways and both of those ways require stressing the cell.
Way number 1 – exercise
If… Read More
Are you looking for a super fast Joomla template? How about a fast loading and responsive Joomla template? Or how about a solution to slow loading Joomla pages?
The problem…
Joomla ca… Read More
For the last 30+ days or so I have been eating a vegan diet basically. I basically cut out eggs and A2 dairy like goats milk cheese and occasional turkey or fish.
It wasn’t that hard b… Read More
Fasting makes you really appreciate food. I think this was my second or third 3 day fast.
This time I drank ginger and astragalus tea in the morning, water and a little plain mineral water… Read More
Things in Chinatown are looking a little grim. A lot of shops on Grant Ave. have closed their doors. In fact a lot of them have had closed doors for quite some time. These are not stores on… Read More
What a day. Some crazy homeless guy possibly on drugs tried stealing my money as I was street performing on Grant in Chinatown, SF. I do a hybrid kinda street performance that entails a cost… Read More
This is my latest outfit. Hanging out in Chinatown, SF.
I guess I’ll call myself pink man fu. Before I was blu man fu and then white man fu, haha. Maybe I need a new name Read More
I have been very congested since living in San Francisco. I recently became determined to find out why. I started eliminating foods, I cleaned my house, bought a hepa air filter and recently… Read More
I decided I would try to keep track of the changes and things that I am experimenting and learning about diet.
I was taking a whole food multi-vitamin then I just went to taking spirulina th… Read More
I got promoted to green belt in judo yesterday at CCSF. And I am being a bit sarcastic when I say “pleasure”. When you get promoted there is a certain sort of ritual and part of… Read More
This is how I made Kombucha at home from scratch without a scoby. This was my first time and I thought it turned out pretty good. It was easy and cheap to do.
HOW TO DO IT
1. Get a large gl… Read More
This is a brand NEW judo gi that I have for sale. It’s cheap and it’s good quality. It includes a jacket, belt, and pants.
Works fine for jiujitsu too, yet it just has a bit long… Read More
“Spend more time in a squat position throughout the day. Just doing that will improve your digestion, your knee health, your hips, and it will start to move things in the right directi… Read More
When I weighed myself at the last jiu-jitsu tournament I weighed a bit more than I thought. I have been doing a ketogenic diet for a while. I think the reason why I gained a few pounds was t… Read More
This is the video version of a previous post. This is about how long it took me to get a blue belt in jiu-jitsu.
You can read the previous post here called the road to blue belt Read More
The beginning of the match. Vincent and I starting on our knees.
This video is of my 3rd jiu-jitsu competition at CCSF on Friday Aug. 21, 2017. This one we started on our knees as some of th… Read More
Wondering how long it will take you to get a blue belt in jiu-jitsu? Funny I was thinking of writing this article “the road to blue belt” about a week or so ago and then I got o… Read More
I am going to speak from experience here. It’s not worth the debt. Don’t take out debt. I still have debt from 20 years ago. Yikes sounds scary. Time flies.
It’s a good exp… Read More
This is my latest creative work that I posted on Youtube and on ESLinsider. It’s about teaching in Korea. If you are a first timer then to teach in Korea you basically have 2 options f… Read More
I think I might know or have a little bit of an idea of what being famous is like.
I remember reading once about a famous actor who punched some paparazzi in the face. I totally understand… Read More
A few months ago I made a post about sugar, the ketogenic diet and times restricted feeding. Well not so long ago I completed 2 months on the ketogenic diet.
That diet is a low carb and high… Read More
Looking at a computer or your phone will give you forward head tilt if you are not careful. Forward head tilt can be learned as well.
So I made this video by doing yoga to improve your postu… Read More
For the last year or so I have been fasting on Sundays. I’ll stop eating sometime between 8 and 10pm on Sat. and then I won’t eat anything till 7pm or so the next day.
But this t… Read More
I recently made a video called What’s your kung fu? I did a lot of editing in that video of little bits like ummm, ahhh or ughhh.
I edited it because it seemed to drag on and ughhh li… Read More
I have been making some changes to my diet. Experimenting with a few things that I have learned.
One thing led to another. I saw the first video below about sugar that was interesting. My te… Read More
I have been meaning to do this for a long time. I find pictures sometimes around the web that people have taken of me street performing and I thought it might be cool to put them up.
For the… Read More
When I lived in Tainan, Taiwan I took some kung fu classes. Downstairs was a guy who owned a t-shirt shop. He said his kung fu was making t-shirts.
That’s actually the real meaning of… Read More
3 years ago when I started jiu-jitsu I realized I couldn’t kneel without pain. I didn’t know what happened as I used to be able to kneel. But my left knee cap would catch and I c… Read More
I recently watch one of Gary Vee’s videos and at the end of it he asks a question something like: “What’s the conversation that you are most scared of having in the world?… Read More
If you are doing jiu-jitsu or judo then chances are at some point you will get sore fingers from all the grabbing of the gi.
In this video I’ll show you 2 ways how I deal with finger p… Read More
In this video I cover the different kinds of wear and tear most people get from jiu-jitsu (bjj) and judo. The topics I cover are fingers, bruises, scrapes and cauliflower ear.
Your fingers… Read More
I recently saw a bunch of videos on Youtube where people sort of said they were “homeless” but lived in their cars. Then there was another video that really looked down on people… Read More
Here’s a video that I made that combines some of the street performing that I do as well as some dj scratching.
I came up with the idea for this show since before pushing play many pe… Read More
Here’s a technique for learning meditation that’s simple and practical. In it you use counting. This counting can be done to yourself when you are breathing.
First find a comfor… Read More
Here’s a video I made that combines a little of the street performing I do and some of my dj scratching.
The secret sauce is a sort of joke I made that was inspired from a kung fu tea… Read More
Are you wondering how much money street performers or buskers make? I can only speak for myself. I think a lot of people lie or don’t want to tell the truth about what they make.
I ask… Read More
Here is a simple guide on how to meditate using your breath. This is a basic meditation. One of the first things that you will need is an alarm.
If you are just starting off I’d say it… Read More
It’s kinda scary. You feel those nerves starting to twitch days before the competition whenever you start to think about it. Come the day you start to think why am I doing this? I don… Read More
I have been watching a lot of his videos lately. Today I was watching this one and the wisest words were his last. At least for me.
So wise I have played this 3 times and now I am going to w… Read More
I have been working on a new costume behind the scenes. I have been in love with caution tape for quite some time. It looks cool and I like the colors. I saw some pics of people making cauti… Read More
Wondering what you should do about your torn meniscus? Are you considering surgery? Will it heal? I don’t know what’s right for your knee, but I can share with you what I learned… Read More
ESLinsider.com is a resource for those interested in teaching English abroad. It provides resources such as how-to videos, online TEFL courses, guides and a blog. It’s also a place whe… Read More
I have been practicing Jiujitsu for about 20 months or so total on the mat. I have been going about 4 times a week or so and have been going to CCSF for about 2 semesters.
I love it. Jiujits… Read More
I just heard Mike Clough passed away. I don’t know how, but man I wished I had seen him in recent years. My last memories of him were from high school and a bit after circa ’93… Read More
This guy made me feel like a wimp. You can see him there taking an ice bath. I watched some of his videos on mental toughness. And that’s why I started taking cold showers.
I think th… Read More
Right now I am about 2 hours and 20 minutes away from completing 72 hours of fasting. I plan on stopping tomorrow morning. By then I would have fasted more than 83 or so hours.
I haven&rsquo&hell…Read More
Recently I was searching for the answer to this question. And I didn’t really find much that answered my questions, so that’s why I am putting this out there.
This is based on my… Read More
Here’s a video a made of some of the highlights of my day out in the streets performing. It can be a lot of fun. We paint our face blue, dress up, freak some people out, do some shows… Read More
I have more or less kept to this diet. Basically I undereat during the day and overeat at night. It was kind of difficult the first few days, but my body adapted pretty easily.
Did I notice… Read More
Yesterday I started a new diet – the Warrior Diet. I felt like I was eating too many carbs like wheat and oats and having a mid day crash after my large snack (yogurt, granola, a peanu… Read More
It’s been around a total of ten months that I have been practicing jiu jitsu. I have been going about 4-5 times a week. Things have been going pretty good with it. I have done around 7… Read More