A blog about my experiences as a father, husband, military professional, and martial artist.
In the midst of uprooting my family to begin our next journey in a country far, far away, I had to stop and reflect on the accomplishments of my teammates in the past week. We had several members of our Zen Martial Arts El Paso, Texas Family received stripe promotions on their white belts. Seeing…
To compete, or not to compete… that is the question? I’ve struggled with this question on more than one occasion as an older student of the art, and I will tell you testing your game against an unknown opponent going full speed will give you the immediate feedback to application you’re searching for. You will…
It takes a village… in combat sports we often see the journey as that of the individual walking the path. There is, however, a very large support team behind the end product, which is any martial artist who finds success in their craft. The network available to newbie jiujiteiros and martial artists from other styles…
We start learning from the moment we enter this world, we die once we stop, and it’s up to us to make the time in between count for something. Time is the one constant we all share and it’s up to us to make the most of our days in existence. When I woke up…