By next week we will be starting our competition training camp for a competition on October. This will be my first competition as a purple belt. Few things that I'm thinking about. On one hand being a

Taken during the Beach Blockchain Conference, May 11, 2018 at Movenpick, Mactan is., Cebu. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

About a week ago I got a message from a friend saying he had a free pass for me for a Blockchain conference that happened in my hometown of Cebu. Tickets cost about $200 dollars, so hell yeah I would go,

Last week I talked for a very short 6 minutes for Volume 18 of Pecha Kucha Cebu. Pecha Kucha according to their site is: a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The

The traditional way of teaching Brazilian Jiujitsu is to string a bunch of techniques together without much emphasis on the he fundamental concepts that govern these techniques. Teachers such as John Danaher

I made a highlight video of the recent tournament that me and my company produced. Blogged about our struggles in producing this event in my previous entry:

It's kind of a joke in Brazilian Jiujitsu social media that after your blue belt then next step is to create a jiujitsu lifestyle brand. Well, I did that after my first 2 stripes in my white belt. Teamed

Coming to terms with my social media addiction. Watching this video was eye opening. I never knew how addicted I was to social media til I watched this video. I know it's kinda ironic that I'm posting

I recently encountered the philosophy of 'Do easy' in an ultraculture.com article by Jason Louv on William S. Burroughs. From the article: "Burroughs’ most tried and tested technique was the practice

Bought my first few Satoshis of Bitcoin back in 2014, but it was only around the middle of 2017 that I really dove into crytpocurrency and understood the impact that they can have in the world. When

In my previous post I showed my results of a personality test I took from Understandinsmyself.com. Took this test upon the recommendation of Jordan Peterson. What struck me in the results of the test where

A few days a ago I took Jordan Peterson's understandingmyself.com test for personality assessment based on the big five traits theory which states that there are 5 traits that are the building blocks of

Just about 2 weeks ago I competed in a BJJ tournament after being out of the competition scene for around 2 years. I have to say I really miss it. I want to compete at least 2 times next year. There were

Cultural appropriation is an interesting thing. Without it a culture stagnates, but the blatant use of another's culture especially for profit just seems icky. The proper term would be cultural

This weekend I had a bit of fun making designs of cryptocurrency mashed up to streetwear logos. I really enjoy the streetwear aesthetic and at the same time I also wanted to show support and represent

Back in college, more than a decade ago, I used to dabble in streetart. I used to follow a few street artists in various blogs, mostly defunct now, like sprayblog and wooster collective. One of my favorite

My brother posted this on Facebook a few days ago and I found it really interesting. This was from a book called "Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors" by Lizzie Collingham. I found it fascinating

This past weekend our team had the opportunity to have a few sessions with our head blackbelt from Japan, Daisuke Nakamura. Sensei Daisuke is arguably the best BJJ practitioner from Asia, a winner of multiple

Often in the midst of a hard training camp the importance of rest is often neglected. Although most of us are hobbyists in our gym and not full time athletes, burn outs still come creeping in. I make it

Half way through the competition camp. This time it's time to pick up the pace and start peaking as the end of the camp arrives. Today I focused on imposing my game plan and visualizing the actual match.