The holidays break was a great opportunity to polish my manuscript and add some of my recent learnings in #muaythai and #bjj into the story. Feeling pretty good about how they mix with the main character’s #taichi and #daoism background and the frighteningly real advancements in #artificialintelligence and #neuroscience After the encouraging notes from the … Continue reading Is the book ready?
Month: December 2019
The best style of fighting
Given the warrior origins of all martial arts, it's natural that discussions often lan on what's more effective than what. Most of the times debating effectiveness on the streets or in big competitions like ufc as the ultimate ring. Natural, but likely shortsighted, if you look at this field as an ecosystem. In combat sports … Continue reading The best style of fighting
Sports Data?
Who uses data and devices to improve their training? I’ve been using the #whoopstrap to monitor my performance. It’s interesting to see that the best indicator of a good day for me is how rested I am. Duh... but that isn’t totally related to the simple number of hours of sleep. It’s a combo. The … Continue reading Sports Data?
Curing writers block with martial arts
Recently I got stuck on my next novel (a story about kung fu and artificial Intelligence). First I blamed how busy I got at work and adjusting our lives to the East Coast. But truly it was because I got so into my survival journey as a white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that, despite … Continue reading Curing writers block with martial arts