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The Rise And Fall Of Peloton In this video we go over the rise and fall of Peloton. Peloton has been one of the best performing stocks since the pandemic began in 2020 as gym closures bo...

Wearing Feiyues in the snow is maybe not the best example of 武德 Wǔ Dé, but the words are correct.

Shaolin WuDe 武德 - The Shaolin Virtues The virtues within the Shaolin Temple are deeply rooted in Buddhist ethics and morality. Besides the physical and mental development, it's useful to watch th...

Stirring cinnabar seal paste is hypnotic. She has such great technique for shaping the mugwort fibers.

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Xuan sheets (“rice paper”) are very absorbent and challenging to paint on, but they are a tangible heritage product of China, so I keep trying. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I was trying to do something fancy for the next interview segment’s custom YouTube thumbnail, but now I’m thinking just a screencap in costume would be more recognizable. 🤦🏻‍♀️. The next installment has been edited for a week, just have to finish the thumbnail and description.

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Alameda Cty DA Nancy O’Malley pretending to give a damn now, because Hollywood actors called them on it. 😡😤

She needs to stop letting this psychopath back out. He was busted for the same s**t last August 2020.

Suspect in 3 Elderly Attacks Charged, Held on $210,000 Bail A 28-year-old man, who was arrested on unrelated charges, has been charged over the recent series of unprovoked…

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How it started vs. How it’s going. Umar & Usman Nurmagomedov edition. Congratulations to Usman on his marriage.
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It's here! 🌈 🎨 🧳 The Minimalist Spectrum Palette of handmade watercolor paints.

With these five full metal pans of matte colors (CMYK and White), you can blend literally any color of the rainbow in this plastic-free, travel-sized palette.

Phthalo. Cyan
Quin. Magenta
Arylide Yellow
Mars Black
Zinc White

Each pan is magnetized and removable. The lid can be used as a mixing tray and contains a hand-painted swatch color chart.

Minimalist Spectrum Palette: Handmade Watercolor Paints With these five full metal pans of matte colors (CMYK and White), you can blend literally any color of the rainbow in this plastic-free, travel-sized palette. Phthalo. Cyan Quin. Magenta Arylide Ye…

“This is a trailer for a web/tv/video series. It's a sci-fi martial arts story set in neo-San Francisco.

https://www.sfinvictus.net/

I have so much to say about why this video took so long for me to make and publish. I have grown so much in the process, that I don't regret a damn thing.

This is my most important work. What I was put on this planet to do. I'm finally giving myself permission to go for it and put it out there. If nobody else likes or understands it, oh well. I had to do it. I loved every second of it.

Stop doing things that are meaningless to you. Be your most authentic self. Show your true colors. Live your life, in the moment, for you. Life is too short for you to be anything less than happy, honest, and whole.

None of these places were chosen at random. They all have great significance to me.

The song is "Like You" by Giovanni Di Morente and El Radio Fantastique.

I first asked Giovanni if I could make a video to go with his music as a teaser trailer for "SF Invictus" five years ago. He generously said, "Yes, use whatever you like from my entire catalog," and invited me to some of their shows.

On September 6, 2015, I happened to be housesitting for some folks who left their car behind when El Radio (yes, I am aware of the bad Spanish grammar) were playing a show in Sonoma County, opening for a legendary New Orleans brass band.
On February 25, 2017, El Radio played a show at Amnesia (a small nightclub on Valencia Street in the Mission DIstrict that our friend used to be a co-owner of) and I revisited the idea, by showing up with a camera. This time, armed with a monopod. I loved the lighting, but it still wasn't enough.

I was very sick and had some mishaps and surgeries throughout 2017. I was not allowed (by my doctors and trainers) to lift more than 10 pounds for over a year. For long periods, I could not stand, walk, or use both of my hands properly. It was very difficult to afford to stay in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

In late-November, my cinematographer friend, Tom Krymkowski, had a few days off from his corporate day job and offered one of them to me for an artistic project. We filmed most of the dancing sequences in one day. I made my own costume, props, did hair, makeup, choreography, and carried all my gear in a backpack. Miriam Nakamoto, the Muay Thai champion was our driver, leaving Chinatown. The Chinatown footage was out of focus.

On December 3, 2017, we re-shot the Chinatown sequence.

In 2018 I had more surgeries. I was invited, by the owner, to train at Khabib & DC's gym. The guy who made the archival system for the UFC asked to make a documentary about me as a martial artist. The owner/head MMA coach of Khabib & DC's gym/team/academy asked me to make their YouTube channel. From 2018 - 2020, I filmed Khabib's training camp for Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, and Tony Ferguson (the last one) and DC for Stipe Miocic and Derrick Lewis. I found out DC's Manager & Head Coach, (the co-founder of the gym/team/academy) has the same Wing Chun lineage as me. I asked him to manage me. DC, Luke Rockhold, Cain Velasquez, and now Khabib all retired.

Khabib said he wants to be free. I feel set free to do what I want, because I no longer doubt whether or not I'm a "real martial artist." I don't feel like I can't miss out on the opportunity to be a tiny part of history by being allowed to witness his secret, closed training sessions. I will miss the Dagestanis and Kung Fu Panda, training with an actual MMA army storming through, but in these post-Covid times having 75 international fighters in one room is not sustainable.

Music in the time of Coronavirus is nostalgia for tiny, packed indie nightclubs. I don't even like crowds, but I miss dancing. I miss old folks congregating on park benches to survey their grandkids in the playground while teens practice skateboard tricks on any slab of concrete nearby.

Every music video starts with the music. I took the CD version recording and mixed in the horn improv from the festival recording, and the keyboard/organ/theremin instrumental from the nightclub show to make one long extended remix.

I don't know how I'm going to fund producing this story, but I know I'm going to make it. By any means necessary.

For the full story go to:
https://www.sfinvictus.net/

Song "Like You" by: Giovanni Di Morente & El Radio Fantastique
This video is monetized to Giovanni & the band by their music publicist.

Cinematography by: Tom Krymkowski”

https://youtu.be/_7UUHhjBClA

"Like You" "SF Invictus" Music Video Trailer (Extended Remix) by Giovanni & El Radio Fantastique - YouTube This is a trailer for a web/tv/video series. It's a sci-fi martial arts story set in neo-San Francisco.https://www.sfinvictus.net/I have so much to say about w...