Monthly Archives: March 2019

I first met Herbert Katekaru, when I started high school.  I transferred from a program called Special Motivation in Jr High into a similar program in high school.  Mr. Katekaru’s, or Kate´ as we would call him, was assigned to be our counselor, and with our group, it did not seem like a fun job. […]

Ollie and my mother got together when I was about 11 years old. He was a musician living in California, but he came to Hawaii to play in a gig, and met my mother through a mutual friend.  Ollie and I did not hit it off right away. He was a musician, and by no […]

The three things that these three very tough men have in common, is that they all helped to shape me, mold me, And make me a tougher person.  All three taught my lessons on mental and physical toughness the good old fashioned way… by causing me pain, and teaching me not to give up when […]

Like I said before, we never really grew up in the ghetto, but for some reason within a 2-mile radius from my house where I grew up, there were a hugely disproportionate amount of violent people, and for some reason they with the people that I considered my closest friends.  Another fact, for some reason […]

I didn’t come from the ghetto (even though I spent a lot of time there), but I knew I was a fighter from a very early age.  From fear of getting beat up by locals, wanting to make Godin proud, thriving on being respected by my peers, to having an insatiable need to train and get […]