Welcome everyone! It’s been a while hasn’t it? Truth be told, I had started an entry that was supposed to be a 2019 review, which then quickly became nearly 3,000 words and I was barely past January! As they New Year of 2020 became more and more of an afterthought, it would become apparent that […]
So, it has been nearly 3 weeks since I celebrated my 3rd decade of existence! I remember turning 20 and 30 seemed so far away, you still had the milestone of 21 to look forward too, the 25 mark and everything around and in-between to mull over, not to mention the internal existential crisis that […]
Hello everyone! It will probably be after midnight by the time this has been published; so the age old question is: is it good morning or is it good evening? (cue raised eye emoji) It was exactly 4 weeks ago when I was last behind the keyboard when I was penned part 1 of the […]
Welcome to the first ever Ronin Fitness Blog! I don’t know why it has taken so long for me to think of this, but it has finally dawned upon me to document one of my training cycles! To put this into context, around 18 months into exercising regularly, I had gotten really into MMA and […]
I could begin by trying to explain why it has been so long since I have compiled an entry for the 9x Blog, but this whole entry will cover why; at best, all I can do is apologise for my procrastination, my avoidance of the work, my succumbing to resistance… That’s right, as the name […]
I’ve finally gotten one over resistance! I apologise for the lengthy delay on this most recent edition of the 9x, there is no excuse, but it’s quite apt given today’s topic: The Ronin State of Mind. I was recently asked: “What is this Ronin State of Mind?” And it got me thinking, how can I […]
Resistance is a motherfucker… Welcome back, and if it’s your first time, welcome also! The 9x Blog enters its second episode, today, as the title suggests, I look at what’s in a name? More succinctly, what’s in the name’s that I go by! As a British Asian man, I am always asked to something to […]
It is with great excitement, trepidation, nervousness, liberation and a sheer number of conundrum of paradoxes wrapped up as adjectives, however I am finally writing to you again for you as Steven Rao the man, the human that is being… For those of you that once read: ‘Origami with Aragami’, and stuck with it, you […]
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