A brief update to accompany the redesign of this site in the summer of 2025: I continue to split my work time between my freelance web design studio and the Pourdavoud Institute at UCLA, as their Digital Designer and Web Developer. My main extracurricular activity at the moment is practicing tai chi in the Wu style; I attend an excellent studio class a few times a week to hone the 108-form sequence. A few months ago, our Sifu began teaching us the “Datmo Gim” sword form, which features the Chinese straight sword (jian) and is said to be the technique that Bodhidharma taught to the monks at the Shaolin temple.
In June, my partner Caitlyn and I celebrated our 10-year wedding anniversary and promptly got Covid. Even with the latest vaccine, it’s still a beast—I was laid out for about a week. Stay careful out there!