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10 day countdown begins! Plus my June 2010 Tricking Video!

Posted on : 08-06-2010 | By : admin | In : Demo Reel, Martial Arts, updates

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My June 2010 Tricking Sampler!

10 days before the BIG DAY! Got tons going on. So for this week I am teaching 3 classes, training, doing a demo, tying up loose ends, and then heading up to nor cal to visit family and support the wildaid / kung fu magazine tournament in San Jose.

An update on my previous to do list:
(completed)
UPS shipper account company testing trial period
update FAQ
find customer support staff
book flight up north
book flight to china
buy new laptop
buy new luggage case (maybe also buy one of those traveler backpacks)
optometrist appointments
acting classes

(in progress)
transfer business email forwarding
find new roommate
clean house
get visas
sell car
martial arts training
teaching lessons
buy new camera lens
buy new phone (thinking unlocked iphone)

Back to Work and Food Fight Demo

Posted on : 27-01-2010 | By : admin | In : Film and Television, Martial Arts

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comp card i made for fun

another version of my comp card. i made this one for fun

Lately I’ve just been settling back down in LA, catching up with a few friends, and mainly working on the biz side of life. Here’s what I’ve been up to the past 3 days.

Business
I finished incorporating my business, setting up a merchant account, getting a federal tax ID number for the corporation aka EIN, transferring all biz related payments from my sole prop acct to my new biz acct, applying for a business credit card to be used only for business – this way I will be able to keep clear track of spending, getting quickbooks for accounting, organizing recent orders and making new bulk orders, following up with clients, finishing up some marketing materials, creating additional business cards, working out a pricing sheet/sales forms, confirming site redesign layout, following up on packaging price quote, and talking with a franchise owner in LA Fitness.

Martial Arts
Been training about 4 times a week. I train san da once or twice a week – I got some 16 oz gloves and been working on the bags as well as doing other kicks (non standard wushu kicks), pure wushu once a week, and gym/lifting or possibly tricking once a week. It averages out to about 4 times a week. I’m going to start training people again for private lessons. Don’t want to make it a full time thing so probably will accept a max of 3 students for now, but it’s something I enjoy and it’s a good to get a little income as well. I created a lesson plan involving cardio, fitness, conditioning, wushu, kick boxing, pad work, and partner training.

I plan to keep 4 days a week of training if not more because it’s just so fun. Also, this UFC gym opened up near my place, so I might check it out. It would be good to work on some brazilian jiu-jitsu as well. Did I mention I joined LA Fitness? I’ve been meaning to go swimming there. The pool looks very clean and inviting, but so far I’ve mainly just got around to using their bags and weight machines.

Entertainment
I did a demo for LA Wushu / Coach Tim Storms at LAFA’s Annual Food Fights event. It was at the Diavolo Dance space in downtown. It was a fun charity event that featured a bunch of the stunt/fight groups in town and we all gathered and put on a show to raise food for those without. That was fun and got to see some buddies from The History Channel Art of War project. I also re-realized how much I freakin love performing and doing demos. It was an event for a good cause and I just overall had a good time / felt good afterward. =)

I am supposed to call back an editor from Inside Kung Fu tomorrow so we will see how that goes. I hope something works out with them because when I was in high school I remember reading their magazine and to be in it, would be awesome. Then there’s this Pacific Rim online press that covers a variety of celebrity and entertainment news. I may be doing an interview with them next week or the following week.

Aside from that, I made a comp card (which I am still working on), I majorly cleaned up my film resume, I submitted to a few productions, and I am having headshots professionally printed this week to attach with my resume.

Misc
Getting some house work done. I’ve been cleaning the house like mad and I cleaned my room. I’ve also brought in a contractor to help redo/fix the front patio area but its been raining so its really messing things up. This is something I’ve really been needing to do. Hopefully I wont have to do anymore renovations/repairs for a while.

To Do
Set up virtual terminal / payment processing
Repair/replace cell phone
Recycle bottles
Revamp website

My Life’s To Do List

Posted on : 16-06-2009 | By : admin | In : Alfred's Adventures, Business, Film and Television, General Thoughts, Martial Arts, World Travel, Wushu

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My To Do List: An updated evolving list of accomplishments I want to achieve in the next 3 years:

Start an automated 6 figure business ($3k/mo cash flow) that is self-sustaining and socially conscious
Learn mixed martial arts to a competition level (kickboxing/mma competition)
Act in a feature film (preferably these 3 types: hollywood blockbuster, hk action movie, china wu xia period piece)
Produce my own short or feature length movie
Learn to knee drag (or handle turns better) on my motorcycle
Develop and wear my own clothing line
Combine martial arts and fashion (WushuKicks / I-N)
Own 3-5 residential real estate properties (LA, Pasadena, Mountain View, Taiwan, Singapore)
Open a cafe (A’s faves idea), restaurant (midnight idea), or bar (small upscale idea)
Maintain > 8% returns through stocks / traditional investments (funds/stocks)
Walk under the rain in a tropical rain forest
Learn another foreign language (conversational proficiency – French/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese)
Move to a foreign country with only 1 months food/rent and maintain a comfortable standard of living
Travel to: New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, South Africa, India, Germany, Russia, Dubai, Ireland, Spain
Done——————————————————————————-
Learn to fly a plane – [Mach1 Aviation in Van Nuys]
Make the US Wushu Team – [2009 US Wushu "A" Team, 1st in longfist, 1st in straightsword]
Place top 6 in wushu world games – [Gold Medal at Worlds in 2009]
Skydiving – [14000ft @ Lake Elsinore]
Buy first car
Start a company [WushuKicks Incorporated in 2009]
Get motorcyle license – [Class: C M1]
Work in corporate – [KPMG, City National Bank]
Work with Jackie Chan – [Spy Next Door Premier @ The Grove in 2010]
Work with Jet Li – [Movie to be released in 2011]
Travel – [China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, England, Amsterdam, Vietnam, Singapore]