Who am I you might ask?  Well I’m a musician, author and dog lover.  I had a long martial arts competition career resulting in several world championship titles. Plus I ski all winter and scuba dive all summer.

I was born in Toronto, Canada with family background from Singapore and Hong Kong so I’m considered a ‘CBC’ (Canadian born Chinese). In addition to the greater Toronto area, I’ve also lived in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal.

My Past Careers

I went to University of Toronto for a BSc and McMaster University for a MBA followed by a corporate career that will be too boring to get into any detail but I will say that one result after retiring from corporate life was a resource website I created for those who wanted to get into (legal) pharmaceutical sales as a career. I also created another website focused on dog care and training given that I’ve owned four Lhasa Apso dogs. Two of my Lhasa Apsos, Chester and Roxie (Roxie shown in above photo), became YouTube video stars with thousands of views.

Another post corporate career venture that I ran was an online art gallery promoting native aboriginal and Inuit art which I’m a huge fan of. My home is decorated with original native artwork from the Pacific Northwest and the Arctic North. All three of these websites contributed greatly to a successful online and professional speaking business that I ran called Free Spirit Gallery which has since been retired.

Martial Arts And Other Sports Background

I’ve been known for many years as a martial arts world champion. In fact it was this success in martial arts competition that led to me to write a personal development book titled ‘The Life Champion In You’ which in turn formed the basis of my professional speaking career. I still make some of the more important success resources I developed available here online.

My martial arts background including videos of me in action is in a separate section of this website. Although I’m long retired from competition, I do have training programs in self defense and stretching in this section.

My other sports passions include snow skiing and scuba diving. I served in instructor and leadership positions in both of these activities for many years. These may seem a lot but it’s not really since I focused on just a few different passions and went deep with each of them. I never spent time doing many ‘normal’ sports like baseball , tennis or golf. In fact, I’m a complete klutz with any type of ball!

Music And Other Artistic Background

The other big part of my life of course is music which also has its own dedicated section here. Other non-musical stints included being a swimsuit model in a university campus calendar called Men of McMaster and a key role as a stage actor in a live Toronto theatrical play called 13th Knight.

I retired from corporate business life early and as already mentioned, I’m also retired from my full time online and speaking business as well. These days I prefer to spend most of my time immersed in my life passions while still providing some limited resources to help others within my areas of interest.

Causes I Believe In

I promote diversity and multiculturalism through a community music project I formed called Unity Power Force as I try to involve different people no matter what racial, cultural, religious or sexual orientation backgrounds they belong to. I believe in doing my part to fight racism as well as violence towards women and other groups that may be marginalized in society. Also being a long time dog owner, encourage responsible pet ownership.