JiuJitsu and music both require consistency and patience. It may surprise you to know that as a child, I used to play punk rock music and began performing on stage at the young age of 15.

I managed a small band, and we were offered an incredible opportunity to tour Australia with a well-known U.K. band called 'The Pints.' They were quite big at the time. Despite being underage, I worked tirelessly to arrange a deal that allowed us to play at 18+ venues for their Australia leg of their international tour. Finally, with lots of work and being up late during school night because of the time difference, I succeeded and embarked on scheduling us to open for particular venues that would allow an under age band to play and leave right away.

Excitedly, I shared this massive opportunity with my bandmates, but only one of them said yes. The rest were hesitant. At that moment, after putting in so much effort to make the impossible possible, I realised I couldn't rely on people who didn't share my values or were...