In loving memory of my sister Rocio Espinal, may she rest in peace (Nov 18, 1977 - Dec 18, 2006). I keep missing you all the time. You are always in my thoughts.
Feel free to visit my main blog at http://elnyka.wordpress.com , my youtube account at http://youtube.com/profile?user=elnyka and/or my training video log at http://www.youtube.com/profile_video_blog?user=elnyka .This is Judo, my favorite sport; everything else comes second ;)
Hello all. My name is Luis, a software engineer/architect, powerlifting and martial arts passionate aficionado ( Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ), weight lifting and yoga junkie, and a proficient salsa dancer, preferably NY mambo on 2, but can do LA style and Cuban Casino (more on that later). 90-something % of the people in my friend list either know me first hand, or actively interact with me in matters of common interests (physical training, martial arts, dancing, history, etc).
Let teachers and priests and philosophers brood over
questions of reality and illusion.
I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no
less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me.
I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and I am content.
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is - to live dangerously.
I care about people, but I care in a meaningful way rather than a sugar-coating way.
Some people might argue that learning to hit and get hit is strange or weird. I'd like to hit those people.
Just because I'm not in magazines or because I'm not in a movie doesn't mean I'm going away. It just means I have some sense of integrity.
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Software Engineer by day, extrovert, competitive dude by night, that's me. I'm a bookworm when it comes to sci-fi, Dilbert, science, history and technology. Also, I'm a Salsa dancer aficionado, but I'm not much into the SoBe/nightlife scene. Actually, I don't do the typical nightclub scene. Salsa, Ballroom or Jazz for me please. I also strive to be a bit above the bs of South Florida dating scene. I guess that comes with age;)When it comes to salsa, I've been jumping all over for the past 5+ years ( Salsa Lovers , Salsa Racing , Hot Salsa Dance Company , Salsa Karibe , Energy One , Salsabor Tropical , Salsa Heatwave , the BTS socials , etc). Can't believe it's been 5 years already.
As I said, I'm very much into Yoga ( Bikram , but I'd like to try other styles like Ashtanga or Iyengar ). Weight training is my "chill pill", I aimed at one point to be a natural bodybuilder, and last, but never least (not in a million years), martial arts , in particular Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu . I'm not a maestro, though. I'm simply a casual practitioner. This is my passion and where my heart lies.I think I said that already, didn't I? Oh well, screw it...
Hmmm, what else? Oh yes... I keep logged on myspace throughout the day... nice to work with a PC in front of you. Oh well...
I'm an avid poster of www.bullshido.net and
www.sociocide.com , but apart from that, BTW, I spend little to no time cyberchatting. Sorry con excuse me.