The last time I played basketball was here at this playground over 15 years ago. I’m at an old rec center called The Water Tower, and I may have been about fifteen or sixteen years old at the time. When I first moved to this part of Philly, I would come here since it wasn't that far of a walk. Playing ball was all I did outside,
As a kid, I trained loosely in the martial arts of Kung Fu and Tae Kwon Do. It wasn’t until 2018 that I began practicing Muay Thai, realigning myself with these types of aspirations. Back when I worked downtown in Philadelphia, it would take me 15 minutes to get to the gym, walking through Chinatown. Fight Firm (as it’s known) was a converted warehouse with a boxing ring,