Sylvia Lokollo

Last night in Bali spent at Nusa Ceningan watching the beautiful sunset 🌅 at Sunset • Quality Food • 360 views. What a way to end this trip with amazing humans. An experience to remember, so grateful to be here✨

A few days of slowing down before heading home.

Kali in Bali 2026. What an honour to be training alongside other warriors and an opportunity to be tested in the bullring for another grading. Grateful to be here.

After 21 hours of training at Kali in Bali, followed by a 6-hour black belt masterclass, I’m grateful to be graded to Lakan Dalawa (2nd Degree Black Belt) in Filipino Martial Arts. What an honour to be here 🙏🏽

It’s been over 6 years since I trained martial arts consistently, and the biggest lesson I take takeaway is that at 48, I’m not trying to prove how tough I am anymore.

I’m trying to stay capable for life.

Just continuing to learn while a surrounding myself with good people.

It means looking after my body so I can keep doing the things I love.

And listening when my body needs a break as there’s been times when I felt physically drained and mentally overloaded trying to pick up and learn new skills.

A huge thank you to Andy Elliott for pushing me to get here (the holiday is a nice touch too babe 😁), Adrien Rodriguez, Heikki Martikainen and everyone I had the privilege of training alongside this week.

Now time to relax. Heading home in a few days a bit darker, bit more relaxed, and a reminder that the goal is always to stay capable for life.