About

Travis ‘Kali’ Nowlan

My primary focus has been exploring Firearms, Independent Gunsmithing, Firearms Training, Combatives with a focus on Grappling, Yoga, and Fitness.

I’ve been training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which is responsible for who I am today, for over 10 years. I know its kind of a meme to say “Jiu Jitsu Saved My Life” but in my case it really did. I was fat, depressed, a two pack a day smoker, I had very little going for me. I was addicted to pornography. I was a rootless degenerate. But when I got into Jiu Jitsu my life really started to change, as I grew to demand better of myself. Jiu Jitsu didn’t make me a better person, instead it gave me incentive to strip away all the crappy habits I had that was killing me. I spent much of my time teaching kids classes, and more recently running adult classes. One of my long term goals, is to become a teacher again either by starting my own school, or teaching somewhere.

Through Jiu Jitsu I found incentive to become a Certified Yoga Instructor, as of today my practice is virtually non existant, but I’m working towards building my practice up again. Maybe not to teach Yoga as a Teacher, but to use it to deepen my jiu jitsu practice again, and help my teammates become better at jiu jitsu through their yoga practice.

GFTeam Black Belt – 12/23
Certified Yoga Instructor – 10/17
USCCA Certified Firearms Instructor – 2/24