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Andrew Valentine

Updated 2026-09-22

Now

What has my attention at the moment. This page is updated by hand — if it looks stale, it is.

Where things stand

Project status

Homeostasis

A whole-life operating system: the future you want, connected to what you do today.

In developmentOpen

The Grammar of Grappling

The Mechanical Principles Behind Every Technique

Manuscript in final revisionOpen

Longbarrow

A browser-native strategy world built around intent, terrain, and deterministic combat.

In development · early

Training

  • Strength work on a calculated progression, daily mobility, and mat time that keeps feeding the book.

Writing

  • The Grammar of Grappling is in final revision. Twenty-two chapters, three appendices.

Coaching

  • Coaching, dating coaching and single advice sessions are open — message me. The strength programming is on a waitlist while the format is finalised.

Reading

  • Strategy, institutional power, and human behaviour — the operating education, not the casual kind.

Elsewhere

  • Helping manage a bar in Virginia Beach, which pays the bills.
  • Two side projects, both early and not ready to show.
  • Slowly working toward a bluewater boat.

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