#9: Rex Tiumalu- World Champion Fire Knife Dancer on Creating Your Legacy

In this episode, we hear the story of "Level Up Elites", a program created to help young athletes win university athletic scholarships by developing their skills and impressing college recruiters. Learn how Tre Ofahengaue built a successful business by helping young athletes discover and create tremendous opportunities.

Tipa Galeai is back on Kava Sessions and with great news to share! Tipa was featured in episode 3 of Kava Sessions. In that episode he shared his life story and his lifelong Dream of playing in the NFL. At that time he was an NFL prospect and was predicted to get drafted. In this episode he talks about achieving that goal and receiving an opportunity to play for the Green Bay Packers. Join us in congratulating him in his first step in accomplishing his dreams.

In this episode of Kava Sessions, we team up with Fire Knife Life Podcast host Rex Tiumalu to interview professional sports entertainer Kona Reeves. He talks about his story behind the ring, and his journey about what it takes to become a NXT/WWE superstar. We also talk about the importance of personal drive and building confidence when growing your ambition to succeed.

You can support Wild Samoan Training Center by donating at the link below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/wxwwrestling

You can follow Kona Reeves on:

https://www.instagram.com/kona_reeveswwe/
https://twitter.com/KonaReevesWWE

You can follow Rex on:

https://www.instagram.com/rexytiumalu/
https://www.facebook.com/inspirethroughfire/

You can follow Fire Knife Life Podcast on:

https://anchor.fm/fireknifelife
https://open.spotify.com/show/6KNaSt7pyV68FgS2SKngBB

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https://www.facebook.com/kava.sessions
https://www.instagram.com/kavasessions/
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We're back and with a lot more uplifting and inspirational content coming soon! In this episode Canton and Kelly give you updates as to whats going on with Kava Sessions as well as an exciting announcement on our next venture! Tune in for a quick episode as Canton and Kelly talk through exciting news as well as talk about keeping your Fyah lit through your personal struggles.

Aloha everyone! For this episode we bring on a World Champion Fire Knife Dancer, Rex Tiumalu. We cover many topics such as the art and culture behind Samoan Fire Knife Dancing. We talk of hard work and perseverance through adversity. We also talk about the issue of Depression and how Rex was able to overcome his own Inner battles.

You can follow Rex on:

https://www.instagram.com/rexytiumalu/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/inspirethroughfire/

Rex's Podcast "FireKnife Life":

https://open.spotify.com/show/6KNaSt7pyV68FgS2SKngBB?si=pHub4e5LToSDkci-D3Xr6g

https://anchor.fm/fireknifelife

You can follow Kava Sessions on

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https://www.instagram.com/kavasessions

https://twitter.com/KavaSessions

In this episode, Canton and Kelly join performers Samm and Sher to witness Samm's first kava experience while they talk about the grit, passion and adversity required to succeed in the show business. Canton also shares his extensive knowledge of kava, kava history and kava culture.

Check out Samm and Sher on social media!

Sher's Instagram: @sheradindin

Samm's Instagram: @sammilami

Samm and Sher's Tic Toc: @Samm_and_Sher

This is the first episode of the Kava Sessions "Hella Cut" series; episodes where we get HELLA cut after having drank multiple gallons of kava, and then have tons of fun talking smack and playing ridiculous games.

Come chill, grab a shell and mix with us while we are absolutely cut-as-can-be during these sessions which are meant as a comedic relief from the powerful and inspirational stories normally presented during our typical Kava Sessions episodes. Take a break with us and come get HELLA CUT!

Matt Masifilo is the inventor of the famous AluBall, the world's very first consumer kava maker. He is also a Stanford University graduate and a former NFL football player. In this episode, he takes us through his journey of success and his story about how he has risen to such a great level of excellence. Listen to Matt's story and there is no doubt you will walk away feeling more determined to succeed in your own life as well.

Legendary singer, songwriter and producer Maika Maile Joins Canton Kaumatule in discussing his extremely inspirational and heartfelt story of loss and redemption throughout life. He takes us through how the loss of family members in his childhood fueled his ambitions to succeed as an artist, and ultimately how he ended up finding himself amidst the struggles that the fame of being the lead singer of a very successful band ("There for Tomorrow") brought to him at the peak of their popularity. We promise that you will be touched by this amazing story.

In this episode, Canton Kaumatule breaks down his background, reasons and motivators for building a platform aimed at inspiring everybody, especially Polynesians, to be the best possible versions of themselves.