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Tristan Davis
Tristan Davis is an author, lifelong martial artist, and community-minded professional from Morehead, Kentucky. His writing is shaped by a lifetime of lessons learned through martial arts, leadership, adversity, and the everyday experiences that challenge us to grow.
His first book, Evolving Through the Way: A Martial Artist’s Journey Through Pain, Purpose, and Becoming, explores his personal journey through some of life’s harder seasons and the lessons he discovered along the way. Rather than writing from the perspective of someone who has everything figured out, Tristan writes as someone who is still learning, evolving, and becoming.
Outside of writing, Tristan has spent much of his life teaching martial arts and working with people throughout his community. Whether he’s teaching, writing, or simply having a conversation, his goal is the same: to use his experiences to encourage others, offer perspective, and hopefully leave people a little better than he found them.
For Tristan, growth isn’t about arriving at a final destination. It’s about having the humility to keep learning and the courage to keep becoming.
What Are Your Hobbies?
Martial arts has been a huge part of my life, but outside of the dojo, I'm a big sports fan, enjoy hiking, and love spending time with my kids. My son and I also play a lot of video games together. He's extremely competitive, and I'm learning pretty quickly that I don't
always have to take it easy on him.
When and where do you like to write?
I do most of my writing either early in the morning or late in the evening, when things are a little quieter. I usually keep my phone or a notebook nearby because ideas tend to show up whenever they want to. I'll jot them down as they come and return to them later. When I really want to dig into something, I'll block out a larger window on the
weekend and just write.
One Random Fact
I can actually juggle really well. It's completely unrelated to just about everything else I do, which probably makes it the perfect random fact.
One thing that makes you human?
I still question myself. I can teach confidence, write about growth, and encourage other people to keep becoming—and still have moments where I wonder if I'm getting any of it
right. Teaching has humbled me in that way too. I've learned that being the instructor doesn't mean I'm always the one with the lesson to give. Some of the greatest lessons
I've learned have come from allowing myself to listen to and learn from my students.
