[Python] Tatsu parsing – how to skip until a specific word using a rule?

Is there an elegant way to skip input until a specific word using TatSu, without relying on raw regex?

For example, I can do:

start=/(.|\n)*?John/


But I'd like to write it using proper grammar rules, something like:

start = skip_until('John').


I tried defining rules, but couldn't make it work. I want to match multiple names (e.g., "John", "Anna", etc.) that may appear after arbitrary text (including newlines).

Here is the code I want to improve.
Is there a more modular way to do this in TatSu?

from tatsu import compile

grammar = '''
start = /(.|\n)*?John/ ;
'''

model = compile(grammar)
text = """Some random text
on multiple lines
before John."""

ast = model.parse(text)
print(ast)

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