I have going back to basics on the brain. A few months ago I wrote a post on the importance of fundamentals. How very key it is to make sure the basics of the activity are solid before one starts to pile on everything else. At the time, I was nursing a few chronic injuries …
Diamonds is one of those pivotal tournaments for me. Every year, something happens that makes everything else a little different. In this case, we have Team AKA, Sport Martial Arts, Competition, and a whole lot of thanks. But, before we get too far into it, there are some steps we need to go through first. …
A few months ago I reached out to Century Martial Arts asking if there was anything someone of a writerly nature could accomplish with them. I had noticed they had a blog going, and there were some very cool ideas and concepts going on. I hadn't expected much, but figured it was worth a try. Imagine …
Oh, what a blur it has been.
I have the NAIKC this weekend (Starting TOMORROW!) and have been hitting tournaments pretty hard. Just this past weekend I was at a local tournament (the Capital City Classic!) and got to have a great time, compete against some pretty spectacular martial artists, and reconnect with some people I haven’t seen in a while. I …
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Hello! There are some exciting changes coming down the pipe for the blog. For one, I'm working on getting a new domain, and will be moving the site to a different URL. For everyone else, nothing will really change, I just need to figure out how to do it. I started an internship for the …
Remember when I used to do this thing where I would blog at least once, if not twice a week? Yeah, me too. While I wasn't blogging over the last two weeks, I was filling my time with a bunch of other stuff, including a meeting with a web designer about revamping this blog. …
I don’t want to say “pressure” because I believe that particular word has a few negative connotations. However, I think I may have hit upon something the other day in one of my sparring classes which happened to have a mostly younger population (8-10) Generally while teaching a sparring class, there’s a lot of drills …
When I was in college, whenever someone would say “we need to build a sense of community!” I would roll my eyes and make some opinionated, pretty crappy argument against it. I don’t remember why I did this, but I was probably working from the point that community was something that didn’t have a …
The other day I was walking into the school and starting to get various things ready for the day. I had a few phone calls to make, a few contracts to enter, and some general upkeep that needed to be done. There was also the generally unglamorous task of cleaning all the bathrooms and giving …
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