By the way, one of the most profound things said to me in recent years was by this artist we had the chance of meeting a few years back when picking up a painting. He was finishing his degree and going back to school in his forties. He was reflecting on the students in the…
Tag: Martial arts
martial arts rant
I love exploring martial arts. Love doing it, seeing it, learning about it, reading about it, etc. and then every so often I read comments that make my blood boil. About the utility of Move X or Style Y, etc. I hate it. It takes all the fun out of it for me. I realize…
Modifications to the Kung Fu Boot Camp Workout
Okay, so something totally amazing happened… Someone actually tried my workout out and gave me feedback!! WHAT. So, obviously, I’m excited about that because she gave really great feedback too. Here’s the revised Kung Fu Boot Camp Workout with these modifications in mind. Warm-Up Stretch — hold with micro extensions where possible for 3 breaths…
My “draft” Kung Fu Bootcamp workout
I’ve been my own Guinea pig lately with some of the martial arts based classes I’ve been constructing. So far it’s been going well and I have a rough template for each one I want to present to beginner audiences with broad experience with fitness and perhaps limited exposure to martial arts. The program I…
teaching moment pt 2
So using my martial arts background, I’ve come up with 4 classes I can teach to absolute beginners in a corporate/one-off “let’s just have fun, do something new and healthy” kind of setting. I tested out 2 of the 4 classes on myself this week —breathing/meditation/qi gong and stretching/yoga— and feel confident about my ability…
Catalyst of change
I’ve been thinking a lot about healing and I suppose whatever the opposite of that is. I’ll go with destruction– that seems to be pretty far from what I understand healing to be. Once, at work, it was a stressful day and a co-worker was talking about this experience she had where she was the…
My Experience With the Weighted Jump Rope
A while in, I’m like “phew, this rope really does get heavy.” I stop for a second and then it happens. I keep hitting my $&@;! feet with the stupid rope!
ok fine i’ll write about martial arts and stuff
You got me, Universe or whatever. I’ll write about it. Mainly because I need to get it out of my brain. I can only talk about it outloud so much before people’s eyes glaze over. No, you don’t understand! I really need an outlet, so you are it, blog. It really shouldn’t be so hard…
My Thoughts on Tai Chi Push Hands Meet-Ups
My Thoughts on Tai Chi Push Hands Meet-Ups Here’s a little something I wrote for my friends over at 108Heroes Tai Chi and Kung Fu (complete with hand-crafted GIFs). This pretty much sums up my views on most push hands sessions.
It’s Been A Long Time
“…I shouldn’t have left you without a dope beat to step to…” And here I am, back on this crazy thing and ready to give an update on all that’s happened. The biggest thing was that for the past two years, I’ve been off at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing my MFA in Dramatic Writing…
The Dynamics of Groove 