Was feeling low, depressed and probably a bit sorry for myself this evening, and pretty much convinced my martial arts days were over. Knee was still not great, could not do the amount of required exercise today because I'm working from home and work kept bugging me, could not walk right, knee...
This entry is a bit more autobiographical. Before getting into the titular topic; I need to set the background.
My original home martial arts school (Tae Kwon-Do) was well attended by adults and children alike. We trained hard, spared hard, and had a great atmosphere.
One day, a seminar by a...
This idea has been rolling around in my head for several weeks now. I debated posing this question on a discussion thread; but ultimately decided to use the blog format.
Am I a Martial Artist... or am I simply a Martial Arts Practitioner?
This distinction first began to grow in my mind while...
What technique will work no matter what? When everything else goes wrong; what move did your martial art teach you that will never fail? Does such a thing exist?
Even seasoned martial artists are sometimes guilty of following after this holy grail of self defense mastery. They want to find that...
Well, I appears that there is a strong possibility that I now need a knee replacement. I will be getting another MRI soon and then a follow up visit with the Doctor and we go from there.
I don’t mind saying the whole knee replacement thing is creeping me out a bit. They remove your knee and...
March 11, 2011
10 years ago today the Tsunami hit Japan causing the Fukushima meltdown
Japan mourns lost souls 10 yrs after quake-tsunami, Fukushima crisis
22,000 lives lost and unaccounted for
i am doing an undergraduate dissertation that aims to explore and understand motivation in females participating in the field of Martial arts and to better understand their reasons to compete, and to identify surrounding dilemmas and issues in the sport that may affect a female athlete. i am...
I have been in pain, with my knee(s) for over a year, surgery was in mid-May 2020 and then complications due to scar tissue (right knee, left does have a meniscus tear again), and I have used all the physical therapy appointments my insurance would allow.
In that time, I have tried to do...
Well, this might be the end of this blog, not many folks on MT these days and no one really pays much attention to it anymore anyway.
And it might also be the end of me being able to do any martial arts, even taijiquan. Might even be the end of being able to take a nice long walk, ride a bike...