I want to thank all of my readers for your support and, especially, your feedback. Comments and other feedback help me determine what you like to read. Top 10 Posts Here’s a countdown of the top ten most-read posts since this blog went live in February: 10. Domestic Abuse: 12 Reasons Why Women Stay 9. [...]
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… at least for me. I thought I’d introduce my blogroll blogs and explain why I follow them. Maybe you’ll find some new favorites among them, too. 1. American/Traditional: A/T’s author is a teacher and student martial arts and is highly traditional, as am I. I enjoy reading his philosophy and often find his beliefs [...]
What I present in this post is my own experience and the experience of the many other women I’ve known who’ve also lived through domestic abuse in any form. I refer to the abuser as “he” and the abused as “she” because I’m writing about why women don’t leave, but also because the vast majority [...]
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No, this isn’t the Wing Chun story I promised; that’s taking more time to come together than I thought it would. Check for it the beginning of next week. Meanwhile, I’ve finally posted a photo. You can see it on my About Martial page.
Just had to share with everyone – The Southtown Star newspaper (Chicago, IL) published one of my posts on their newspaper site.
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For years, I’ve dreamed of competing in forms. Truthfully, though, it’s been one of those “someday” dreams — you know, the ones that begin “Someday, I’m going to …” Until now. I’ve signed up to compete in poomse at the North Carolina State Games in two weeks and I’m really nervous about it. So far, [...]
No real post today; I’ve been caught by a flu bug. Hopefully, I be back to the keyboard on Friday. Meanwhile, Black Belt Mama has a great article on self-defense: As a woman, people tend to side with you if you’re attacked and you happen to take out your attacker. But what if you’re a [...]
Welcome to Martial Artess – a place for women who are, want to be, or are thinking about becoming involved in the martial arts. No matter what style or art – whether it’s karate, taekwondo, t’ai chi, mixed martial arts, or even capoeira or fencing – you’re welcome here. Likewise, all ranks and experience are [...]
