I’m on week three of healing my dislocated finger. It has been super annoying but I’ve found a way to work around my injury versus working through my injury. I also started a new diet…
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Train like you don’t have health insurance, because I don’t!
I don’t have health insurance. Now, this isn’t a post on politics or a complaint about my employer. I have just found for my personal situation that it is more economically feasible for me not…
Weekly Recap: 4/10-4/16
Happy Easter! (For those of you who celebrate it) It was spring break this week for the kids here in Northern Virginia so classes were pretty light. But Jeff Curran came to visit this week…
Travel and Training: State College, PA
One of my favorite parts of my job is when I get to travel and do seminars. I get to see you new places, meet new people and train. It’s my favorite type of vacation,…
Weekly Teaching Recap & Women’s Jiu Jitsu Weekend
This week was great! I got to do stuff that I usually don’t get to do, teach Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to adults!!! This always very exciting to me. I’ve been teaching kids for so long…
Foodjitsu: Primal Venison Meatloaf
Those of you who follow me on Instagram know that I love to cook. It’s my favorite thing to do at home especially on the days that I’m not training. People have asked me if I…
Weekly Recap: 3/12/17-3/18/17
Who doesn’t love a snow day? After the warmest winter in recent memory, we finally have a snow day. I love snow days its opportunity to catch up on work or in my case cook…
Weekly Teaching/Training Recap: 3/5/17-3/11/17
Hello all philosophers and fighters. It’s being sick is the worst…The first year that I taught the Junior Jiu Jitsu class I got sick all the time. Probably because I was around children all the time….
Leverage Knows No Gender: My Experience Being a Female Martial Arts Instructor
Last Wednesday was International Women’s Day and the most interesting thing happened the night before. I was just finishing up teaching my Kid’s Muay Thai class with my assistant instructor Shane when I noticed in…
Goals: Move for March
January was about eating. February was about meditation, that didn’t go well. March is all about movement. Now some people might say that I’m already in pretty good shape and I definitely move more than the…