In class, when I teach a child a move some people ask me how do you do it? How do you teach a child something as difficult as Jiu Jitsu? Well…the answer is a bit like…
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…
Weekly Teaching/Training Recap: 2/26/17-3/5/17
Hello, all martial artists and wannabe ninjas. It’s Teaching/Training Tuesday! Sorry I haven’t posted in a bit. Got sick with whatever has been going around with the kids that are on the mat. One of…
Why your child should train Muay Thai?
I want to start off by saying that I love Muay Thai, the “art of eight limbs.” I love the art, the techniques, the history and the culture. Modern Muay Thai has evolved over hundreds…
Cutting Weight Part 3: The Good
“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.” ― Mark Rippetoe I’m going to say something that might offend some people…it’s nice to be strong! There I’ve said it. I…
Going Outside Your Comfort Zone: My Experience with Climbing
I have fought another human being in a confined space…for fun. I do public speaking every night when I teach to a bunch of people I may not know. I quit my job and followed…