I’m talking about trying to be more healthy in general. I mentioned at the end of the last post that there are three things I really like a great deal. They are: writing, FromSoft games, and martial arts weapons. I already said thatt FromSoft games would be the first to go because there are tons… Continue Reading
Let’s talk more about health in general. Here is yesterday’s post filled with ranting and ravings about life in general. Despite my best intentions, I went off the rails as usual. Let me try to focus on the point I want to make. Which is that family dysfunction sucks. No, wait! That’s not the point… Continue Reading
In yesterday’s post, I was talking planning on talking about health in general, but I quickly derailed myself to talking about family dysfunction instead. It’s related to health, though, so I don’t feel completely bad about it. Let’s face it–family dysfunction is baked into so many things, I could unpack it forever. I’m also still… Continue Reading
Let’s talk about health in general. It’s the broader category under which martial arts fall, and it’s not something I talk about much. It’s something I’ve been thinking about more, and I want to get in better shape. This is tricky because I have a life-long history of eating disorders. It started when I wsa… Continue Reading
In yesterday’s post, I was writing this and that, not with any real focus. But it was about Taiji, mostly. And, yes, I will be writing more about it again. I have said before that I am a mix of regulated and free-wheeling. This is evident with my Taiji practice, too. I do the same… Continue Reading
I want to talk more about Taiji and how it went from something I do to something I am. Here’s yesterday’s post about my journey through Taiji. Not all of it, of course, but bits and parts of it. I want to continue on with that musing because it is such an important part of… Continue Reading
In yesterday’s post, I was talking about the connection between my obsessive nature and my love of martial arts weapons. It’s been a long and bumpy road in discovering my neurospiciness. Now that I know that I am some flavor of ND (and probably more than one), I have to make the decision if I… Continue Reading
I am still working on finessing my Fan Form. At the same time, I was fucking up a few steps in the Cane Form, so I went back to watch the videos I had taken of my teacher doing the form. There is one simple movement that I forgot when I first learned the Cane… Continue Reading
I can talk about martial arts for hours on end and never get tired of it. In class today, we went overc the Fair Ladies, which is something I’m struggling with on the left side. It’s in the beginning of the third section of the Solo Long Form, and it’s something that my teacher’s teacher… Continue Reading
Let’s talk about hubris. In yesterday’s post, I had said that I would be fine with tutoring several different forms. In class yesterday morning, I led a beginner student in the first several movements in the third section of the Solo Long Form. I forgot the name of a movement I’ve done several hundred times,… Continue Reading