I have yet more to say about martial arts and how they have changed my life. Here’s yesterday’s post about this, that, and the other thing. My journey has been slow, winding, and desultory. There have been times when I’ve focused and been intense. There have been times when I’ve resisted and dragged my feet… 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
I’ve been talking freely about my interest in weapon forms. In the last post, I maundered on and on about well, a lot of things, but it was meant to be in tribute to how I have finally gotten to the point in my weapon forms study where I’m serious about refining them and redefining… Continue Reading
Several posts ago, I was talking about my goals in martial arts. Here’s the last post I wrote in that series. That post was about how martial arts have changed me for the better, which is not what I want to talk about here. I mean, it is part of the deeper meaning, but it’s… Continue Reading
I want to talk more about martial arts because it’s such an important part of my life. Putting living beings aside, I would say it’s the most important. It has changed my life in so many ways, it’s hard to count them. I honestly don’t think I would be alive today without Taiji. That’s not hyperbole. I… Continue Reading
In yesterday’s post, I was talking about how much martial arts mean to me. I most certainly would not be here without Taiji. I believe this to be true with 100% of my heart. When I was in the hospital, every medical person I talked to could not believe that I had woken up from… Continue Reading
I am fighting the haze of depression and wondering if it was worth it to come back to life. For the first two or three years after my rebirth, I was just filled with wonder at being alive. That is not a state of being one can sustain, though. The body will return to the… Continue Reading
These are dark days in America. Dark days indeed. I vented some of my rage yesterday, but I have so much more bottled up inside. It’s not like I haven’t known since I was in my early twenties (so, thirty years) that my country did not want me. Not only does it not want me–it… Continue Reading
And we’re back. Let’s talk current family situation and what I want to do about it. In the last post, I talked about the history of my family dysfunction. That was not the point of my post, but it’s what was apparently on my mind. My father has dementia. He’s had it for roughly twenty… Continue Reading
We are back with another post about my goals for the new year. In my last post, I was talking about Taiji and how much it’s helped me in my life. It’s not hyperbole to say that it’s saved my life, both during the medical crisis (literally) and before it (emotionally). My family dysfunction runs… Continue Reading