Dragons Who Kick…Tail

3 CommentsDragons, Martial Arts

Since I’ve recently sent off a novel featuring black belts and have also been teaching the occasional self defense class, I decided this month’s dragon should be one that I associate with martial arts. I hoped to find one on my black belt uniform, but settled for a dragon tee I used a lot while training.  I

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Craft – Motivation

Crafting Pieces, Martial Arts

Anna dropped to her knees on the mat and placed her fists, first two knuckles only, just out from her shoulder width.  She crossed her ankles and raised herself on just the toes of her bottom foot into push-up position. One, two, three, four, five, six . . . she pumped them off quickly, including her

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More Instincts than Intelligence

Martial Arts

Tonight at muay thai the instructor introduced us (or me, everyone else was familiar with it) to a new block.  The block is a defense against a hook punch, and involves wrapping the hand on the side being hit back and over so the elbow is out and the hand is resting on the back of

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Elbow talk

Martial Arts

I went looking on the net for info on my elbows today, because mine have caught my attention.  I took a large-ish patch of skin off of each when practicing my elbow hits on the dummy in the workout room.  He looked none the worse for the wear, but I’m whining every other move I make. Elbows get

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Dripping Sweat

Martial Arts

I think I’ve found the new place I’ll be training with.  It’s a new style of martial arts for me – based off of Muay Thai – but it’s a killer work out and has concievable practical value.  Today I couldn’t decide if I should puke or pass out, but I was ready with a

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