Middle-Aged Martial Artist

I've spent much of the past two weeks in Virginia, helping my family after my 89-year-old father fell and broke his arm. I took four day...

Well, Operation B-Hop has been a disaster. The hopping (more formally, plyometric) exercises I enthusiastically embraced have caused a pain...

At my weekly private lesson Thursday, Mike, my instructor, was showing me some hopping exercises that he said would be key for me to improve...

Today, after a group class, I asked one of the instructors I've sparred with several times what I need to work on the most. "Relax,...

I had a very good private lesson Thursday. The style of this school encourages a very wide stance, and a very tight hook punch; I worked on ...

My stomach has been bothering me all day, and I'm skipping class tonight. So, for something completely different, here is a wonderful po...

I finished the first week of my new martial arts/health regime with a 20-minute jog at a school track, followed by eight wind sprints of rou...