Middle-Aged Martial Artist

Tough week; I strive for 8 hours of sleep even on work nights, and got only 6 hour Monday night (after Martin Luther King Day) due to a comb...

Sparred tonight. I don't like getting hit in the head by people who don't know how hard they're punching. I don't like that ...

I've told people over the years that martial arts was my midlife crisis. Martial arts, which I started in my 40s, changed my life. So ...

Merry Christmas! You know your children are growing up when you wake up on Christmas morning before they do. I started this blog when I wa...

Aaarrrgh! Missed my MMA class tonight because work popped up right as I was heading for the door. Grrrr.

I've lately been following a martial arts blog called Indomitable Spirit , and my school urges people to have a non-quitting spirit; I t...

I went to sparring class Wednesday night. Now, while I was taking a three month break from my school, I did spar at another school, but in a...