Middle-Aged Martial Artist

Things are developing that I'm getting a break from training in the last week of the year. The blizzard on the U.S. East coast kept my s...

I don't think I have a torn pec, I think I have a bruised upper rib. Took a punch there from Anthony while infighting; it hurt so much I...

I seem to have a strained pectoral muscle. It might have gotten hurt Friday dueing kickboxing when I blocked a high kick with my arm. It...

I went a few Saturdays ago to my first Roller Derby. I was there accompanying my wife, who was running an outreach table for her her organiz...

A college friend in touch with me via Facebook and old-fashioned telephone said to me, "It sounds like you don't do much beyond wor...

In training, you make a plan, things get in the way, and you come up with another plan. Monday: An hour of grappling. Tuesday: Rowing mac...

1. I was paired with a woman in our class Monday night, a lower belt who's doing well at grappling. My sensei said, "Don't crus...