One thing about getting older and looking back, you apply lessons you've learned along the way and look at yourself with new eyes. In karate this can mean revisiting the katas you did as a color belt, re-learning them and...

As in, I don't think I am. I'm pouting today. I have a pulled or torn bicep, it hurts and it sucks. I don't heal as quickly as I once did, I injure more readily, and it's taken way longer...

All this time without a post, and I'm sure most people think I've disappeared somewhere. Quit karate, maybe, after becoming a mom, like so many people do. Well I haven't, but I do have newfound respect for all those people,...