Sounds like a benign phrase, doesn’t it? Like you’re about to walk your Pekinese. Or take a pleasant road trip. Harmless, really. Yeah, not on the floor of the dojo. Not when your sweet, tiny partner’s run off to change a band-aid and your 225 pound instructor, constructed of bulging muscles, is offering to sub...Continue reading
Author: Ashley
What I realized when I finally tried Jiu-jitsu.
Since joining my local dojo, lots've awesome things have happened. For one, I've lost all my "skinny fat". Also, I've put on lean muscle. I've even opened up this whole neuronal portal in my brain to which I absolutely lacked access before. (Not to mention the fact that - between doing Muay Thai, JKD, and...Continue reading
In Awe of Krav Maga: My First Time Trying Contact Combat
Krav Maga Woodbridge at Trident Academy of Martial Arts I'm staring straight into his eyes as he brings the knife down toward my head. In one motion, I intercept the strike with my left hand and issue him a fist with my other. A few feet away, another man is savagely shouting at me. And......Continue reading
