Sleep over

Don’t forget; the Warrior’s Way sleepover is this Saturday. 7pm start time. $20 pre-reg $25 at the door. Kids should bring sleepingbag, pillow, pjs, stuffed animal.

Muscles are like cheese

Ahhh I think it was Confucius who said this or perhaps Socrates. No No it was Mr. Bloch. Yes your muscles are like cheese in that they need to be warm in order to stretch properly. Warm cheese on a pizza will stretch without breaking but cold pizza cheese has no such stretch. Hot yoga [...]

There is no such thing as a fitness goal

I knew that would get your attention but it’s true and you all agree with me. If you had a fitness goal than as soon as you attain it are you going to give up fitness? I have never seen this. I have never seen someone step on a scale having reached his or her [...]

Class update for tomorrow

Sorry for the late notice but Mr. Ted just informed me he cannot make it tomorrow. I’ll be teaching the kids TKD at 10.45. Karen will teach my yoga class and the reformer will be cancelled.   Ted was also supposed to teach the adults tomorrow because I have to go to a fencing tournament [...]

Giving and Receiving

While much of our martial arts training is given to the development of power there is a less sought after but no less important technique; taking a hit. Now this sounds like a glorified version of “Roshambeau” or “You hit me and I hit you and we’ll see how long we last”, but in reality it [...]

Injuries and patients

Yup. They happen. Even if you are as careful as can be, at some point, if you exercise hard you will get an injury. Good form and a strong body and good awareness will decide whether those injuries are small and temporary or big and permanent. If you are pushing the limit, sometimes you’ll go [...]