As a martial artist I’ve had a lot of exposure to different ways of looking at self defence. One of the things I’ve found interesting lately is the rise of this movement called ‘slut-walk’. At one end of that spectrum are people who believe that,…
This past weekend was the dan (black belt) grading at my karate school. It was an excellent grading, and now that it’s over I wanted to share the photos of Senpai that I took for his grading submission. Every black belt I know dreads the…
The Senpai (Martial Arts Teaching Assistant) of our school is grading for his 3rd degree black belt next month. Last weekend I got to be the photographer for his Sandan photos. They’re very dramatic and with his permission I hope to share some after the…
I passed my Nidan grading :o) For my crafty cohorts who aren’t familiar with the term, I have been training in Goju Ryu Karate for 14 years, and this past Saturday I tested and passed for my 2nd degree black belt. This grading was very…
Part of the submission for an exam I’m taking in Karate includes photos of myself – not an easy task since I hate being on the ‘wrong’ side of the camera, I’m picky as hell and very uncomfortable with being photographed. To combat this we…
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