Before I start, I must say the ladies at SMAC are amazing! Once again I should be able to easily out muscle any one of them and every time I try they some how defeat my brute strength. (The some how is an obvious if you train ) That being said once again, another Demo another time attacking T. This time as I attacked her I got a hold of her, and what did I want to do? Tackle/ push and punch… Instead of a black eye, instead of me...

This morning I decided to bring Carey outside while I let the dogs out for their morning leg stretch. It was wet outside so I had to hold Carey.  I decided, while we waited for the dogs, that I would try out some of the Babyjutsu that Dennis showed me. I learned that it is a little bit different now that Carey has grown quite a bit from the time I took the class, is very mobile, and has a mind of her own and uses it. My initial thoughts to...

So once again we had another fair to demonstrate our art, and once again as a cruel joke Dennis made me punch in for Theresa. (Not really cruel on my part, because I think it’s awesome punching in for T! ) Going slow, it was going fine but within seconds I was caught in a situation where I had no desire to punch. Knowing my role of getting Theresa, I had to pull up something from the gut to go get her. At this point, the energy...

It’s funny, after Sunday’s training at Boston Martial Arts with Dennis’ teacher Mark Davis, I learned a few things. One: When you want to do something, it will never come out the way you want it. Two: When you don’t know how to do something, you are caught in the technique and lose any concept that is given to you. Three: When you are out of your comfort zone, you lose any type of confidence that you might have or...

Today turned out to be a really good training day. For one, there were no injuries. But that aside, I feel like the students at SMAC came together to help each other with this past week’s techniques. The day started off with the Little Ninjas. There were 6 in class and they were very well behaved. I was impressed with how quiet their sneaking drills were, how quiet their frog drops were, how well they were rolling, and how awesome their...

Many people probably believe that martial arts are for only self defense. In my opinion, To-Shin Do can be used in every day life and not just for self defense. For example, while I was pregnant I learned how to fall appropriately so not to hurt myself or the baby. Unfortunately I did fall while I was pregnant, but fortunately I fell correctly and did not injure myself or my baby. After the baby was born I fell again. She was not more than...

After reading Jess’ post, I have too come in terms with the importance of some of the code. Mainly it has been: “I encourage all to speak purposefully from the heart, I avoid the dull contentment of gossip and small talk.” At work there is a lot of small talk about each employ by other employees. Yes, men in their 20′s – 60′s finding their jollies with gossip and small talk. It’s funny to see how...