Articles by Jesachi

“So… who’s the master at home?” This is a playful question I get asked more frequently than I’d like to admit. A byproduct, I suppose, when you’re married to one of your instructors. What I probably get asked more, though, is the follow-up to the above question: “How do you [Read More]

No one is allowed to have their own mind in the martial arts.  I was pondering on this thought the other day when I was driving and lamenting about one of the colored belts getting to do some cool stuff for an instructor. I made the idle comment: “They’re probably [Read More]

The Hubs and I were making small talk at the local pub with some other regulars a few nights ago, and inevitably, the topic of martial arts (and self-defense) came up. After some of the basic martial arts “small talk” – and the couple assuming that only the Hubs did [Read More]