So I’ve been taking martial arts for 2 years now and although I know that it’s helping me stay in shape and definitely teaching me self defense I’ve decided I want to start building more muscle. After all, it has been said that for two fighters equally skilled… the stronger will always win. I want to be able to kick hard, punch harder, and build even more endurance. So I’ve started a full body weight training class. Yesterday was first day of taking the class I felt confident, since I’d been training twice a week in Karate, that I’d be able to do well and...

So I was watching a television episode about women who were stalked. The stories were about some women who didn’t survive and others who did. A lot of people I know worry about how now days there are so many ways to “put yourself out there” especially when it comes to electronic media, from Internet to Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and more. Although I’ve always thought that it was more likely for me to be stalked by someone who saw me at a grocery store or the in the mall. It made me think when I realized how random most of the cases were. Although it was true that most of...

In addition to practicing Chun Kuk Do for the last couple of years, I started taking a weapons class and we are currently learning to use the bo staff. If you are not familiar with the bo, basically in the 1600’s when Japan conquered Okinawa, the Okinawans developed a means of self-protection by using common farm implements for weapons. Most of what are now traditional martial arts weapons are still used for farming to this day. The Bo is a long wooden staff for herding livestock, guiding boats or used as a way of carrying supplies in baskets. In this instance the Bo was placed across the...