Pushups & Kata – Challenge Declared
Modern Warrior Vision My modern warrior vision? Hmmm… I fight constantly against myself. I want to stay in my nice cozy little cave and veg out. So getting off my duff and into the dojo is a victory. Once […]
Articles by Joelle White
Joelle White – 2015 Year in Review
Reflection My daily life is more-or-less controlled chaos as I strive to balance work, life, and Karate. I am up at 5:00 most mornings and by 7:45 AM I’ve already walked the dog for an hour. During dark winter […]
Mostly Good
Have you succeeded or failed in achieving your goals? Partial success. The first three weeks went well. I have improved. But here’s my excuses for last week and this week: 1) Extra hours at work – I substitute teach […]
Rehabilitating from Injury
I began training in Karate in June of 2014. I have been struggling with pain in latissimus dorsi muscles off an on for the last six months. A good hard punch sets me up for it, the rest is […]
Joelle’s Day Of Ninja 5-Day Challenge
Editor’s Note: As mentioned by Joelle, there was supposed to be a 5-day challenge as a countdown to Day Of Ninja 2014. However, due to time constraints, it had to be cut off. Joelle decided instead to create her […]
Two Beginnings – Five Inspirations
To be quite frank, the first time I entered a dojo it was out of curiosity, not inspiration. I was thirteen and had always wondered about that dojo across the street from the ice skating rink. At first, I […]
Strengthening My Weaknesses
My past goals when I started training this year were: Don’t die Stay off the floor Lose weight I have very much succeeded in all three in the last six months! These are my goals Goal 1 I want […]