Author Archives: Michelle J

Looking Artfully

Summer brings so much inspiration–warm weather, sunshine, flowers blooming in the garden, long, slow days. Lately I feel inspired to make art, and I’m making art, but it doesn’t necessarily feel cohesive or like a collection in any way. And yet, I think perhaps the fact that its my art is cohesion enough. I’ve beenContinue reading “Looking Artfully”

Fun Fighting May 2026

On May 16th we held the fourth in our series of Fun Fighting events. What a great day we had! This is the first time we’ve held our event since we changed the name from Femm Fighting. The name change is proving to be a positive one– some participants expressed that they didn’t connect withContinue reading “Fun Fighting May 2026”

Recalibration

This Winter has been a time for inner retreat and recalibration. I’m getting over a difficult series of events in my martial arts life. Three really hard things happened in the past two years, and processing them has taken a lot of energy. The hard things were: All of these situations had difficult emotional andContinue reading “Recalibration”

Circular Calendar

At the end of 2025, I invited my Women’s+ students to make circular calendars with me. I’ve had this project in mind for a few years, but I hadn’t actualized until this past December. My students and I held calendar-making class over two of our regular Sunday class times–this was the first time we hadContinue reading “Circular Calendar”