Martial Arts – Page 3 – Michelle Folk Johnson

Shanti System Camp 2022

Last week I traveled to British Columbia to train with my Tai Chi teacher, Master Shanti. She is a woman I met sometime around 2007 at PAWMA camp, the camp put on by the Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists. From the first class I took with her, I could see she offered something differentContinue reading “Shanti System Camp 2022”

Training Journal 04.08.22

I meet with a writing partner every other Friday. We share what we will be working on for the day, and then we sit together for an hour and work on our respective pieces. Today I told my partner that I wanted to write a blog post I could complete and publish today. My mainContinue reading “Training Journal 04.08.22”

We Karate Chopped Our Wedding Cake

When Alex and I lived in Chicago, we trained in Karate at Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self Defense. We initially joined the dojo as a way to get fun exercise, but the students and teachers at Thousand Waves also became great friends over the three years we trained there. After belt tests such asContinue reading “We Karate Chopped Our Wedding Cake”