Spirituality – Michelle Folk Johnson

Hothead

After I went off on a rant about something or other one evening, I told the martial arts training partner I was with that I was sorry if I went off for too long. I’m just a real hothead sometimes, I told them. “But you’re trying not to be,” this training partner said back. ItContinue reading “Hothead”

Expansion of the Martial Arts

I no longer train in a traditional martial arts school. I no longer go to a place where I take my shoes off and line up with my classmates. I no longer take belt tests to advance my rank. Instead I have a teacher who lives a ten-hour drive away. She offers me and herContinue reading “Expansion of the Martial Arts”

Training Journal 10.6.19

The YANG! Yin

I had a vision of this thing above in Feb 2018, but this post has been sitting in my drafts. Below is what I wrote then, perhaps slightly edited. The illustration above says “problem worth solving,” and I see now that it’s more like, a “discord worth attending to,” but it’s an important idea, people,Continue reading “The YANG! Yin”

Standing.

I’ve been training in an esoteric Tai Chi style since last April. Most of the practice is a personal practice, but recently our teacher, who lives far up in Canada from my perspective, came through the Pacific Northwest. While she was in my neck of the woods, I trained with her and a group ofContinue reading “Standing.”