martial arts mom – Page 2 – Michelle Folk Johnson

Setting Up to Teach

I’m planning to teach Qigong workshops and classes this spring. I don’t have my own studio space in which to teach, so I will be looking for studio spaces that I can rent or use part-time. I had a plan to teach a two-hour workshop at a yoga studio near my home at the endContinue reading “Setting Up to Teach”

The First Monday

Today is the first Monday my kids are back in school. I drop them off, go on a Trader Joe’s run, then come back home and relax a bit. Next I go to the coffee shop, where I hand my writing partner/barista J the Sunday New York Times Book Review, and get an iced coffeeContinue reading “The First Monday”

New Martial Arts Students

Today I taught a short martial arts class to my six-year-old daughter’s stuffed animals. She had set up a school for five of her favorite stuffies, who were seated dutifully in a line on the couch. “OK, mommy, it’s your turn to teach,” she said. “Ok, students!” I walked over to the carpet by theContinue reading “New Martial Arts Students”