Just yesterday Louise Mann, a student on my Knee Maintenance course, sent me a review she had written. It blew me away, so I'm sharing it here, with her permission. Part 1: A gentle warm … [Read more...]
Following my own advice
I just uninstalled the Facebook app off my phone. Shock! Horror! How could I do such a thing? Well, yesterday I gave a class to some students on a professional writing course at the University … [Read more...]
If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything! Free knee maintenance training for swordspeople.
“If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything!” Truer words were never spoken, certainly not by Count Rugen anyway.* Way back in the dawn of time when I began training martial arts, … [Read more...]
Teaching by Stealth. Cooking, Sailing, and Swords.
Teaching is, and often should be, a stealth activity. Let me take a charming example: my kids learning to cook. Cooking is one of the most important skills a human being should have. If you can cook, … [Read more...]
Can women be good swordfighters?
I get asked this question rather often. Here is my answer, and my reasons for it. YES! The underlying assumptions behind the question (which like many assumptions are gross over-simplifications … [Read more...]
Why “Make Good Art” is the best advice of all time.
Every now and then I come across something that expresses an idea I sort of know and believe, and snaps it into sharp focus. Neil Gaiman’s “Make Good Art” speech did this for me.* You’ve probably seen … [Read more...]
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