Lately I’ve been thinking about the absurdity of taking self-defense classes. What I mean is: going some place where you volunteer to have pain inflicted
Tag: training
Just Get Up and Try
My trainer, Mike Manerchia, has me doing all kinds of things in the gym: body weight exercises, dumb bells, balancing, plyo, and now heavy weight lifting.

Relaxing Into The Fall
In self defense, learning to fall is really important. It can literally save your life. And not just when you’re being threatened by another person.
Digging Deep-Part 4
This is the fourth of a four-part series When I think about my life, I can see a timeline of where I was and how

Finding Fire
It was the strangest thing. I was standing at one end of the gym, Stephanie was standing at the other. I focused on getting righteous

Friends and Opponents
Since I began training in self defense, I have found myself being challenged by the idea of my friends, well one friend in particular, being