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Kickass Women Inspiration Board
This is sent with love to all my fellow women and mothers out there. In my previous ‘Inspiration Board’ post I received some comments...
May 2, 2022


Aikido Fashion
This time we'll explore the ways we style our Gi.
Feb 28, 2022


Happy New Year
With a mild TP PTSD and a severe DL anxiety (that would be toilet paper and distance learning), wishing us all that 2022 will NOT be 2020...
Dec 31, 2021


Happy Birthday Mel!
Born November 12, 2018, Mel is three years old today! I first created Mel as an outlet for my frustrations and sarcasm, as neither had...
Nov 12, 2021


Aikido Fashion
What’s your style?
Sep 27, 2021


The Hakama…
Full disclosure, I’m in Aikido for the Hakama! Just got my 2nd COVID vaccine shot and I’m starting to think about going back on the mat....
May 17, 2021


How to tie your belt
It seems like soon I’ll be able to go back on the mat. Lately I’ve been thinking about all sorts of things I’ve managed to forget in the...
Apr 19, 2021


Feb 11, 2021


Happy New Year (I Hope)
Yet another toilet paper shortage around here… While items like flour, rice, pasta, masks, alcohol wipes, hand sanitizers and a few more...
Dec 31, 2020


The good, the bad and the stinky… Dojo types
We know them… we are them… I’m mainly fragile, with a bit of comedian, and way too much of oblivious. A note to my dojo - no, I didn’t...
Dec 14, 2020


Nov 26, 2020


Aikido By the Bay…
7 months off the mat… I miss my dear Sensei and everyone in the dojo. It’s so hard coming up with new material without them kicking my...
Nov 12, 2020


Happy Birthday Mel!
Born November 12, 2018, Mel is two years old today! I first created Mel as an outlet for my frustrations and sarcasm, as neither had any...
Nov 12, 2020


Virtual Hug
My sensei asked me to make a hugging Mel. We all struggle with this aspect of social distancing, the lack of physical contact. It’s also...
Aug 17, 2020


May 25, 2020


It’s a Process… Forever Unfinished...
The Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo created slave statues in various stages of completion, and it is claimed that he deliberately...
Mar 9, 2020


Meanwhile off the mat...
Wishing everyone a happy 2020!
Jan 1, 2020


Meanwhile off the mat...
Happy Holidays!
Dec 18, 2019


Happy Thanksgiving!
Meanwhile off the mat…
Nov 28, 2019


Happy Birthday Mel!
Born November 12, 2018, Mel is one year old today! I first created Mel as an outlet for my frustrations and sarcasm, as neither had any...
Nov 12, 2019


Happy Halloween
“I think Aikido is the most difficult of all martial arts to learn. Its demands for skill, grace and timing rival those of classical...
Oct 31, 2019
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