Boxers, Before & After Fights
Before and after. (via Tyim)
Badass of the Week
Blenda.
And Sometimes You Stand and Fight
A 17-year-old high school marching band student beat up two assailants who tried to mug her as she walked to school in this high desert community about 40 miles north of Los Angeles, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. My martial arts teacher once said that the cowards are the ones who attack you from behind. This …
In The Zone
From here. There are some things you just can’t make up… and be believed, anyway. SENTRY: We spotted an Arab female about 100 meters below our emplacement, near the light armored vehicle gate. HEADQUARTERS: Observation post “Spain,” do you see it? OBSERVATION POST: Affirmative, it’s a young girl. She’s now running east. HQ: What is …
Weapons for Her
Japan has made several other contributions to the world of womanly weaponry, most of them used by the female ninjas known as kunoichi, who began slipping through the shadows in the 1500s. The kunoichi’s secret weapons included poisons, blinding powders and stealth weapons like the kushi (hair comb), kasa (umbrella), kakute (spiked ring), nekote (steel …
And yes, when the gym membership runs out…
…in May, I’ll be signing up for boxing classes again.
Speaking of fighting…
I don’t know what gets me more – that the ax is half her size or that she runs out the door after the guy. And people think I write fantasy. (thanks, Tyim!!)
And God’s War Isn’t "Marketable"…
… Then market it as “literary” spec fiction, yo. The sight of 30 determined girls, many in headscarves, sparring and shadow-boxing, is extraordinary in Kabul. Women in burkas stalk the streets outside huddled against icy winds. The teenage boxers, none of whom is older than 18, are part of a new generation which has grown …
More Reasons to Take Martial Arts Classes
Because most fights only have to last about this long.