A review of my Goals for Life in 2019: Enjoying the moment, and (meta-alert!) enjoying that enjoyment Breathing deeply, and practising meditation Spending time in the forest, together with Mr E Reading books about nature Watching the Clouds Walk in the Sea, at least once Enjoying the views, every day Enjoying time with friends, family… Read More Spring Recalibration – Nature and Life
An update on my Dance Goals for 2019. For Ballet: Still todo – pirouette on pointes! Practise balance Clean up my technique for passé, piqué arabesque, piqué attitude, sous-sous Practise turns: soutenu, chainé, piqué (without and with pointes), pirouettes (double without pointes, single with pointes) and fouettés (without pointe) Work on strengthening my ankles and feet… Read More Spring Recalibration – Dance
An update on my Martial Arts goals for 2019: Continue going to HDGD and TKD class 2 times a week if possible A self defense workshop is in the charts for May, as well as practising what we‘ve learned. Flexibility work has reduced the past few weeks. Will get back ‘on it’ (and update the… Read More Spring Recalibration – Martial Arts
A look at where I‘m at with my Strength goals for 2019 right now. Once-a-week Kettlebell workouts have been happening regularly, but not on days when I am not home, so less than once a week. I have added slomo Deadlifts (with the 24KG kettlebell) to the mix to work on my Swing technique. Turkish Get-Up: I… Read More Spring Recalibration – Strength
This one is clear. During the next quarter of the year I want to finally finish some of the books I have started reading. My reward will be that I’ve read them. And that I’ll get to start on another few. BEFORE I buy new books. No more book buying until summer. I will create… Read More Spring Recalibration – Books
“Sometimes.. you need a break! Like with everything in life. And you come back stronger.” This is part 9 of a series on Stacey Nemours fantastic online flexibility course course package for dancers. Check out the full series here: Stacey Nemour Dance! Pack – Part 1 Stacey Nemour Dance! Pack – Part 2 Stacey Nemour Dance!… Read More Stacey Nemour’s Dance! Flexibility Makeover Power Pack – Part 9
This is a (handmade, modern version of a) Puukko. A small traditional Finnish general purpose belt knife. A thing of beauty, and practicality. It was created – forged – by Muspell Forge In Finland, receiving a puukko as a gift is considered an honour, the idea being that the presenter is giving the recipient a tool… Read More A Puukko for your Thoughts
This magnolia tree lives right next to the beautiful mudojang of Master Chae, where we train both Taekwondo and Haidong Gumdo. It is in full bloom right now, so I wanted to take a moment to share the view. I marvel at how swiftly nature changes it’s look in spring. Bonus Geekery Did you know… Read More The Martial Magnolia
Here is a picture view of the ribbonification process of my new (Grishko Dreampointe!) shoes. Enjoy! PS: Also check out this great article on how to measure and position the ribbons/ elastic, as well as on how to tie pointe shoes. 1. The Gathering (shoes, satin ribbons, elastic band, scissors, sturdy needle, sturdy thread) Not… Read More The Ribbonening
During the past few weeks I’ve been working on our first (in benefit of Dance4Children) self-produced mini-kickboxing workout. It is now available! (in downloadable and streaming format) at https://gum.co/kbcombos And we’re really excited about it. It was great to see ‘our’ D4C coaches at work together, and very interesting for me to do the filming/editing… Read More Online Kickboxing