Rest is important in martial arts training.
For many martial artists the act of training can become a compulsion. It’s always more time in the gym, more time working on technique, more time punishing one’s body.
That dedication is admirable and all, but sometimes it disregards a very important component of training — rest.
Sarah wrote about the value of rest for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read it click here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Eat the potato
“Eating the potato” is a big thing in the Risky Fuel household.
It’s basically a metaphor for eating the hearts of your enemies and Sarah explained its origins, as well as an embarrassing trip to her local bank, for the first of what will be a regularly occurring series of columns about mental health and well-being for The Establishment.
To read the column click here.
Filed under Health, Recollections, Shameless Promotion
Gord Downie
Here’s a batch of stories I did late last year for Samaritanmag:
New Michael Schumacher Non-Profit Encourages People to Keep Fighting
Dolly Parton Raises More Than $9 Million U.S. For Tennessee Fire Victims
Kiehl’s To Support Four Canadian Charities During Holiday Season
New ‘Music ♥’s Everybody’ Clothing Line By SOCAN To Support Unison Benevolent Fund
Chantal Kreviazuk Auctioning Off Intimate Home Concert For War Child
Gord Downie Honoured by Assembly of First Nations in Emotional Ceremony
Toronto Raptors Debut Four Limited Edition Caps for Charity
Amazon’s Priest and Imam Ad Shows a Shared Humanity
By Divine Right’s Last Depeche Mode Cover Performance To Help All Paws
Doug Gilmour Courage Campaign To Raise Money For Gord Downie Cancer Research
Filed under Health, Music, Shameless Promotion
Rush
I’ve been doing a bunch of stuff over at the music-ish charity ‘n’ good news website Samaritan Mag.
Here’s a batch of news pieces in November and December:
Rush Donate $40k To Gord Downie Cancer Fund
Neil Young Calls on President Obama in Standing Rock Support Letter
Heavy Metal Bowling Event In Ronnie James Dio’s Memory Raises Nearly $50K
Year-End: MusiCounts Donated $525K Worth of Instruments and Gear to 33 Community Groups
Metallica Doing Club Show in Toronto to Support Daily Bread Food Bank
Andy Kim Christmas with Nelly Furtado, Ron Sexsmith, Sloan and More, on Way to a Sell-Out
Russell Brand Advocates For Political Change, Optimism In New Video
Monster Truck Are ‘For The People’ With New Throwback Animated Video
Filed under Concerts, Health, Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Against all of Sarah’s instincts to gravitate towards the weirdest things available to purchase via her patrons at Asian World Of Martial Arts, she created a holiday gift featuring a number of reasonably practical ideas for this year’s AWMA gift guide.
To see all of these suggestions click here.
Filed under Health, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
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