by | November 3, 2018 · 12:08 pm

9 Martial Arts And Gear Tips

One of Sarah’s teaching ventures is to provide gear and training tips for aspiring martial arts over at Asian World Of Martial Arts.

Here are her latest tips:

Boost Your Performance With The 5 Best Crossfit Gloves

Different Types of Boxing Gloves: An Overview

Learn the Technique to Tie A Karate Belt

A Guide to Purchasing the Right Karate Uniform

The 5 Latest Design Trends of Sport Gear Bags

Taekwondo Uniforms: Know Where It All Started

What It Takes to Find the Right Judo Uniform for Your First Challenge

Back To School Training Tips: 5 Ways To Stick To Your Martial Arts and Fitness Routines This Fall

6 Benefits of Wearing CrossFit Gloves

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by | November 2, 2018 · 10:07 pm

Best Martial Arts Films At TIFF 2018

The Man Who Feels No Pain

The Man Who Feels No Pain

When Sarah was covering this year’s Toronto International Film Festival one of the things she did was track the best martial arts films which played there.

Some of her highlights included Float Like A Butterfly, Legend Of The Demon Cat and Killing.

To read her full list of recommended films, check out her piece at the Asian World Of Martial Arts blog by clicking here.

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by | November 2, 2018 · 9:36 pm

Tragically Hip & Eric’s Trip Featured In Polaris Podcast EP13

Polaris Podcast EP7 was live from Ottawa.

For episode 13 of the Polaris Podcast we focused on two albums that recently received Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize hall of fame designation — The Tragically Hip’s Fully Completely and Eric’s Trip’s Love Tara.

This episode featured interviews with veteran East Coast arts reporter Stephen Cooke and Michael Barclay, author of the book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip.

This and other Polaris Podcast episodes can be found on iTunes, Google Play or Spotify.

Or, you can listen to it right here:

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by | November 2, 2018 · 9:30 pm

TIFF 2018: Nicole Kidman’s Exceptional Grizzled Detective Centers Destroyer

Destroyer

Destroyer

In the film Destroyer Nicole Kidman does a gender flip on the grizzled detective archetype to tremendous effect.

The result is a new spin on a story told thousands of times before and the results are excellent.

Sarah reviewed the film for Consequence Of Sound at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

To read her review go here.

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by | November 2, 2018 · 7:43 pm

Fast Romantics Get Loved

Fast Romantics

Fast Romantics

Toronto-via-Calgary band quite literally want to spread the love.

It’s all part of their “Get Loved” project/vision/campaign/world view.

I spoke to them about it in a feature interview for Samaritanmag a bit ago.

To read the piece go here.

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