40 Mothers Mothers. They’re so … tactful. I was a few days into the visit with my parents in June when my mother asked something that had clearly been on her
77 Valkyrie Women The Valkyrie ladies are getting tired of beating up men in class. They have decided we needed to recruit more women, and our current method of reaching students doesn’
Blog Posts Power and Evil There will always be people who only see a sword as a means of ruling over others. They think less of the art of swordplay, and more of the visceral
167 Beauty and The Beast Being pretty means you win at life. That’s how it works. If you are born with the right genetics for the time, it’s like being
Blog Posts Misconceptions Back from five days on the road. And working my ninth or tenth day in a row today. Not as bad as it seems since I only work part time,
167 Longing and the Art of Swordplay I sat down [facing a sleeping] couple. Between the man and the woman a child had hollowed himself out a place and fallen asleep. He turned in his slumber, and
167 Face Value I’m a huge fan of the gay pride movement, and how it became an equal rights movement. I even love the overtly-sexual pride parades. I also really love
Blog Posts Not So Brave So I’ve been seeing the Disney news lately. They’ve done the usual thing with Merida from Brave, prettying her up to make her fit more in
22 Mixing Martial Arts: Swords, Fists, and Sexuality It’s been a historic weekend for martial arts. Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche tore it up in the first UFC women’s Bantamweight championship. It was a
24 Sex and Swordplay I’ve always thought of swordplay as being one of those rare sports where women have an equal chance to compete with men. Strength and speed are factors in
22 Why Valkyrie? Sandahl Bergman in Conan the Barbarian. Man, that opened some eyes for me. As a young man just learning that women weren’t icky things, but rather interesting things?
167 Counting the Cost It’s a kind of grey day out. Standard Vancouver. We had blue skies peeking through the clouds yesterday, and today I can see a hint of orange-pink in
167 Boobs, boobs, and...boobs! I can’t wait to see the hits that title produces. The google search terms that land people on this page are just a smidge ridiculous. “Boobs”
221 Some pics from the old days! Demoing in Palaestra with Chris Moone Justin Ring, Jonathon Whitely, and me The old school was really a beautiful location. We put so much work into it. Yeah…I
24 Clash of sexes On one side of the dance hall, twenty five men with swords. On the other side, twenty five women with swords. Whispered talk slowed to a halt, the few spectators
24 Kaja Sadowski: Turning Expectations Today we’ve got a treat, a guest post from the talented and dangerous Kaja Sadowski! Enjoy! -David R. Packer Not long ago, Randy approached me with a request
22 Building babes My wife hit me, hard. Gosh it feels good to write that, for many reasons. It’s very pleasing to write “wife” instead of “girlfriend”
feminism Is Chivalry dead? Sexism and Swordplay My morning routine was starting nicely. I woke up just after 3pm (I work graveyards,) had breakfast, made coffee, planned to do some housework and prep dinner for when my
