Steel is tangible. It's of the earth, strong, and abundant. Stars are out of reach. They are brilliant and beautiful, but I'm too short to pick one from the sky.
It’s getting colder, the holidays are around the corner, and people kind of stop coming to their martial arts classes. It’s not a rule, but it’s certainly a trend. I was waiting for someone (anyone) to show up for a class, and 10 minutes after the scheduled start time, two people showed up. One was a student who had been coming for a couple of months, and he’d brought a friend. I gave them a private lesson, and they both seemed to enjoy it. The friend said she’d had a lot of
