Brooklyn, NY

jigsawxyouthh

Currently: Goju-ryu and Taijiquan (Yang)
Previously: Kenpo, Krav Maga

Currently: CAE (Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts)
Previously: East Coast Karate, Kombat Masters of Long Island

Currently: Annie Ellman, Anngel Delaney, Brenda Jones
Previously: Mike Pinelli, Michael Blitz

Brown belt in kenpo, intermediate-advanced use of nunchaku, competed all over New York. Brief experience with krav maga, currently taking goju and tai chi.

Various trophies in weapons, open form and self defense. Currently teaching self defense to teen girls and transyouth.

martial arts, knitting, bike riding, reading, baking, playing guitar, drawing, painting,

veganism, straight edge, radical feminism, the German language, holistic healing, manga/anime, the 80s hardcore/punk era

patti smith, bad brains, black flag, chingon, this is my fist, minor threat, bikini kill, descendents michael jackson, old afi, santa esmeralda, chihiro yonekura

kill bill, run lola run, 10 things i hate about you, ghost world, girl interrupted, but i'm a cheerleader!, mulan, spirited away

when chickenheads come home to roost, get in the van, dance of days, siddhartha, the vagina monologues, the good body

comics: lady snowblood, nana, fushigi yuugi, fy: genbu kaiden, magic knight rayearth, tank girl

"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A tiny bird will drop frozen, dead from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself." - D.H. Lawrence

I'm an on and off martial artist (this time on for good, I'm sure,) of almost 10 years now. I've been a vegan for 3 years and a vegetarian for a few prior. I don't drink or smoke, and I'm one of the very few people in my age group who revolves her sleep schedule around the sun. I'm a student in massage therapy, one of the most random but best decisions I've ever made, and has turned me into a total human anatomy geek. Then in my not-really-spare-time I like to knit and play guitar, as well.