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Punching and kicking at the Gym with Denise. Shane Grantham fitness blog

Last week at Catalyst Fitness I exercised with my workout partner, Denise. At the end of our session we did some punching and kicking since we both like martial arts. I held the martial arts mitts (targets)in various positions for a combination she wanted to work. ...

Anything can happen at Basches

I’ve been a student of Martial Arts at Basches since 2015 and I train mornings with Sensei. He does crazy things sometimes to test me in stressful situations. The last couple of weeks he tested my reaction to a sword attack with ceremonial swords he has at the...

“I can tell you do Karate” Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

At the gym last month I was talking to someone who said he can tell I do Karate. He used to box in his younger days and has respect for martial artists. He said it’s the way I carried myself as I walked through the gym. When I walk barefoot he said I was...

Time to rest. Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

I work out hard doing weights, martial arts, and group fitness classes. Sometimes body parts are sore and I keep going with my exercise routines. Other times I’ll break from the routine to rest. An old workout partner from 2013 would make me rest three days in...

Tuesdays and Thursdays are long

The alarm goes off between 0315 and 0330 on Tuesdays and Thursdays because I do Martial Arts at Basches. I have to be there at 0515 to warm-up and then we do kicking drills or spar until 0630. Next it’s Jiu-Jitsu until around 0800. After Basches it’s on...