It’s Kente
Take 2 steps onto the cloth Kente and gold, black green, red Spirit in the soles through the spine all unknown and completely familiar no artifice and to real to […]
Category Archives: Art & Culture
A Sister in Brotherhood Spaces
By JL Umipig It’s been 2 years now since I arrived to Central Park on a spring evening and was welcomed by Guro Njoli and two of my brothers of […]
Haiku #9
Fresh snow on tongue touch Warm thoughts surrounded by cold Still, the geese return -Njoli
Forum for Community Action at FICA Seattle
I was graciously invited by FICA Seattle to facilitate a conversation on how cultural orgs can effectively engage in social action. In Seattle there are a large number of groups which […]
Training, Well Rounded
I was recently having a conversation with some other martial arts instructors of various styles. One of the things that came up was the fact that, for the most part, […]
The Art of Risky STEM
When I reflect back on my experience as a student during my middle and high school years I don’t have a lot of instances when I can recall real joy […]
A Teacher’s Gratitude
So I just returned from another trip out to the Philippines. This trip was, for the most part, a training endeavor for my practice in the Filipino martial arts but […]
