Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman 21 hours ago 1 min The Power of Questions Last year, during a panel at the first Violence Prevention Education Conference, my friend and colleague Carrie Slack said, “There is so...
Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman 2 days ago 1 min What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger -- Or…. a Bunch of Other Possibilities "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." I was just discussing this phrase in my Facebook...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanJun 173 minKata, Part 2: The Art of Slaying DragonsThose of us who train in martial arts and have kata as part of our style know that a fight is never going to look exactly like the set of...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanJun 172 minThe Kata, Part 1: Emotional EnemiesLast December, I got a bit of a health scare. Well, maybe more like a final health warning. My body yelled, “Yudit! If you do not start...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanApr 142 minThe Tournament, Part 3I bet you are wondering why I brought my oldest and my youngest children to a Judo tournament. Well, that is because we were going to be...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanApr 142 minThe Tournament, Part 2There are different ways of running a tournament based on the number of competitors. When there are a lot of competitors, it is some sort...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanApr 141 minThe Tournament, Part 1In June of 1994, about two years after beginning to train in Judo, my Sensei decided that it was time for me to go to a tournament. To...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 251 minA Blackbelt in Being YouYears ago, I was in a blackbelt seminar. The senior instructor came to the mat and said good morning. We bowed. And then he said,...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 232 minThe Best Martial Artist YOU Can BeFor over a week now, I’ve been talking about how as an Empowerment Self Defense instructor, my job isn’t to tell you what to do. My job...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 22 minWearing the Gi -- Part 2When I first started teaching Judo, I had just earned my blue belt. I was clearly a novice, but I was in love and crazy passionate about...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 12 minWearing the Gi -- Part 1If I remember correctly, during the spring of 1992, just a few weeks after recovering from an ectopic pregnancy, I was invited to join a...
