Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
Kata, Part 2: The Art of Slaying Dragons
Those 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...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
The Kata, Part 1: Emotional Enemies
Last 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...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Apr 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Tournament, Part 3
I 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...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Apr 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Tournament, Part 2
There are different ways of running a tournament based on the number of competitors. When there are a lot of competitors, it is some sort...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
The Tournament, Part 1
In 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...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
A Blackbelt in Being You
Years ago, I was in a blackbelt seminar. The senior instructor came to the mat and said good morning. We bowed. And then he said,...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
The Best Martial Artist YOU Can Be
For 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...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Wearing the Gi -- Part 2
When 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...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Wearing the Gi -- Part 1
If I remember correctly, during the spring of 1992, just a few weeks after recovering from an ectopic pregnancy, I was invited to join a...
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Yehudit Sidikman
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Power of Circles
During my time in the desert, I wrote this: “Circles have been a special part of the last 16 years for me. Circles represent the sharing...
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Yehudit Sidikman
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
What Will Bounce?
For the past fews days, I’ve been talking about how to get through life when we’re exhausted from having too much on our plates. Judging...
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