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Jew Jitsu Swag, Tradition & Jewish Fighting


The folks at ShalomShirts.com offer a shirt that I bought on the spot for very obvious and slightly narcicistic reasons: Jew Jitsu!
But there’s another reason this shirt should be worn by yours truly than my moniker: What I’m not sure ShalomShirts is even aware of is that the original image of this design is a [...]


Spy vs. Spy, Kung Fu Jew Edition


I hath met my alterego on Twitter, the white spy to rival my black:
  vs.  
While politely grandstanding in the #Gilad Shalit lovefest on Twitter (who is due to be released soon, if rumor is to be believed) this gentleman, Kung_Fu_Tweets aka Avi, engaged me on my politics. Oh my! An evil twin! A white [...]


I am 26, I am a brown belt, I am an activist


Thanks to the three dozen-some people who left birthday wishes on my Facebook wall and the twenty-two people who gave to my birthday cause. The outpouring of friendship was lovely. And I didn’t end up doing any party or gathering, I felt so warm in the company of my friends that a party was just [...]


I know kung fu


Last weekend, after seven years of practicing various martial arts, I attended my first martial arts tournament! And while I didn’t come home with any foil prizes, I enjoyed myself immensely, spent quality time with my teacher and saw how much deeper my school’s training is above the other school’s in the world. Video proof [...]


These ain’t no skinny jeans


I wear carpenter pants because they feel closer to kung fu uniforms. And, when you kick, they don’t crush your nuts. This is why I don’t wear tighter jeans. But don’t take my word for it — just ask Chuck:


SWKFJM looking for SWKFJF


I couldn’t resist. I had to post this.

*KFJ = kung fu Jew


Back to Kung Fu for this Jew


The Kung Fu Jew is back! But at the moment, the only thing I have to show for it is that I’ve lost lazy-gut-flab. I wish I could say it’s been replaced by toned muscle, but so far it’s just exposed how little definition I have to start with.
Tonight, I’m jazzed about class. We practiced [...]