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Sensei Christina Graf

It Doesn't Matter

So, you may or may not have noticed that this summer I’ve lost a bit of weight. Just enough to require some new clothes (as if I needed a...

Sensei Christina Graf

What is a Sensei?

What is a sensei? The Japanese word sensei literally means "one who has gone before". In terms of martial arts, a sensei is the one with...

Sensei Christina Graf

How Martial Arts Training Benefits Children

As a karate teacher and now a parent myself, a predominant question I have been asked is “why karate for my child”?

Sensei Christina Graf

What I learned from going from Karate ‘student’ to Karate ‘teacher’

It has been four years since I made the transition from Karate student to Karate teacher, opening Mapleton Martial Arts in the fall of...