The Jiu-Jitsu Ponytail

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A beautifully illustrated children's book about a seven-year-old girl named Noor, her mischievous ponytail, and her Baba (dad) - "The Jiu-Jitsu Ponytail" was born out of my love for my daughter and our shared experience learning Brazilian jiu-jitsu together.  Not wanting to wake up my wife early on Saturday mornings, my 5-year-old daughter and I decided that I (gulp!) would have to take on the seemingly insurmountable task of tying her ponytail for jiu-jitsu practice.  It was a hugely daunting task for both of us.  In fact, tying her ponytails has been no less challeng ...

Read More ing than a martial art for me: Grappling with unruly hair, figuring out how to stretch those little, elastic hair-tie-thingies without popping them off my fingers, struggling to sweep together all those loose hairs…!  And God forbid, I pull a hair…!  The little yelps of pain from my baby girl are enough to make

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