Kicking and screaming : a memoir of madness and martial arts
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Published
Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2020.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
796.8157 GIBSO
1 available
796.8157 GIBSO
1 available
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Published
Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Melanie Gibson was an independent woman with a good job, multiple college degrees, and a condo in the trendy part of town. She also had a few mental illnesses, a minor substance abuse problem, and rotten relationship skills. She was a high-functioning crazy who needed a good kick in the pants, literally and metaphorically. In early 2013, as a last desperate means to save her sanity, Melanie turned to a nearly forgotten childhood activity: the Korean martial art of taekwondo. As if the universe were listening, she discovered her West Texas childhood taekwondo instructors' Grandmaster operated a taekwondo school a few miles from her home in Fort Worth, Texas-and she decided to start her training over as a white belt. In taekwondo, Melanie felt like she had a fresh start in more ways than one. She found an inner peace she'd never known before, a sense of community, a newfound confidence, and a positive outlook on life. The kicking and screaming she was doing in class quieted the long-term kicking and screaming in her mind. Funny and frank, Kicking and Screaming: A Memoir of Madness and Marital Arts is the story of Melanie's life-changing journey from troubled, lost soul to confident taekwondo black belt. --from Amazon.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Gibson, Melanie D.
Martial artists -- United States -- Biography.
Martial arts -- Psychological aspects.
Mentally ill -- United States -- Biography.
Mentally ill women -- United States -- Biography.
Tae kwon do -- Psychological aspects.
Tae kwon do.
Women martial artists -- United States -- Biography.
Gibson, Melanie D.
Martial artists -- United States -- Biography.
Martial arts -- Psychological aspects.
Mentally ill -- United States -- Biography.
Mentally ill women -- United States -- Biography.
Tae kwon do -- Psychological aspects.
Tae kwon do.
Women martial artists -- United States -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gibson, M. D. (2020). Kicking and screaming: a memoir of madness and martial arts . She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gibson, Melanie D.. 2020. Kicking and Screaming: A Memoir of Madness and Martial Arts. She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gibson, Melanie D.. Kicking and Screaming: A Memoir of Madness and Martial Arts She Writes Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gibson, Melanie D.. Kicking and Screaming: A Memoir of Madness and Martial Arts She Writes Press, 2020.
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