Fight the Good Fight: From Vicar's Wife to Killing Machine

by Catherine Fox

As a vicar’s wife, Catherine Fox isn’t your typical martial artist. But Catherine has set herself a to become a black belt before she turns forty-five. After all, how many chances do vicars’ wives get to roll around the floor with sweaty blokes?

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Catherine Fox was educated at Durham and London Universities and has a degree in English and a PhD in Theology. She is the author of Angels and Men, The Benefits of Passion and Love for the Lost, which explore the themes of the spiritual and the physical with insight and humour. In 2007, Yellow Jersey Press published Fight the Good Fight: From Vicar's Wife to Killing Machine in which Catherine relates her quest to achieve a black belt in Judo. More recently she published a YA fantasy novel, Wolf Tide, before starting work on her three volume Lindchester Chronicles. She teaches at Manchester Metropolitan University and lives in Sheffield. She is currently blogging a new novel in weekly instalments. It starts here: https://lindfordtales.blogspot.com/20...

Reviews

[Sheila Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Laugh out loud humour as well as delightfully honest memoir?

[Helen Salsbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this - must admit I mainly read it because she's one of my favourite fiction authors. So I probably wouldn't have picked it up just to learn about Judo. Glad I did though. Learnt a lot, and got some fabulous glimpses into C Fox's writing life as well as other autobiographical details. As always, lots of humour and an entertaining read.