Adventures and Sudden Realizations.
Tag: Competition
And All of a Sudden…
It's July. Last year at this time we were limited to 8 people in the dojo, masks were everywhere and the tension was thick enough to cut with a knife. Last year I had just moved to Milwaukee and spent a fair amount of time bringing stuff to Ohio. Last year at about this time …
To The Named Masses (That’s YOU!)
Karate, Travel, and a HAIRCUT!
A List of Ingredients to a Jam Packed Month: Literature, Karate, Extreme Roadtripping, More Karate, Graduation, Moving and then some Karate.
How much has been going on? All of it. All of the things have been going on. Check out what 5,000 miles, not a lot of sleep and a whole lot of thinking will get you!
AmeriKick Internationals: Back in the Ring
Last month (already!) was the AmeriKick Internationals. It was the first NASKA event I had been to in a while. Between honeymoon, black belt tests, working, taking over a business, and graduate school, getting annoyingly sick, and generally running all over the great state of Wisconsin with a grin and a lot of coffee there's …
That Tournament Crazy
Competition, Driving, Cameras, Vomit, and Coffee. What better way to spend the weekend?
Silence and Tournaments
I was at the gym the other day, and part of the gym process is making sure I lock all of my stuff up in a locker. I used to not do this because I lived in weird little towns where no-one locked ANYTHING. Including their houses. However, my wife informed me I should probably start …
U.S. Open: Turning the Page
Ready for it? This is a long one. This past weekend was the U.S. Open. It's an event that many martial artists, including me, prepare for all year. Last year it went...ok. It wasn't great - it wasn't bad. It was just an experience that gave me material to write a few a few blog …
AmeriKick Internationals: Progress and Change.
Last weekend I dropped my wife off at the airport so she could begin her adventure to Ecuador for the month. It was one of those periods of both excitement and sadness, which culminated in a happy dance and ended with a long hug. We made it awkward for everyone else at the airport. Then, she …
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Competing: The What and the How
So, you've decided to start competing. Congratulations! It's actually a huge step, and one that speaks volumes about your confidence, and in your willingness to go out and try something completely new, and a little odd. I have been competing since I was 9 years old. And a solid 95% of that competition had been …
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