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Tag: Growing up
Karate, Travel, and Unmitigated Ridiculousness
A few days ago (I'm already lying, it was yesterday.) I did a post on the U.S. Open and covered the rules of NASKA, the general goals I have in life, and all sorts of other wholesome, wonderful, very boring bits of information that I tried to package with funny pictures and a few attempts …
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Enter Stage Right: Mr. Hobbles
Some of you may remember the Behemoth of my yesteryear. There is a trend that I've been following for the last few years. I seem to throw out my back or experience some other type of relatively minor injury that puts me out of commission for a week or so. This usually leads to some serious …
Dojo Questions: What if I’m Not Good at Karate?
I have a hard truth for you. At some point, everyone, including the great Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris, was horrible at martial arts. No one has ever been born knowing how to do a perfect front kick. Nor do children at play naturally fall into front stances and punch from their core. In fact, …
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Quiescent Moments
There have been times in my life where things started to spin a little too fast. I have always tended to overload my plate and the inevitable result should be all of the plans and designs coming crashing down into a beautiful tapestry of flames and broken promises. But it hasn't. But, oh my, has …
Tread Softly
The last week or so has been one blur of being sick and wondering how on earth I’m going to make it through the day. Only to eventually find myself at the end of said day realizing I will have to do it all over again in a few hours. It was fun. Luckily, I …
So, a thing happened…
I start writing classes next week, I have a tournament the week after, and then everything starts spinning faster and crazier, and even better. But, before all of that, there was something truly exciting that happened this past weekend. I GOT MYSELF MARRIED!! And it was completely spectacular. For all the craziness it took to …
All Sorts of Wonderful
It's been an insane few weeks. And it will only get more chaotic and more intense as I move forward. In fact, this is the season of chaotic and intense. The last six months have moved past in a blur, but one that seemingly contained an endless number of events. So, let's take a look: …
Back to Basics…Again.
I have going back to basics on the brain. A few months ago I wrote a post on the importance of fundamentals. How very key it is to make sure the basics of the activity are solid before one starts to pile on everything else. At the time, I was nursing a few chronic injuries …
Diamonds 2016: Barefoot Opportunity
Diamonds is one of those pivotal tournaments for me. Every year, something happens that makes everything else a little different. In this case, we have Team AKA, Sport Martial Arts, Competition, and a whole lot of thanks. But, before we get too far into it, there are some steps we need to go through first. …
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