The importance of heroes, change, and unlimited hustle. Also a cat picture.
Tag: Karate
A(nother) Thing Happened
New Happening! Most notable, I'm now three decades old.
Here’s What I Want: Thoughts on Expectations
The thing about expectations is that they are oftentimes mired, for me anyway, in some really ridiculous premises. For example. I had an expectation to create a brand-new space in a new building working with two different groups of people, a landlord, several employees, and a small army of contractors and workmen, in two weeks. …
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A Quick Check-In
There's been...a lot going on as of late. I was at an event this past weekend and people were asking me if I was still writing on my blog. My answer was. "Of Course!" I have a blog post drafted on a completely ridiculous trip to Canada, I have two articles coming up on tournaments …
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 …
Competition: Why?
This past Sunday was the Southern WI Open. It's an event I've been going to since I was at 15, if not younger and it's always been a fun tournament and a place where I get to see friends from all over the state. This year was no different. It was also my first event …
Looking in the Rearview Mirror
Sometimes when I'm at something of a loss for words on what to write I look back through my photos in my phone and see what I thought was funny/cool/interesting enough to take a picture of at the time. For the last two months, it's been a bit of my wife, a whole lot of …
Authenticity of Self
Goals and the pursuit thereof.
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 …
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