In our last installment we learned our dashing hero had foolishly planned to be in two places at opposite ends of the country AT THE SAME TIME. Since he doesn’t happen to know any magicians with the magical saw-you-in-half-table. He has to make a decision: Go to Nationals with the goal of earning a place …
Tag: Karate
WKC Nationals!
Tournament day! I was up at 4:50am and on the road by 5:15. There was an early morning drama of spilling a cup of water all over my laptop, followed by a very quiet, very intense, 8 minutes of hitting the power button and wishing REALLY hard. It did eventually boot up, and everything seems …
Karate Happenings!
Coming up is the WKC Nationals in Dearborn, Michigan. It’s a pretty exciting deal that draws some great competitors from all over the United States. It also happens to be the National Qualifiers for the 8th WKC World Championships in Dublin, Ireland. Meaning, if I finish in the top 4 in my division, I’m qualified …
A(nother) New Start
This is the first Saturday I haven’t had to work in a very long while, and I’m up and going at 6:45am. Somehow, when I was 9, dreaming about what my life would be like when I “grew up” I never figured it would be starting a blog before 7 a.m. on a Saturday. In …