I’ve actually been impressed with how far I’ve come in regards to being comfortable sparring. I have found that I truly do enjoy it. With each round, I am finding that I’m less anxious, gain more stamina, and think clearer. It has almost become a game of chess: seeing your opponents moves and countering as […]
Yesterday at around 2:15pm during 5th period, an alarm went off. Which alarm was it? The earthquake and intruder alarms both sound exactly the same. After a few minutes of the alarm going off we finally figured out that it was the intruder alarm. Why? No clue. We were left in a dark, quiet room […]
Written by Jake Ross
This Saturday I went to Sensei Ray Fong’s understanding sabaki class. He is a 3rd degree black belt in Enshin Karate. Sabaki means a redirection of an opponents energy to use for ones own advantage. It was an excellent class with so much information that he ran out of time to teach everything he wanted […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
Today we got to experience training with Sensei Ray. He is a black belt in sabaki which is a martial arts focused on channeling power. It is very useful if you are facing a larger opponent than yourself because you can use their force and momentum against them. The 2 hour seminar we mainly focused […]
Written by Brody Hocking
I’m a big believer in trying new things at least once at starting new hobbies. I believe it makes us well rounded while expanding our knowledge base. While you can still be an expert at something, it’s good to see and do as much as we can. I’m always amazed with how complex new hobbies […]
Written by Matt Nedresky
Last Friday I went to a Dirty Heads concert with my mom at Thunder Valley. This was for my mom’s birthday and it was a really good concert. I haven’t been to a concert since 2019, and it was great to go back to a concert again. As I previously mentioned the concert was at […]
Written by Jake Ross
Crabby Lionfish Dinner Scuba diving has been a hobby of mine for about 9 years. My first dive trip was to Jamaica. Followed by Cozumel, Maui, Egypt, and Honduras. To celebrate my 100th dive, we dressed up as superheroes. I was Spider-Gwen (because one day I will marry Pete Parker 😍), my friend Devon was Captain Underpants […]
Written by Elizabeth Clark