We are about to be in the last 3 months (the final 25%) of our black belt trial and I am really starting to feel the pressure. I have just started really ramping up my numbers in push ups, sit ups, and kumite. For the sparring portion, I have been coming in on the weekends … Continue reading “Crunch Time”
Written by Elan Wilbur
This week I finished one of my black belt challenge goals. I have reached 1,000 miles. I cannot express how flabbergasted, excited, and happy I am in words. When I first started the black belt challenge I did not know if I could do any of the challenges. I just decided I would try everyday … Continue reading “One Task Accomplished”
Written by Matt Nedresky
I went to Phoenix, Arizona this week with 2 of my friends to visit some other friends. It ended up being 15 people in total that were all together. I only knew the 2 friends from Sacramento initially. We rented a house and basically just explored the city. It’s always great to make new friends. … Continue reading “Making New Friends”
Written by Jake Ross
One of my classes this year is peer tutoring, which encompasses me helping out in a class at the elementary school which we are connected with. I was assigned the kindergarten class which has definitely been an experience so far. One of the kids is quite the troublemaker, however most of them are fine. They … Continue reading “Peer Tutoring”
Written by Jake Ross
School started back up about 4 weeks ago. This year I am a senior in high school, and I’m taking 5 hs classes plus one community college class. I have gov/econ, pe, peer tutoring, english, and stats. For the CC class, I am taking Game Design which is an interesting class. So far its going … Continue reading “Back to School”
Written by Elan Wilbur
This is an excellent book to read for a general getting ready to go to war. I am not a general who is leading an army to war. There are however interesting concepts to use in sparring. “In battle there are not more than two methods of attack the direct and the indirect, yet these … Continue reading “The Art Of War Sun Tzu”
Written by Matt Nedresky
In the book I just completed, “Karate-Do: My Way of Life”, it references training with intensity at all times. Not only with sparring but also with kata and basics. You must treat everything as if you are in actual battle and “always have the opponent in mind”. This is very important in all aspects of … Continue reading “Training with Intensity”
Written by Elan Wilbur
I am reading The Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi Art Of Strategy. We are also reading it as a group. There are so many concepts in this book to learn from. One of the concepts I can relate to. “If you train diligently in this skill, you will get to the heart of strategy itself and … Continue reading “The Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi’s Art Of Strategy”
Written by Brody Hocking
IMG_9029 For a while now my mom and I have been really into watching MMA and UFC, I guess it started when I started doing martial arts. Me and my mom have gone to a couple live events already and they have all been really amazing. A UFC Hall of Famer from Sacramento Urijah Faber … Continue reading “Seeing A1 Combat”
