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”
Written by Brody Hocking
IMG_4487 I love visiting Sensei Bennati’s dojo for tournaments because I get to see all of my friends there and I can get new feedback from my kata or sparring from other black belts who might have a different perspective than the black bets in my dojo. This tournament was a point only tournament but … Continue reading “Sparring Tournament in Auburn”
Written by Brody Hocking
My senior class has been raising money for our big trip to Universal Studios at the end of the year all throughout high school but this year we will really need to focus on that because we need to raise a couple thousand more dollars to pay for the bus and other expenses all while … Continue reading “School Fundraisers”
Written by Brody Hocking
My first day of senior year of high school was on Monday August 19th. Going back to school after summer break surprised me how much I actually missed my school. Even though I don’t really like my school that much I know I’m still going to miss it after I graduate. On the first day … Continue reading “The Start of Senior Year”
