This week I chaperoned my daughter’s trip to Catalina Island. It was an amazing trip overall. We went day snorkeling, night snorkeling, day kayaking, night kayaking, hiking, paddle boarding, archery, visited the aquarium, touched sea animals, team bonding games, and enjoyed nature. It was a very busy week from 7 A.M. until 10 P.M. at […]
IMG_3606 This weekend on Sunday was my very first fighters cup tournament. This kind of tournament is full contact knockdown sparring and no kata. My first thought was that it was a smaller tournament than I was used to, there were only three mats but the divisions went by really fast considering it was only […]
Written by Brody Hocking
This weekend on Saturday there was a big tournament that Sensei Bennati hosted. It was a really fun tournament and I really like the tournaments that Sensei Bennati hosts because they are always very organized and everyone is very respectful. I competed in open hand kata and point sparring and took 1st place in both. […]
Written by Brody Hocking
I have not given up, I am here!! I have been sick since the middle of March. I thought I had recovered on my trip, all I had was a cough. But two days after we got home, I got sick again. I had a really bad cough, lost my voice, low energy. I am […]
Written by Elizabeth Clark
Yesterday, I attended my first karate tournament. It was the Gold Rush Tournament sponsored by sensei Bennetti’s dojo. It was a great experience. I was very nervous the entire day but seeing the entire production of it was impressive. It was great to experience it with friends from the dojo and make new friends from […]
Written by Matt Nedresky
Today I competed in the Gold Rush Invitational Traditional Karate Tournament. I demonstrated Chinto for kata and Tokumine No Kun for weapons. I won two gold in both kata and weapons. I had one competitor in kata and no competitors for weapons. Every tournament for me makes me nervous, but with practice I feel a […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
I was asked to give a presentation today about medical mission trips I’ve been on over the years which I feel was an honor. The problem: I cannot publicly speak well. The anticipation drives me nuts and I get extremely nervous. I get this same way even with demonstrating kata in class. I just get […]
Written by Matt Nedresky
Last Friday was my schools prom night and I’m a little disappointed to say that it wasn’t a very fun prom. My school is very small so obviously that means that our prom is going to very small as well. Instead of having a prom for each grade like other high schools we have one […]
Written by Brody Hocking
This last weekend I went to the Tri County Wildlife Center. I learned about all the types of animals they take in and care for. They take in injured or abandoned wildlife. They want to rehabilitate them so they can be released in the wild. Some animals are not able to be released in the […]
Written by Elan Wilbur