Written by Why would a Sensei repeat his black belt test—and not only repeat it, but attempt a much harder version? I’m still asking myself that question. But it may have to do with what the One Heart Challenge means to me. The One Heart Challenge is demanding. It asks questions that become more meaningful the longer … Continue reading “Another Journey”
Written by Elinor Silack
Attached is a video of me doing Seisan kata. I’ve been a little sick so this isn’t my best kata, but I still wanted to post it. Seisan has been my tournament kata for years and has won me many gold medals. After starting my black belt test, I switched my tournament kata to Chinto … Continue reading “Seisan Kata”
Written by Olivia Ford
One of the many requirements of this test is to write an essay about what a black belt means to me. I finished it a little while ago, and I thought that I would share it as one of my blog posts! I have been doing karate for more than … Continue reading “What A Black Belt Means To Me Essay”
Written by Elinor Silack
I spent this Saturday morning leading a colorguard team for the State Society Council meeting for the California Daughters of the American Revolution at the downtown Sheraton. I lead colorguard events all the time, but this one was a little more complicated because we had to post the colors. Posting colors is basically just putting … Continue reading “DAR Colorguard”
Written by Elinor Silack
The past few months I have gotten into making press-on nails! I was inspired by my friend at school because she also makes her own press-on nails. Making my own nails has saved me a BUNCH of money because all the supplies were roughly $50 and a professional set is roughly $60. So, I am … Continue reading “Nails”
Written by Olivia Ford
I’m just about one month away from my black belt test!! I genuinely can’t believe how far I’ve come on this journey. I hit my one year mark a few days ago, which was absolutely surreal. When you first start the test, 13 months sounds like a lot, but you don’t realize just how long … Continue reading “One Month Left”
Written by Avi Martens
My karate journey started when I was 7 years old. My brother had joined 9 months prior and was actually the reason I joined in the first place; unfortunately, we had to quit not even a year later. But in 2019, about a year and a half after we quit, my brother started back up … Continue reading “My Karate History”
Written by Elinor Silack
This past July I injured my thumb while sparring in class. About 2 years ago I broke the same thumb at a tournament, so I was very worried this would affect my test. After going to the doctor and getting an x-ray I found out that it was not broken and would most likely heal … Continue reading “Injury”
Written by Olivia Ford
It’s my senior year of high school! I’m about a week into the school year so I thought that I would write about my classes this year. I start my day at 7:30am with zero period AFJROTC. In this zero period we train for the many events that we have throughout the year, more specifically … Continue reading “Senior Year!”
Written by Avi Martens
Most people in my day-to-day life don’t know this, but these past few years I’ve been having fairly bad joint issues. I’ve been hypermobile all my life. I’ve got bendy fingers; my shoulders are so flexible that the Americana shoulder lock doesn’t even work, my knees are almost always locked when I’m standing ( and … Continue reading “Joint Issues”
