I was golfing with a friend of mine and he told me that a fundamental of the game is “always have a target”. Of course, in golf, it is crucial to always be aiming your shot at something and hoping the ball goes to where you want it to go. Otherwise, if the focus is … Continue reading “Always Have A Target”
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I have a fear of failure about sparring. I often struggle and have a hard time sparring. It is the part of karate I most doubt myself. So many types of attacks and scenarios coming at me all at once. It is hard to react and counter so quickly. I try to not freeze up, … Continue reading “Managing Fear”
Every year and over all the summers since I was in 7th grade all my friends would go to the American river to swim and hangout. We would go as much as 2 times a week. We just loved swimming and being at a beach since we aren’t close enough to an actual beach. We … Continue reading “Going to the river with friends”
IMG_2823 The tournaments that are hosted at my dojo are really fun and I think I only missed a couple since I started at the dojo almost 8 years ago. They are smaller than other tournaments hosted in high schools but they are a good size just for practice tournaments. Sometimes they are a little … Continue reading “Dojo Tournament”
IMG_2823 The tournaments that are hosted at my dojo are really fun and I think I only missed a couple since I started at the dojo almost 8 years ago. They are smaller than other tournaments hosted in high schools but they are a good size just for practice tournaments. Sometimes they are a little … Continue reading “Dojo Tournament”
There are a lot of things I am grateful for with this challenge and being involved with the dojo again. One of which is new friends I am making along the way. Specifically, Elan. When Elan and I first met, she was always very helpful. I was very self-conscious about my technique after being out … Continue reading “New Friends”
This blog is for the 3rd day of the socal trip. I woke up around 7 am and we went to the same starbucks near the airport for breakfast. Since the bagel place next to the starbucks wasn’t very good, I got a coffee cake from starbucks instead which was much better. We then … Continue reading “socal trip blog #3”
This blog is for the second day of my trip to socal from a little more than a week ago. I woke up in the hotel room at around 6:30 and we went to a get breakfast at a starbucks that was down the road. Coincidentally, this starbucks was also right next to the … Continue reading “socal trip blog #2”
This past weekend was both eventful and fun. I was off work Friday and was able to play golf and catch up with a good friend then met up with some different friends for a work happy hour later in the evening. Saturday I played golf again, then went to an outdoor concert and dinner. … Continue reading “Summer Weekends”

