Christmas and New Year’s is one of my favorite times of the year. I love it because I get to spend time with my own immediate family but, also family I only see once or twice a year. We went to my in laws on Christmas Day. We go to my aunt and uncle’s house […]
Every year on Christmas Eve I always go to a family party at my aunts house. I always get to see my cousins that live in LA which is really exciting. Everyone brings a food dish to share and some cousins do a gift exchange too. It is always great to be with a lot […]
Written by Brody Hocking
On December 14th my mom got remarried, I was very excited and happy for her and her new husband. I had the pleasure of walking my mom down the aisle and giving her away. We had it in a small room at a local brewery in Sacramento. We had to buy and set up all […]
Written by Brody Hocking
Written by One of the requirements for the black belt challenge is empathy training. We are to spend one day without speaking. I choose to do it on the dojo cleaning day because I would be around many people. It certainly was a challenge. Every time I wanted to talk to someone I could not. They would […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
I am getting close to finishing my black belt challenge. I have a few more requirements to complete. It is hard for me to think that over a year ago I was asked about doing this. I would have never believed I could or would be able to do it without my Sensei Mike Oliver, […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
Every year after Thanksgiving most of the cousins in my family and their parents go to see a movie, usually a Disney movie, in the mall downtown. This year we got to watch Moana 2 which turned out to be a really good movie. I always enjoy spending time with my big family especially with […]
Written by Brody Hocking
Thanksgiving is always a special time of year for me especially since I have a huge family and a lot of people I don’t usually see at family events. During Thanksgiving I’m usually at my Aunt’s house on my dad’s mom’s side of the family which is the side I don’t talk to a lot. […]
Written by Brody Hocking
IMG_6062 This tournament was unlike any tournament I have ever been to in my life. It was a really fun experience but it was very different. I thought it was just a normal karate tournament but it was all types of martial arts which was a little new to me. This tournament was run by […]
Written by Brody Hocking