This week I was able to attend a family weekend at Chico State University to visit my brother! It was super fun to be able to visit him especially because I don’t get to see him very often. My family and I went up to Chico on a Saturday morning, then we took the time […]
This week I finished a book called “Three Budo Masters”. This book gave interesting perspective on 3 different types of martial arts masters in the 18-1900s. The 3 masters this books covered are Jigoro Kano a judo master, Gichin Funakoshi a karate master, and Morihei Ueshiba an Aikido master. Having 3 different masters in one […]
Written by Lucas Grant
Over the weekend I was able to attend a karate tournament up in Redding hosted by Scott Halsey. It was super duper fun and a great experience overall. For placement wise I did pretty well, I got 1st in weapons kata, 2nd in empty hand kata, and 2nd in point sparring. It was really cool […]
Written by Lucas Grant
This week was pretty normal, I did school, I went to karate, and I hung out with friends. So, I will use this blog as a check in for the number aspects of my test. As of now September 24th 2023 I have done: 42,735 push-ups and sit-ups, I have ran biked or swam 871 […]
Written by Lucas Grant
This week was fun and bittersweet. One of my friends hosted a sleepover for their birthday. We did an escape room and kept our track record of not escaping before the timer. It was a creepy escape room and we managed to solve every puzzle. The only thing was we solved the last one literally […]
Written by Cooper Riegel
This week was pretty fun. My mom, stepdad, and I hung out with our horses at the barn for a while and I took some good photos of my golden doodle. Later on I went to see the spring play at Placer called Ghostlight. It was about a girl who can see ghosts and meets […]
Written by Cooper Riegel
My family and I went to Table Mountain, just past Oroville this week. It has become somewhat of a tradition the last few years to go up and see the flowers. The bloom was fantastic and nearly every surface was covered with flowers. We went on the big loop around the mountain which goes past […]
Written by Cooper Riegel
This week was pretty fun. This Friday was Powder Puff at Placer, where senior girls play flag football and the senior boys are the cheerleaders. It was very entertaining and watching the cheerleaders was hilarious. I also went skiing with my dad and a family friend and got some good turns on the mountain. I […]
Written by Cooper Riegel
This week has been a nice break from school. My dad and I ran into my stepdad on the mountain and we ended up skiing together for a few hours. It was an amazing day and we had a ton of fun. The visibility wasn’t the best but all the powder on the hill was […]
Written by Cooper Riegel
This week was the final week of school before spring break. I had a fun computer science project using an Arduino microcontroller to sequence buzzers, LEDs, and Servos. One of my friends and I created a scene where a guy was doing a “test your strength” game. His arm was on a servo and it […]
Written by Cooper Riegel