This week was back to school week. All of summer led up to this, and it never really feels real until you sit down at your desk in your first class. It suddenly all sinks in and for the next 9 months you will be sitting at that same desk almost everyday every morning. But … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 37”
Over the weekend I had the privilege to attend a sabaki seminar hosted by one of Sensei Mike’s good friends Sensei Ray. This seminar lasted 2 hours and every second was captivating and interesting. We went over the basics of sabaki, and if you didn’t know sabaki is being able to manipulate the opponents power … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 36”
Recently I was able to help my older brother move into his college dorm. My brother is attending Chico State, and last week was move-in day. My parents took their own car and I rode with my brother, it was a weird feeling that I wouldn’t see him for a long time. But once we … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 35”
At the end of this week I went to a Giants baseball game. It was a lot of fun, plus they won the game. It was a bit stressful with how close of a call the game was but in the end it was great. My significant other went with my family, it was her … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 34”
This week I started work at the Elevate summer camp program hosted by our dojo. Needless to say it was a fun but tiring week. Being able to see some of the kids that I’ve worked with before was a real joy and walking in on the first day and hearing them go “IT’S COACH … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 33”
There wasn’t much going on this week. I went with my mom and stepdad to see the new movie, Cocaine Bear. Overall it was pretty funny and I enjoyed it. What made it even better was coming home to see actual bears ransacking the neighborhood trash cans. It is a set of 3 young bears … Continue reading “Cooper Riegel – Week 15”
This week has been excited and stressful. The stress was from midterms, I had 3 in total; Chemistry, Math, and History. Math was super easy, but I had to study a lot for the chemistry midterm. I’m confident I did well on both and am not too worried. Auburn also got snow this week, it … Continue reading “Cooper Riegel – Week 14”
The biggest part of this week was the sparring tournament at the dojo. It had been a while since I competed in sparring so I was a little nervous. In the end, I came in second in sparring. My division consisted of me, Lucas, Brody, and some brown belts from Bennati’s. I used a lot … Continue reading “Cooper Riegel – Week 13”
This week has been full of fun and excitement. I spent the three day weekend with my dad visiting family down in the central valley. While we were there I got some practice driving on busier streets and I have to say, flatland is a lot easier than the terrain in Auburn. We also did … Continue reading “Cooper Riegel – Week 12”
This week I was able to go camping with one of my friends! I went for 5 days and it was a lot of fun. I may have gotten a lot of bug bites and my back might be red as a lobster, but those are just normal camping side effects. We were camping up … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 32”

