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”
Written by Lucas Grant
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”
Written by Cooper Riegel
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”
Written by Cooper Riegel
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”
Written by Cooper Riegel
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”
Written by Cooper Riegel
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”
Written by Lucas Grant
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”
Written by Lucas Grant
We are now around half way through summer, and overall it has been really good. As of now I have done 34,000 pushups and situps, I have gone almost 700 miles, I have done over 600 acts of kindness, I have done 650 rounds of kata, I have done almost 600 rounds of sparring, I … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 31”
Written by Lucas Grant
This is a video from back in March when I went down to San Francisco to compete in a tournament. This is my first round, which happens to be against a person named Lucas. We also crossed paths at a tournament in Dixon. Even though the video is poor quality (it was the best I … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 30”
Written by Lucas Grant
I recently finished my second book called “Zen in the Martial Arts’ ‘. This has quickly become one of my favorite books I’ve ever read. There was so much content I could take out of it. This book was about a man named Joe Hyams and his journey through the martial arts in his lifetime. … Continue reading “Lucas Grant: Week 29”
