My friends at Mighty Crane Kenpo Karate run by Sensei Tony has invited me to train with them 2 times now and both times I have had a great time at their dojo. I first met Sensei Tony when he and some of his students came to train with us at my dojo about a […]
When I was in Oakland we also took a trip to the Oakland Museum of California which was an awesome place. I’ve always loved going to museum especially the history museums to see all the artifacts from the past and the cool artwork. It was so big that we only got to visit the history […]
Written by Brody Hocking
My family and I take a lot of trips around California but my favorite is when we go get to see baseball games. I’ve been going to see sports games with my family since I was born and I’ve always enjoyed them, we’ve seen the Giants, Yankees, A’s, Diamondbacks, and Padres. This trip we went […]
Written by Brody Hocking
Me and my mom try to go to the fleet week airshow in SF every year. This year we picked a new sitting spot, on top of a hill near fort mason and Ghiradelli square. The previous two years, the airshow was mostly fogged out. Unfortunately, this year was not much different. Most of the […]
Written by Jake Ross
Last Sunday Kaicho Chase held a seminar at the dojo. We warmed up with Seisan Kata and then did some bunkai for seisan. We also did techniques which showed that throws can work if one has a really good horse stance, and has a lower cg then your opponent. We also did four short pre-arranged […]
Written by Jake Ross
I’ve still been flying, I just haven’t been writing about it too much. The most recent time we went up, my CFI had me plan a cross Country(XC) from University Airport to Napa. This was for me to learn how to navigate using visual references. The plan had us flying at a cruising altitude of […]
Written by Jake Ross
Me and my mom went to a common kings concert at the warfield in San Francisco. Surprisingly the first act actually started at the posted show time of 8 pm. They went for about 1 hour and I honestly could hardly tell what they were saying. I think there was an issue with the audio […]
Written by Jake Ross
Recently, me and my mom visited san francisco to attend a concert and watch the fleet week airshow. This blog is just about the food we ate while there. On friday, 11, we went to Kin Khao for dinner. Kin Khao is an unconvential thai restaurant with one michelin star. I had never eaten at […]
Written by Jake Ross
This weekend I went to Kaicho Chris Chase seminar. It was a very informative seminar. We warmed up with Seisan kata. Then we practiced bunkai for Seisan. I learned that stances are very important. For example, in horse stance an attacker can be thrown without much force if the defender has a strong horse stance. […]
Written by Elan Wilbur
I have been very fortunate and blessed to be able to go on a vacation with my parents to Croatia. This is a combination trip for their 50th wedding anniversary and a big birthday (40th) I have coming up in January. As my black belt test is drawing near, I reflect on the encouragement both […]
Written by Matt Nedresky