Christmas is always a special time of year because of the gifts, family, and traditions. Every year I spend the morning with my mom and this year with her new husband too. We open some presents and then we eat a breakfast casserole my mom always makes the night before, it has eggs, sausage, mushrooms, … Continue reading “Christmas”
Written by Brody Hocking
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 … Continue reading “Christmas Eve”
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 … Continue reading “My Mom’s Wedding”
Written by Brody Hocking
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 … Continue reading “Family Movie Day”
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. … Continue reading “Thanksgiving”
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 … Continue reading “Revolution Batte Tournament”
Written by Brody Hocking
IMG_5918 I’ve been going to this same tournament in Dixon for so many years now but this time I went it was way different. I didn’t compete in kata or point sparring like usual, I only competed in knockdown sparring. I’ve done knockdown sparring before so it wasn’t new to me but I’m still getting … Continue reading “Dixon Tournament”
Written by Brody Hocking
At my dojo on Halloween my sensei usually runs a food drive but this year for my service project I decided to set everything and run it myself along with some dojo friends. When I asked my sensei about what I needed to do he gave me a list and at first I thought it … Continue reading “My Service Project”
Written by Jake Ross
About two weeks ago I had an appointment with an Aviation Medical Examier(AME) to get an aviation medical. For the license that I am looking to obtain, I need at least a 3rd class medical. I, however, got a first class medical since one is required for both flying airliners, and also for the college … Continue reading “Aviation Medical”
