I finally passed my drivers permit test and now I can move on to the next step of driving. It only took me two times to pass which I feel is pretty normal. The first time I kind of rushed through it because I felt like I knew every question but I guess I didn’t. […]
On June 22nd, 2024 there was a martial arts tournament at another big high school. This tournament was fun but a little different than what I am used to. Not as many people were wearing gis and were just wearing t-shirts with pants or shorts. I know most of the people were there just for […]
Written by Brody Hocking
Saturday(6/22) was qualifying day for the indycars. We got to the track around 9 and set up our chairs at the corkscrew. From there we watched the indy nxt qualy 2. Qualy 1 happened while we were walking from our car to where we put our seats. The indy nxt cars were quite loud as […]
Written by Jake Ross
This year my dad, my great uncle, and I went to the Indycar race at Laguna Seca. Laguna Seca is the most famous track on the west coast and is super fast and technical for the drivers. The track is home to a section of track called “corkscrew” which features as 6 story drop from […]
Written by Jake Ross
Last thursday I received the black stripe on my belt. This means that I am now officially doing my black belt test. It feels crazy to see how far I have progressed since I began karate back in 2016. Then I was some 8 year old kid who wanted to learn some self defense, and […]
Written by Jake Ross
During the second semester, finals week starts on a friday since the school year ends on a thursday. This year the first finals day was periods 1 and 6, which was spanish and history for me. During spanish we did nothing since we had already done our final. I basically just watched netflix/youtube for the […]
Written by Jake Ross
After returning from socal, both my mom and my aunt got sick. Not really sure what it was, it may have been covid, but we aren’t sure. Because of this, I couldn’t go to my dad’s house on that saturday like I usually do. On the following sunday (6/9) there was an f1 race, which […]
Written by Jake Ross
Every year and over all the summers since I was in 7th grade all my friends would go to the American river to swim and hangout. We would go as much as 2 times a week. We just loved swimming and being at a beach since we aren’t close enough to an actual beach. We […]
Written by Brody Hocking
IMG_2823 The tournaments that are hosted at my dojo are really fun and I think I only missed a couple since I started at the dojo almost 8 years ago. They are smaller than other tournaments hosted in high schools but they are a good size just for practice tournaments. Sometimes they are a little […]
Written by Brody Hocking
IMG_2823 The tournaments that are hosted at my dojo are really fun and I think I only missed a couple since I started at the dojo almost 8 years ago. They are smaller than other tournaments hosted in high schools but they are a good size just for practice tournaments. Sometimes they are a little […]
Written by Brody Hocking