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Category: OneHeart Challenge

Week 4 – Dirk Herfurth

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy Holidays. Is it the 4th week already? Time is running! My first weeks of my journey went by superfast. Meanwhile I made it to Germany to spend some quality time with my family over there. I have not been back in the fatherland since October 2019. Covid threw quite the […]

Week 3 – David Brezinski

Mountain Meditation Fresh snow and the Sierra so close; I could no longer resist as the mountains were calling. After working this past Monday and going into the dojo solo Monday evening to finish my daily pushups and crunches, get some kata practice and perform some bag work in lieu of sparring, I decided to […]

Week 3 – Dirk Herfurth

Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort. Joe Hyams, Zen in the Martial Arts You know what is difficult? Meditation. I have to admit, my first thoughts were that how hard can it be to sit down, close your eyes, and relax breath for 15 minutes? Well, it […]

Week 2 – David Brezinski

The bar is very high but I am feeling confident after a couple good training and sparring sessions this past weekend with Dirk-San, Geneva-San and Elijah-San (who joined us for sparring). I had dinner with a good friend of mine last night who was in Sacramento (he lives in Oregon) for the evening; he also […]

OneHeart Challenge – Week 1

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” Joshua J. Marine One day at a time…I have to remind myself. Our Black Belt requirements are daunting; not for the weak-minded and only the strong (heart, mind, body & spirit) need apply. Over a 1-year period, 50k pushups and crunches, […]

Week 1 – Dirk Herfurth

A lot of firsts It’s the first week of December 2021. The Elf is on the shelf again, Christmas calendars are out, and the weather is getting cooler. It is also my first week of doing 50k pushups, 50k sit ups, 1000 miles, 1000 katas, and 1000 acts of kindness – oh boy! I am […]