Over the weekend I had the privilege to attend a sabaki seminar hosted by one of Sensei Mike’s good friends Sensei Ray. This seminar lasted 2 hours and every second was captivating and interesting. We went over the basics of sabaki, and if you didn’t know sabaki is being able to manipulate the opponents power […]
Recently I was able to help my older brother move into his college dorm. My brother is attending Chico State, and last week was move-in day. My parents took their own car and I rode with my brother, it was a weird feeling that I wouldn’t see him for a long time. But once we […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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This week I was able to go on a family trip down to Huntington Beach southern California to visit some family. It was super fun being able to reconnect with people I haven’t seen for months, be able to enjoy the beach, and enjoy that high 70 degree weather. It also gave me the opportunity […]
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School is out, and that means summer can start! I’m super excited to be able to take a break from school and hang out with friends, work, and just have a good time in the sun. One thing that I am going to do this summer is go to the gym. Planet Fitness is doing […]
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