This has been a pretty exciting week, I got my drivers license! This Thursday I finished my 50 hours of driving practice and my 6 hours of in-person driving, and after 6 months of waiting and a lot of practice I was eligible to take my test. So after school I drove with my mom […]
The tournament that I previously mentioned is now here. It was a super fun experience to do a little in-school tournament. It’s nice and refreshing for the stress and nervousness go away because you know you are competing against your friends. I was able to take second pace in normal Kata, and first place in […]
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This week we have a karate tournament coming up, so that means time to practice a little bit more and get ready to compete. This is a kata tournament, so these 1000 rounds of kata are really going to show. The kata I will perform is Kusanku, the 7th kata you learn at our dojo. […]
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This week was very fun! As I mentioned previously, I was going to go on a houseboat trip with a large bunch of my family. This was the week I got to go! It was super fun being able to see family I haven’t seen in a while, and it was great being able to […]
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With spring strongly upon us, the weather gets nice which means people want to make plans and do outdoor activities. All of that means my schedule gets busier and busier, granted these outdoor activities are typically super fun. But you can have fun and be busy all at the same time. Coming up on Thursday […]
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This week I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in helping in Senei Bennati’s dojo’s black belt test. It was a great experience being able to go out there to help spar with the candidates. Although their test is a bit different than ours, it still gave me a refresher of what’s to […]
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This week there was a big school event going on, Prom! Typically schools have only juniors or seniors participate in prom, but my school is very small. That means all high school grades get to participate, it might sound kind of hectic. But it was actually really fun. There were around 100 or so people […]
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This Saturday, House Tenko, took a trip down to Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary to help out for the day. Some of the older members including myself went to Happy Tails ealy to clean, some members cleaned the around the cat pens and the main visiting area. I cleaned the operating room, it was hard work […]
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Getting back to Sacramento was a huge relief. Even though the trip to Washington was fun, being back home feels so nice. Especially because the weather feels like spring (finally). That’s a huge bonus from Washington where it was very cold. It is also amazing to see my friends and sleep in my own bed. […]
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Spring break is upon us, and lucky for me I got the privilege to go on a trip with my family. We are going to the Pacific Northwest! To be more specific we are going to Seattle, Forks, and Port Angeles Washington. This trip was really fun but for a spring break it was pretty […]
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