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Sat, 13 Apr 2024 03:05:28 -0700

Mike Oliver posted a new activity comment

Sat, 27 Jan 2024 08:50:40 -0800

@eclark, I’ll be honest, I’m a little wary when people come to the dojo after training somewhere else. It’s really important to me that students fit in with our school’s culture. When they come from somewhere else, people often bring a lot ‘baggage’ with them from their old dojo or Sensei. I’m so happy to say that you have fit right in from day 1.…Read More

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Sun, 31 Dec 2023 03:47:33 -0800

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Tue, 26 Dec 2023 21:19:18 -0800

Wow! I am still amazed that I am qualified to be a black belt candidate. I started karate many years ago because my son was doing it. I thought it would be good to have a similar activity that we could share and do together. I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be where I am today. I was concerned because I was older and had never done any karate before. You are never too old to try something new. I am scared and excited at the same time. The black belt candidates are required to do 1,000 miles, 1,000 kata, 1,000 acts of kindness,1,000 rounds of sparring, 50,000 push ups, 50,000 sit ups, read 6 books, write a weekly post, blog once a month, write an essay about what it means to be a black belt, and more. That all must be done in 13 months. It sounds overwhelming, but I know it can be accomplished if a little bit is done everyday. I actually started doing sit ups, push ups, and walking mileage on September 1 when Sensei told me I could be a candidate starting December 1, 2023. I knew I could not just start doing 140 crunches, 140 pushups, and many miles a day without starting preparing my body for what was to come. I started slow and worked up to the amount needed to do today. Karate had become a daily form of life. I hope to meet this challenge, face it working with it, and triumph over it.

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 01:37:39 -0800

Wow! I am still amazed that I am qualified to be a black belt candidate. I started karate many years ago because my son was doing it. I thought it would be good to have a similar activity that we could share and do together. I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be where I am today. I was concerned because I was older and had never done…Read More

This week was my first week of the hardest challenge I will ever face. My Black Belt test. So far I have felt extremely excited for this upcoming year but also a bit nervous too. I know I have so many people by my side and supporting me as much as they can and that makes me feel so much better. This past week I feel like I have been keeping up with all the criteria needed such as push-ups and crunches, miles, meditation, and acts of kindness. The part I have been struggling to keep up with was the sparring rounds but I will certainly do my best to connect with my fellow teammates so we can schedule times to do more sparring so none of us will fall behind. I wanted to thank Sensei Oliver, my fellow Black Belt candidates, all my other teammates, and my family for everything they have done and will do in order to help me with this test.

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 07:47:19 -0800

This week was my first week of the hardest challenge I will ever face. My Black Belt test. So far I have felt extremely excited for this upcoming year but also a bit nervous too. I know I have so many people by my side and supporting me as much as they can and that makes me feel so much better. This past week I feel like I have been keeping up…Read More