This week I finished my last task in the black belt challenge. I completed my last video and my last book earlier in December. I completed my lasts 4 minutes of sparring at the end of December. I feel amazing. I took the next step in my karate journey starting this and I finished […]
My personal goal was to teach karate and be successful as a teacher. I was very nervous to start teaching. It is hard for me to talk in front of people and be the center of attention. I was afraid everyone would stop coming to my morning classes after their free month of karate was […]
Christmas and New Year’s is one of my favorite times of the year. I love it because I get to spend time with my own immediate family but, also family I only see once or twice a year. We went to my in laws on Christmas Day. We go to my aunt and uncle’s house […]
One of the requirements for the black belt challenge is empathy training. We are to spend one day without speaking. I choose to do it on the dojo cleaning day because I would be around many people. It certainly was a challenge. Every time I wanted to talk to someone I could not. They would […]
I am getting close to finishing my black belt challenge. I have a few more requirements to complete. It is hard for me to think that over a year ago I was asked about doing this. I would have never believed I could or would be able to do it without my Sensei Mike Oliver, […]
I recently finished my 50,000 pushups, 50,000 sit ups, and 52 blog posts. I am very excited to have completed 50,000 pushups and sit ups. When I first started this black belt challenge I was skeptical that I would be able to do 50,000 of both. I asked myself how can I do that? Now […]
This week I did my community service project. I created a team for Zen Martial Arts to run or walk Run To Feed The Hungry in Sacramento. It was a successful event. I had 21 team members sign up for the event. I raised 1,312.50$ for the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services. The picture […]
This week I had a different role in the dojo. I did not compete in the sparring tournament. I was a judge. I was very impressed with all the competitors. They all used good control while sparring. They were courteous and well mannered to their opponents. No one was injured. One competitor showed fighting […]
I have finished doing one kata 1,000 times. I picked Chinto as my kata. I did it three times almost everyday except when I was in jured or very sick. I feel like my Chinto kata has improved tremendously from day one. If you practice anything for almost a year straight it will improve. […]
