This weekend my family and I went to Jenkinson’s Lake in Sly Park Area. It is a much smaller lake than Lake Tahoe. It is still beautiful. We took our dog on his first hike around part of the lake. We only hiked three and a half miles, but it was enough for him. It […]
My family and I went on vacation this past week. We stayed in Baltimore Maryland with my cousin. We visited Washington D.C. , Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. In Washington D.C. we walked to all the memorials and famous statues. We went inside the U.S. Capital, Library of Congress, National Archives, Smithsonian National Air and Space […]
This was a hard week for me. I taught the two morning classes and took my two classes. I wore a mask so I would not pass on covid to anyone. I had gotten over the worst symptoms of covid, but I still had some that made it hard to train. I still can’t taste […]
Covid is awful. I tested positive on Monday. I had all the symptoms. I had a fever, body aches, soar throat, headache, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, and extremely tired. This is my first time getting it. I had all the vaccines and boosters. I thought maybe I was one of those lucky people who were […]
On Saturday I was very busy. I went to two karate classes in the morning. One was regular class and the second was weapons. Then in the afternoon I went to Juneteenth Festival at Black Miner Bar. It was an interesting festival with food vendors, vendors selling clothes, jewelry, purses, hats, etc, horseback riding, kayak […]
I have a fear of failure about sparring. I often struggle and have a hard time sparring. It is the part of karate I most doubt myself. So many types of attacks and scenarios coming at me all at once. It is hard to react and counter so quickly. I try to not freeze up, […]
I am healing and recovering quicker than I thought I would. It has been a little over three weeks since the injury happened. I can now do all of the requirement except full sit ups. I can do crunches. I did planks as a substitution when my ribs hurt when I lifted my head. They […]
On Friday the four white belts in my class received their yellow belts. I am so proud of them. They worked very hard on sparring kata # 1 to get their belts. Congratulations to all of them. Now they can move on to sparring. They have all the fundamentals to do it. How exciting for […]
I am facing a large challenge and postponement in my training. I went to the doctor about my hurt rib. Fortunately x-rays showed no fracture or brake. I have trouble taking deep breaths, sneezing, coughing, and laying down. It is painful. At least it is only a bruise. I have to take a little break […]
