I received my black stripe on my belt this week. I am officially a black belt candidate. I have been training for it for over five months now. I am keeping up on all the training. The most challenging part for me is sparring. I sparred twice this week to make up time from last […]
This week I chaperoned my daughter’s trip to Catalina Island. It was an amazing trip overall. We went day snorkeling, night snorkeling, day kayaking, night kayaking, hiking, paddle boarding, archery, visited the aquarium, touched sea animals, team bonding games, and enjoyed nature. It was a very busy week from 7 A.M. until 10 P.M. at […]
Today I competed in the Gold Rush Invitational Traditional Karate Tournament. I demonstrated Chinto for kata and Tokumine No Kun for weapons. I won two gold in both kata and weapons. I had one competitor in kata and no competitors for weapons. Every tournament for me makes me nervous, but with practice I feel a […]
This last weekend I went to the Tri County Wildlife Center. I learned about all the types of animals they take in and care for. They take in injured or abandoned wildlife. They want to rehabilitate them so they can be released in the wild. Some animals are not able to be released in the […]
This Saturday I went to Sensei Ray Fong’s understanding sabaki class. He is a 3rd degree black belt in Enshin Karate. Sabaki means a redirection of an opponents energy to use for ones own advantage. It was an excellent class with so much information that he ran out of time to teach everything he wanted […]
This week I was lucky to get a free kayak tour with California State Parks. I would like to thank Horacio for giving the amazing tour and loaning me his kayak. My friend Nooshin told me about it and invited me to join her. I saw a bald eagle fly over lake Natomas, a swan […]
This week I went on a long scenic hike near lake Orville. I hiked 6 miles up and down rolling hills. It is the best time of the year for wildflowers at that elevation. There were purple, yellow, orange, white, pink, blue, and red flowers. I wish I could put all of the pictures of […]
I have been enjoying the weather when it is not raining. My husband and I went on a long 16 mile bike ride along the American River. It was a comfortable mildly warm day of 65* f with sunshine and a few clouds. There were many pipevine swallowtails butterflies flying along the trail. The male […]
