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 […]

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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 […]