I did it!!!  I earned my black belt yesterday!  It was the most hardest physical and mental test I have ever taken.  This has been an incredible memorable and rewarding journey that I will cherish for the rest of my life.  I would like to thank my husband Ryan, family, friends, dojo family, and Sensei […]

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 […]