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 w…

As we barely finish Thanksgiving and move into the Christmas season, I look forward to the new coming year. This year has been a trial for many reasons. There’s been lots of good things, however. I had many a…

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 ev…

Continuing from where the last post left off, I wanted to finish my official report of Japan. From Okinawa, we went to Osaka and then Kyoto. Osaka is a large city with excellent food. Kyoto has beautiful temples…

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…