I’m very sad to report that my Aunt Gail passed away yesterday, losing her fight against brain cancer. She was a fantastic lady and she will be sorely missed. It is comforting to know that she is no longer in pain and can finally enjoy the rewards of the great life that she lead. Goodbye, […]

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I would like to reiterate, these are just my thoughts. I am no expert, but I have been through this kata quite a bit this year. The side snap kick, backfist strike, landing in elbow strike combinations are some of the more difficult techniques in Sochin kata. I had very real problems getting my body […]

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I would like to reiterate, these are just my thoughts. I am no expert, but I have been through this kata quite a bit this year. A few of my dojomates and I had a bit of a difference of opinion regarding the turn into the Heian Godan style high low blocks. I spent part […]

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I’ve been asked to clean up my Sochin notes into a consumable format, so I thought no better place to communicate them than here. Over the next few nights, I will be transcribing my thoughts on segments of Sochin kata. I would like to reiterate, these are just my thoughts. I am no expert, but […]

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My lovely wife mentioned that it would be nice to get some calendaring software set back up again, since it had disappeared when I formatted my Linux box late last year. First, I tried the Lightning extension for Mozilla Thunderbird. The interface is pretty good, however it seems to allow you to do stupid things […]

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This weekend has been very different than the weekends past. This weekend, for the first time in six weeks, Tasha and I have been a.) in town together and b.) had nothing to do. Let me just say, this is not a problem. What is a problem, however, is the fact that I have socialized […]

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Dad and I were running late this morning, and we were surprised to see that was working on a combination involving a jumping spinning back kick. I, like my good buddy , was wondering if I was in some sort of limbo state between awake and sleeping. We continued to do lunge punch followed by […]

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Friday was my third visit to the chiropracter. He adjusted me slightly differently this time, only performing one adjustment to my middle back and cracked my neck in a different way. He said that I was adjusting very well and that my alignment was much improved. After he got done adjusting my neck, I definitely […]

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I saw these on BoingBoing this afternoon. It is an interesting way to show your faith, or start to train Crusaders at a very young age. I wonder if these people are liable for the kids that get beat up at slumber parties for wearing these.

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I was monkeying around with the blog tonight and realized that my paid account did provide the grey box style that I had selected. That’s good, I was getting sick of it anyway. In its stead, I have selected this cool Darth Vader looking style. This is probably the reason a few of you noticed […]

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