Wow, what a great time. and were there representing our respective families when we arrived, and the happy couple was opening their gifts. After some food, the music kicked up and we were made to do the hokey pokey, after successfully avoiding the much hated Chicken Dance. Then came the dollar dance, and since I […]

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The workout yesterday was fantastic. For the first session, Sensei (Elaine) Harter was running us through a basic workout. The workout was originally designed as a youth class, but I think that the distribution of youth made them rethink the plan at the last moment and it got retooled for use with a more general […]

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Tuesday night’s class was a nice solid workout consisting largely of partner drills and basics. The group was introduced to a mini House of Pain in the form of the same ab workout that we did on Saturday, and I am happy to report that I did a tad better this time around. For the […]

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Couldn’t do that again if I wanted to Originally uploaded by dalcher. Robin Hood, eat your heart out.

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I had to work late tonight. Again. Hooray. Instead of being bitter about it, I came home and grilled a triumphant dinner of assorted meat products and made a big mess of french fries. I then proceeded to dock my hindquarters on the couch, surf the Internet, and watch TV. The warmness of our upstairs […]

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Today’s class was a warmup of basics, followed by a very fun sparring drill. We did 3-5 time attack and slow sparring, however after a few times down and back we did sprints. Down to the stage and back, around the gym, and so on. After each set of windsprints, we returned immediately back to […]

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Tonight’s workout was a fantastic class in endurance style basics led by everyone’s favorite . It was a nearly non-stop progression through a whole ton (or if you’re in Europe, a tonne) of basics, starting half speed and progressing up to full speed. I don’t think that we did any technique less than three reps […]

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Tonight’s workout was a good one to come back to… it was basics courtesy of Sensei Brewer. The first class was basics up and down the floor, focusing on the component pieces of each technique. For some reason my stomach was still bothering me from the weekend, and only on front kicks. During the class, […]

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Things have been extremely busy lately. Work has been almost completely haywire, which has caused the sharp decline in my karate related blogs but that is all going to change soon. I had a conversation with my team leaders today about managing my workload better so I can leave the office in enough time to […]

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DSC02111 Originally uploaded by dalcher. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present Addison Diane, my new niece! She was 8 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long. She was born at 11:07 pm. What a little angel! My sister and her husband are doing just fine! Check out the rest of her 0-day pictures […]

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