Honestly, I wish I could have written up a great summary of the seminar, but I fried my brain pretty badly by taking photographs. I had so much fun, but I was going the entire time and didn’t really stop until we got home. It was a 6-hour drive there. Check in to a franklyContinue reading “Balance Martial Arts Seminar”
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TaeKwonDo Memory Lane
Doing some TaeKwonDo at the North Carolina Seminar really put me down memory lane. I used to attend Young’s TaeKwonDo way back in the 90s when I was a little kid in middle school. My parents made me take classes to boost my confidence and have me active in an activity. And boy was IContinue reading “TaeKwonDo Memory Lane”
The American Self-Defense Federation
The official website can be found here. The ASDF was officially founded earlier this year in February of 2022. They chose the name American because all of the founders and the group operate here in the United States. And the Self-Defense portion made it easier to include a vast number of different martial arts styles.Continue reading “The American Self-Defense Federation”
Out of State Seminar
The OCD person finally found an amazing packing list on Smart Travel. Instead of trying to make my own list, which I’ve done so many times, I found this one. I just need to print it out. (I totally made like 5 packing lists already. It’s been insane planning.) My SO and I are goingContinue reading “Out of State Seminar”
Seichin Kata
So after having to quarantine for a week and a half (stepdaughter had COVID and although we didn’t get sick, we wanted to be safe), we got to finally go back to training in Uechi Ryu. We’re currently working on Seichin kata now that we are Green Belts (Gokyu) Memorization and learning what each moveContinue reading “Seichin Kata”
Shinyu Gushi Sensei
Master Shinyu Gushi was born on May 25, 1939, in Okinawa. He was a very important figure in the history of Uechi Ryu Karate. This is mostly a rough sketch, but I had some tiger thoughts on my brain because of Lunar New Year coming up. And if anyone embodies the idea of tiger, I would sayContinue reading “Shinyu Gushi Sensei”
Realistic Resolutions
I took the owl doodles and threw them into my “resolution” list. I wasn’t planning to make a list, but during my therapy session, my therapist urged me to at least pick a few things to work towards this year. After a bit of contemplation, I think the above is a decent amount of goalsContinue reading “Realistic Resolutions”
Gokyū
So today my SO and I are testing for our green belt in Uechi Ryu. This is an older photograph of my SO and his wee one, my stepdaughter. Some of the things we’ll have to cover during our testing include the first three kata of Uechi Ryu: Sanchin: Literally translated as “three fights/conflicts”. FromContinue reading “Gokyū”
CHAOS and the Weekend
So what did you do this weekend? The cats keep jumping up on the buffet where the television is located. That’s not a great location for them so we’ve been trying to cajole them into moving to a better spot. New cat beds were one attempt. Now we’ve got a new cat tree. It isContinue reading “CHAOS and the Weekend”
More Seminar Footage
Eddie and Danny Satterfield gave a really insightful talk about Sanchin Stances. I’ve uploaded all the video footage I took to an album on Google. I have to say I really enjoyed this one and the information I gathered during this portion of the seminar could have easily taken up most of the day. SanchinContinue reading “More Seminar Footage”
Atelier Whootique 