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”

Karate Seminar in Honor of Charla

At the end of October, we had a karate Seminar in honor of an Isshin Ryu practitioner who passed away suddenly in 2020. Due to the pandemic lockdown, the seminar was pushed back. Overall the seminar managed to raise a nice donation of $750 to go towards East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and $100 to theContinue reading “Karate Seminar in Honor of Charla”

Isshin Ryu Practice

I think I ended up getting too hot this evening during our weekly training session with Sensei Gilbert. Just not feeling great, bunch of stomach acid coming up, and just mentally worn out. Today we worked on a bunch of blocking techniques involving the elbow as the important focal point. Since you cannot bend theContinue reading “Isshin Ryu Practice”

Last Days of Summer

I don’t know why, but the idea of going to the library today had me so excited I had trouble sleeping. The library is somewhere we can go just about any day, but it still just made me very happy to know we were going. I had to use some opposite action to get upContinue reading “Last Days of Summer”