Yikes. This week summer has hit early in Southern California. Where I live the last 3 days have been… 100 F / 37.8 C 106 F/41.1 C 101 F / 38.3 C It’s been brutal. And if it’s anything like last summer, we’ll probably get 4 months of it too. Although people who live here […]

Last Saturday was an important day for some of my students… It was grading day. It was a tough test for many of my brown belts. I pushed them all close to their physical limits, but not without incident. During the toughest part of the test (the ju kumite or dojo fighting part): – One […]

Wow… Let me say that the last few days have been an emotional roller coaster. I had planned getting some good karate info out to you, but there was a *slight* interruption! Last Friday night at 5:58pm, Christina gave birth to our daughter, Olivia. At birth she weighed 6 lbs 3 oz and was 18.5 […]