Amazing day. Right towards the end of candidate training, lands the Capital City Open Fall Tournament. And the kids killed it. Kiddos did forms and sparring and weapons, but also worked as a judge or a scorekeeper - while mom was a scorekeeper and dad was "security". When watching the videos, please know that if … Continue reading Journal Entry 101423-1231
Journal Entry 101323-1809
On September 30, these two _earned_ their second degree black belts. They killed it. Willem scared us with a pop-out, pop-in knee issue during self defense. He's fine - was out bike riding the DAY AFTER. Online photo album is listed here:https://markdtaylor.com/2023-09-30___Second-Degree-Test LINK OPENS IN NEW WINDOW And here's some videos for you to watch. … Continue reading Journal Entry 101323-1809
Journal Entry 101223-1902
First to Second Degree black belt. What?!?! Seriously. We are beyond proud of these two. They spent almost ten weeks training every Friday and Saturday (and then every other day they weren't training or teaching students at Portage). And this past Saturday, along with six other candidates, graduated to their next belt level. Four students … Continue reading Journal Entry 101223-1902
Journal Entry 100923-0652
Bad Dad Joke Stats for the nerds: + Only hit snooze alarm 3x this morning, feet on floor at 529am + Current lbs: 312.7 (338.4 on 01.08.23) + 3801 pictures / 32.8Gb taken with Canon since 09.09.23 + Finished studying Acts 11, almost done with 12 + Village board meetings tomorrow from 530-1000pm (need to … Continue reading Journal Entry 100923-0652