Wow. What a day. Lookit these faces! This is Team Eclipse (minus a member), and they competed today during the Best of the Best fall tournament in Chippewa Falls. Below is the photo album from the day, plus the video of the entire competition. https://www.markdtaylor.com/2024-11-02_Best-of-the-Best/index.html (opens a new link) https://rumble.com/v5lj3xt-fall-best-of-the-best-110224-team-eclipse-..-mega-team-form.html More videos will be posted … Continue reading Journal Entry 110224-2218
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Last weekend, this beautiful, smart, dangerous young lady performed at the St Patrick's Classic Karate Tournament in Verona, WI, in traditional forms and open weapons black belt divisions. Pictures and videos are below. Enjoy. When watching the videos, please know that if a competitor drops their weapons, they are not judged or doesn’t move on. … Continue reading Journal Entry 033024-1203
Journal Entry 020324-1904
Our beautiful talented daughter shot some amazing photographs this past week when the Raptor Education Group Inc. released five young eagles at the VFW Memorial Park in Prairie du Sac, WI.
Journal Entry 101423-1231
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
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It's been an absolutely insane year. The mad mad world has continued it's stranglehold on the way everyone and everything functions. But does that stop our kids? Heck no. It started oh so long ago, with a homeschool karate group. That group grew and grew, and came tests, and belts, an black belt team, and … Continue reading 101121-0804
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Tuesday started a new chapter. This past Sunday, I traveled to Iowa. Yes, on purpose. I traveled to the Urbandale / Grimes area. It was here that I spent the first night away from the MRS and kiddos. It was weird. The entire weekend was weird. But it started that night. I didn't sleep well … Continue reading 072921-1006