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
JOURNAL ENTRY 092124-1811
Ms Kohler, Mr Taylor, Ms Taylor, and Ms Emma pose before Grand Champion competition at the Capital City Fall Open This has been a long time, over five months since I last posted. And again, I'm posting about the kiddos. Shocking. Okay, so quick recap: Willem and Lillian are both second degree black belts and … Continue reading JOURNAL ENTRY 092124-1811
Journal Entry 040824-2012
Ah, the spring Capital City Open Karate Tournaments. This year is a bit different with each kiddo working (Willem got off work at 10pm the night before and Lillian started at Carol's Cones). Both competed as Team Eclipse members of Plumer Karate America. As Willem is now 18, he competes in the men's black belt … Continue reading Journal Entry 040824-2012
Journal Entry 033024-1203
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 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
Journal Entry 062123-1420
Did you know that June is Men's Mental Health Month? Yeah. No one else does either. Speaking of which, I took today off to get my brain aligned again. It's been a difficult few weeks. So let's backtrack. I've not been feeling very well lately. I'm not sure how to explain it. Yes, it's physical. … Continue reading Journal Entry 062123-1420
Journal Entry 060323-1855
Earlier today, the Portage school for Plumer Karate America participated in the Canal Days Parade in downtown Portage, WI. https://www.markdtaylor.com/2023-06-03_Canal-Days-Parade/** Album opens in new window .|. 20 images **
Journal Entry 040723-1849
What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear. So, I've been lacking on my journal entries lately. I typically use this on my site to update family, show off our awesome kids, and other things going on. I'm going to start with the most recent and then stumble backwards for a … Continue reading Journal Entry 040723-1849
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Journal Entry 101422-0828
It's been a long week. And I'm behind cleaning up and exporting the videos from this past weekend's black belt graduation at Plumer Karate America. There are pictures coming (706 whittled down to 124!). And to keep some of you at bay for a little bit - here's two videos. The Team Eclipse opening (I … Continue reading Journal Entry 101422-0828