Surprise, a bunch of MMA fighters are using drugs! Including Royce Gracie!
Nothing earth shattering here. MMA fighters in the beginning included a lot of doughy middle aged karate instructors. It didn’t take too long for very well conditioned athletes to start filling the ranks. These days, most competitors are in very …
Since getting ye olde black belt, I’ve been thinking a lot about what things still make me uncomfortable, or things that I want to spend more time looking at. While digging around, I gave an in-depth read to Marc MacYoung’s website, which we’ve been kicking around the dojo for a while. Marc is …
So for those of you who don’t know yet, I am now a 1st degree black belt in To-Shin Do. Had my test the end of last month, and it went pretty well. Now it’s on to second degree. Here’s a video of some parts of my graduation for those who are …
Ahhh. Nothing like 4 days off. This will be good. Kelli is out of town visiting the california crew which gives me lots and lots of introvert time. Yea!
Tonight is my graduation into green-black belt, and for those of you counting, I have 3 belts after this one (out of 15) …
Last Friday, Michael, Thad and I went down to Mesa to attend a seminar given by Steven Oliver on running a successful martial arts school. While his web page design makes me want to weep openly, the seminar had a lot of good advice, especially since it was free.
The fundamental premise of running a …
The Seminar with Tori Eldridge is now over, and it was tons of fun. Being that I make giggling noises when people hit me, and make funny faces when being thrown through the air, I ended up being the person who has techniques demonstrated on them for most of the sessions. This included …
First up: More work on learningphoto.com. All the non-photo entries are removed. Individual entries now have navigation (which is going to get prettied up soon) and look like the front page. The RSS2 and Atom feeds are working properly, and now I just have to work on enclosures for both. …
I have long nursed a case of chronic tendentious in my right elbow, which among other things make excises like bench presses really annoying.
This afternoon it’s been acting up badly, like when I reach up to scratch my head, I bend my elbow and it hurts like hell. I was thinking I was going …
The last 4 days were scheduled to be photography time. But good weather rolled in and I personally don’t like shooting on bright sunny days.
Doug rolled into town with his daughter, and I thought it might be nice to just hang out with him and the kid, and take a few days off from …
Sore All Over It’s now been 8 straight days of training in the To-Shin Do, and my body is feeling it. Last night the muscles in my neck were freaking out, and by the end of the night, my leg muscles were ready to give out. Tonight I will be taking a night off. …