• Back in the Dojang Again

    Martial artists are good at kicking butt because they are used to kicking many different items covered with padding. After my last session with Kru Aum I contemplated this simple mystery of the kick. Bruce Lee explained the punch and all that it symbolized, but concluded that for all of its symbolis…
  • USA Winter Olympics

    The winter tournament is this weekend at the Riveria. It is an open tournament ... all disciplines welcome. Also, MMA and grappling.
  • Autistic girl earns black belt in Taekwondo

    It’s great to see the Las Vegas Sun reporting that an 8-year-old autistic girl earned a black belt in Taekwondo. Sonya Dilks, who has been training since she was 2-years old, is one of the youngest students to earn a black belt at the DoJang martial arts center in Henderson, NV.This is an en…
  • Socially Awkward and TKD. Illustrated.

    As some of you know, as of late, my daily routine of doing absolutely NOTHING has been partially disturbed by taekwondo. Going to City College for the first time after being enclosed for weeks (possibly months) inside the house and taking that first step out of the front porch was akin to disembar…
  • Wow, it's been forever since I…

    Wow, it's been forever since I've been on here. Also, I'd like to note that the "title" bar isn't working, so the title of this post is probably gonna be "Title" lol.Anyway, what's been going on since July....? Well, school started in August, and it's been going well. My classes are fairly easy,…
  • World Champions

    It has been quite a weekend folks. The twins and I spent two and a half (very full) days working and competing in the USA All Martial Arts World Championships at the Riveria convention center. World Championships is not just part of the title, I met folks from Mexico and Europe as well as all parts…
  • Hungry

    Mmm, I'm hungry. I shouldn't eat anything though. Gotta lose weight!In other news, I almost passed out at taekwondo tonight. That was not so fun. But I didn't actually pass out, so it was all good.In other other news, I no longer have writers block! And yes, I had writers block for so long that…
  • Kicking it Real: Blogging and Podcasting

    I have been intrigued by the power of the podcast for several years now. Marc Gunn, formerly of the Brobdingnagian Bards, hosts a number of podcasts that have featured a lot of good music on them. Irish-Celtic music podcast was one of the first podcasts I subscribed to, and still listen to it…