Tue, 9/30: Edgeworks 1.3 mi, 12:43 (the route goes all the way around the block now, which I measured w/ the car ( Read more... )

Man, that was grueling as hell. But I made it through. One of the comments one of the spectating students made was, "You looked like you were running on guts at the end there." Nothing could be truer. These high level tests seriously beat the hell out of me, and I keep myself going with my mantra of "Don't give up, give out." I'll only quit ( Read more... )

Here it comes. My Level 11 Kickboxing test is tomorrow. The testing through Level 6 is scheduled to go from 10:30a to 2:30p. Past that is scheduled to go from 2:30p to TBD. Probably until about 4p. It's gonna be a rough ~5.5 hours. Wish me that my metabolism sustains me for that long.

(well, not entirely, as it was brought on by my playing w/ my chinese sword and watching something on ancient warfare on the History Channel just now, but...)

I want a khopesh. I also need to use my sword more often for wrist strengthening exercises.

And now that I'm on this line of thought, I think I want a gladius or spatha as well.

I tested for Level 10 in Muay Thai Kickboxing today. Our tests are comprehensive, meaning you have to do all the levels below the one you are testing for. Everyone (including people testing for 1-4) started at 10:30a, with what I think was 10 minutes of continuous jump rope. After the first hour or so, after the Level 1 and 2 curriculum was done ( Read more... )

I am currently of the mind that the Dragonforce song "Through The Fire And The Flames" was designed specifically to break the wills of men. On easy it's actually doable, just long. Medium... ridiculous. "One" on medium had a part where I just stopped playing... TTFATF is something where my brain just can't tell my hand what to do... THERE ARE ( Read more... )

This last Monday I had my first new student that I didn't know before starting the class, or wasn't just brought by someone I know. My flyers are working! Also, one of the spots I put flyers at was OUT when I happened to go there for lunch the other day, I was happy that they ran out in less than a week. I should take some time to check the ( Read more... )

This last Tuesday I had my first Jujitsu test and earned my green belt. Green belt is actually not too hard, so I'm really looking forward to the more challenging stuff. Since I've gotten a taste of it, I've really come to like it and want to add it to my arsenal as a martial artist ( Read more... )

Hmm, what's been going on since the last time I posted ( Read more... )

This last weekend was pretty busy. Well, really just last Saturday. First, I had my Level 6 JKD test, which took about 2 hours or so. I passed, and felt pretty good about it. Honestly though, the Level 6 is definitely below the level of what I know, but I know it's going to be that way since I've been w/ John for 6 years, but he's only started ( Read more... )