Fitness Update!

Keep up the good work team! The conditioning exercises must be completed in 4 minutes and some of you are on your way to success. Hopefully you all know where you stand now and have an idea of what will be required of you over the next several months to pass the test. You should be running EVERYDAY by now so that you can reach your goal of 1.5 miles in 13 minutes...don't wait until the last minute or you will get left behind!

Diet is important too now that you are training hard. Knock off the junk food and sugar and keep to fresh fruits, veggies, whole grains, and lots of lean protein! Remember, processed is BAD, natural is GOOD!!!

Chinese Proverb

Teachers open the door, but you must enter yourself.

Just A Quote

I wanted everyone to tell me what they think about this quote it really made me think : " The black belt is not a mark or symbol of the end of the journey to ones mastery of the arts; rather it is the mark that one is done packing for their journey and may now take the first step in their true journey. This a journey which can not ever be complete, only traveled..." Although I was unable to find the author of this quote I thought it was a quote that could make us all as black belt candidates realize that we are just at the beginning of the road that there are many more valuable lessons to be learned from this journey that we have started.

Fun Day

I went to the Masters Cup today. It was a great experience. My favorite parts were doing the team form and sparring. I also enjoyed watching everyone else compete. We had 13 gold medals 15 silver and 5 bronze over all for our school. I think we came in fourth. It was a long day but I had alot of fun. Thanks to all that cheered for us. So far my journey as a red belt has been challenging but fun. I love special trainning. I have worked very hard to get to where I am today. I will continue to work hard and to reach my goal to become a black belt.

Tournament

Wow what a day! I went to the tournament in Elmira and it was a long fun day. I has so much fun competing. I did 3 things. Staff form, team form and sparring. I enjoyed watching all the other people too. My favorite part about today was my staff form. I wanted to say something to Jessica. You are doing a great job. Maybe next time you will compete. Thank you for your support. I will support you when you do a tournament. Everyone that competed today Great Job!