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Black Belt Candidate Paper

{ Posted on Mar 08 2010 by Steve Jenkins }
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Categories : Karate, Personal
I'm scheduled to take my black belt test in Cuong Nhu karate on May 28, 2010. One of the requirements for this rank is that I write a paper about anything karate-related. That's a pretty broad brush to hand someone ...Read More »

179 days to go

{ Posted on Nov 30 2009 by Steve Jenkins }
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Categories : Fitness, Karate, Personal
My black belt test is scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend 2010. I've been working toward it since late 2001. Yesterday, with 180 days to go, I decided to increase the intensity of my workouts. In fact, I'm typing this from ...Read More »

If you want a different result, you need different ingredients.

{ Posted on Aug 29 2009 by Steve Jenkins }
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Categories : Fitness, Karate
I've decided that, as part of my goal to take my black belt test in May 2010, I want to get in the best shape of my life. My karate workouts on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are consistent, and I'm ...Read More »

Brown Belt Paper

{ Posted on Jul 16 2009 by Steve Jenkins }
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For my brown belt rank in Cuong Nhu karate, I was required to write a paper. I submitted this on January 17, 2004: Like most boys in their early teens, I used to love watching martial arts movies. Groups of us ...Read More »

Two-Black Stripe Paper

{ Posted on Jul 15 2009 by Steve Jenkins }
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My next rank test for karate is coming up on August 8, 2009. One of the requirements for that test is to write a paper on any subject related to my experiences in karate so far. Here's what I turned ...Read More »