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Black Belt Candidate Paper
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 like me, so I took advantage. Here ya go: Cuong Nhu Black Belt Candidate Paper [...]
READ MORE »179 days to go
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 my elliptical in my basement gym. I’m making a public commitment here on my blog [...]
READ MORE »If you want a different result, you need different ingredients.
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 pushing harder in class than ever before. But I want to accomplish even more than [...]
READ MORE »Brown Belt Paper
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 would stay up late consuming great quantities of Oreos, soda, popcorn, and Doritos while [...]
READ MORE »Two-Black Stripe Paper
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 in today: Almost There On Saturday, August 8, 2009, I’ll be taking my two-black stripe [...]
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