Last week I turned 60. It’s kind of a trip when you think about it. I suppose we all have ideas in our minds of what a 60 year old person is, and of course never imagine thinking of ourselves as “that.” But, while somewhere, somehow, some counter clicking off the […]
I hate waiting at stoplights. Seems like the wait has been getting longer and longer lately too. Made me think the other day while I was waiting at another one, just how long we spend here – so I looked it up. One online source […]
Congratulations to the following students who successfully passed the test for new ranks at this months Exams! July 27, 2015 Gregg Chastain – 2 Elisabeth Quarto – 2 Pete Muller – 3 Max Cunningham – 3 Emily Zumstein – 4 Jim Lingeman – 5 Mark Forstrom – 6 Amy Forstrom – […]
Anyone who studies the martial arts knows that tradition is an important aspect of what we do. Now granted, there are some who throw tradition out the window in favor of whatever they do, but in reality they are just creating their own tradition for their students to follow too. So […]
Congratulations to everyone who passed the Exam for new ranks Whole Armor Martial Arts! Jesse Noelck – 4 Matthew Hull – 4 Aaron Spatz – 4 Mason Cunningham – 6 Kevin Raj – 7 Drew Colson – 7 Susy Noelck – 7 Trent Ellis – 7 John Linker – 9 Angel Melhorn […]
Congratulations to lots of students who passed the Exam for new ranks tonight! Tim Hurley – 1 Jim Wilkins-Luton – 1 Trey Wilkins-Luton – 1 Andrew Carson – 1 Jakob Voorhies – 2 Paige Elmer – 3 Sarah Anderson – 3 Samuel Halstead – 4 Madeleine Olson – 6 Grant Clark […]
The photo is from the window of the plane as I was coming home from a recent trip to see family in California. It was great to get away for some much needed R&R, but it was sure great to be coming home too. And it was a very welcome feeling as we descended out […]
Have you ever felt pressure to keep up with someone else? We often call it “Keeping up with the Joneses.” And honestly, it just is real easy to compare ourselves to others, and feel like we need to somehow be like them, be as good as they are at whatever, have as nice a house […]
When I was a kid, around 1st grade or so, whenever we needed to take money to school for anything my mom would tape the coins individually onto a small piece of stiff paper and pin the paper to my shirt. Apparently this was the fashionable way to send money to school since there were […]
Last night on Dec 15th at our All Class Christmas Party we announced the 2014 Student of the Year: Raissa Karlsen!! Congratulations – we’re so proud of you! Also announced were the following awards: Shihan Award – Gregg Chastain Sensei Awards – […]