I’m Back!

Sorry, I’ve been a bit busy lately and haven’t had time to post.  How about a summary of the last month - Big D and I both earned our orange belts.  I’ve now got two tips.  The orange belt test went well for me.  I figure I earned it as the grappling part of the test was to get a 300 lb man off of me twice!  I even knocked him back a couple of times with my front kicks.  I was pretty nervous so he adrenaline was flowing and I think I may have benefited from that.  Anyway, I’m now on my way to earning my yellow belt.

Big D did really well on his test too!  I was so proud of him.  His technique is pretty good for an 8-year0ld.  I bought him a couple of patches he’d been eyeing for sticking with it, practicing, and doing so well on his belt test.  Now if I just had time to get them attached to his gi…

Last Sunday I got to do something totally cool - I got to workout for three hours with Joe Lewis.  He was coming through town on his vacation and our Sensei got him to come do a little seminar for us.  This guy is pretty amazing.  He’s a tenth degree black belt, which means he’s a Grand Master.  It was a lot of work and I’ve got the bruises to show for it, but I’ll definitely be there when he visits us again!