Promoted to 4th Dan

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On Thursday, มกราคม 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several

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Tips As You Age In The Martial Arts

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When I started martial arts in my mid-twenties, I thought my skill level would always continue to improve even as I aged. Since I regularly lifted weights, performed cardio and stretched, I thought I could battle Father Time to a draw. Like so many combat athletes before me, I discovered Father Time beats us all. ไม่ว่าเราจะต้องการเผชิญหน้า

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ทำไมผมเรียนศิลปะการต่อสู้ฉันมี

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เรารวมสี่หรือมากกว่าศิลปะการต่อสู้ในหลักสูตรสถาบันการศึกษาของเรา. เมื่อฉันมองไปที่ศิลปะเหล่านี้, ฉันเห็นเหตุผลที่แตกต่างกันที่ผมเรียนแต่ละคน. ศิลปะที่โดดเด่นเหล่านี้ครอบคลุม, การต่อสู้, การต่อสู้ภาคพื้นดินและปฏิบัติอาวุธป้องกันตัวเอง, อ้อย. ฉันเริ่มเรียนคาราเต้โชโตกันในฤดูใบไม้ร่วง 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought

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Black Belts Need Skill and Character

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At our fantasy football draft this year, one of the other owners asked me who I thought was the best mixed martial artist of all time. I told him that based on skill, the greatest mixed martial artist of all time was Jon “Bones” Jones. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", Jones’ frequent problems outside of the Octagon would keep him from being considered the

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Passing the Torch

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This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 ปี. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. กว่าปีที่, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. สัปดาห์ที่แล้ว, the first member of the third generation started with us. To

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Olympics Effect on Judo and Taekwondo

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My daughter asked me the other day if I had seen any of the Olympic Judo. She was surprised when I told her I had not. Besides being a black belt in Taekwondo, I’m a brown belt in Judo. Like both my sons, Caity trained in both TKD and Judo as well. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", ฉันไม่ชอบการพิจารณาทางการเมืองที่เกิดขึ้นใน

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Embracing Taekwondo

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When I earned my 1st Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo during December 2005 at Willow Martial Arts, I had already studied Judo for three months. My instructor, Master Pat Weseman, is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Judo as well as a 6th Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. With this background, a number of our self-defenses were Judo based, so I

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Being a Dad and Coach

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พ. 7, 2016, my daughter Caity returned to Taekwondo competition for the first time in eight years. As her dad but also her coach, I tried to dissuade her from sparring until we had a few more months but she was adamant about sparring at the tournament. Caity likes forms but she always preferred sparring. Reluctantly, I agreed. ฉัน

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Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, I went on a year-long fitness

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

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สัปดาห์ที่แล้ว, it was testing preparation at Willow Martial Arts. We went through the walking drills, forms and self-defense required for Taekwondo testing. As I observed the students preparing, I remembered a statement Master Pat Weseman often told me when I was a colored belt preparing for my next Taekwondo test. “Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”

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