Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
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El lunes, Noviembre 13, 2023, I achieved a major goal when I hiked the entire length of Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. The hike took me seven hours and thirty minutes to complete. When my oldest son “Trey” was completing the requirements for the Gold Medal of Achievement in Royal Rangers, equivalent
El jueves, Enero 31, 2020, El Gran Maestro Pat Weseman me ascendió a 4to Dan en Taekwondo en la Clase Avanzada. Cuando comencé las clases con la Gran Maestra Weseman y su esposo Art, No preveía alcanzar este hito. Originalmente comencé a tomar clases con mi sobrino Jim en primavera. 1995. Después de casarse en 1996, Dejé de tomar clases por varios
En noviembre 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. El St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Yo
Hoy, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Desafortunadamente, life in Missouri is 20 año, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. En julio 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept
This week my oldest son Kenneth turns 19 años de edad. Besides finishing school, Kenneth’s biggest focus is the martial arts. He is particularly passionate about teaching self-defense. A través de los años, I have trained 14 nieces and nephews plus all three of my children in the martial arts. La semana pasada, the first member of the third generation started with us. A
Recientemente, my youngest son Caleb obtained his first job at a local fast food restaurant. I was proud of him because Caleb decided he wanted a job, filled out a number of applications and obtained a job close to the house. Caleb found the job to be a good fit because of the location and working environment. It is interesting
Yesterday, my maternal grandmother Alvina M. Ellis nee Mosblech would have been 100 años de edad. Born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 15, 1916, Grandma was the seventh of fourteen children. She married an only child in 1938 and they would have two children, my mom and Aunt Maureen. La abuela tuvo una gran influencia en mis hermanas y en mí porque
En mayo 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. Yo
Hace un par de semanas, 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, Hice un ejercicio de un año