This week I have been away from the dojo a bit more than I would have liked. This was due in part to illness and in part due to Teddy needing some more medicine for his seizures, but has not been without some benefit. The last two weeks of intense Sochin was really taking a […]

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Here is my roundup of the performances tonight. I stuck to whole letter grades for the sake of brevity. Gorillaz and Madonna – B Coldplay – B John Legend – A Sugarland – C U2: Vertigo – B U2 & Mary J. Blige: One – B Kelly Clarkson – A Paul McCartney: Fine Line – […]

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Tonight is the 48th annual Grammy Awards, one of my favorite awards shows ever. I knew it was going to be good when it opened with the Gorillaz and Madonna. I had heard rumors of Sly Stone showing up, and he did. It was so underwhelming that it was almost embarassing for the cadre of […]

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Well, Monday night was an astonishing trek into insanity. My cousins came over and we had a little impromptu party for no reason, and it involved ingesting just a tad too much libation. I woke up on Tuesday morning completely with it, but I noticed that I had developed a sour stomach. This had been […]

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I’ve been somewhat quiet this weekend from a blogging perspective because I have been enjoying sitting on the third cushion of my couch for hours on end. Friday went poorly for me… I woke up late due to an alarm clock malfunction and decided very quickly after arriving at the office that I wanted to […]

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has been so kind as to supply me some seriously top shelf reading material about Sochin kata and fudo dachi. I’m sure this will lead to a great deal of further blog posts about kata realted topics. Thanks Sensei!

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Strange young adult novels from the 80’s aside, todays workout consisted of 20 Sochin kata. gave me some pointers on keeping my shoulders down and my back straight, as well as some help keeping my fudo dachi properly formed. It appears that I wasn’t turning my rear leg out far enough and getting the rooted […]

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Surfing the net tonight, I found a website that shows a video of Sochin performed by an uncredited Sensei. It also goes on to show a small, grainy black and white video of one of the masters doing Sochin. These videos were shot in 1960-1962. I can’t make out who it is, but the credit […]

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I got to class tonight, and in order to save my sore shoulder I elected not to do weight training tonight. I did 13 of my 15 Sochin before class and since we were flying solo tonight ( is sick, we hear) The Nidan Collective decided to further explore fudo-dachi. With at the helm, we […]

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Tasha’s Engagement Ring Originally uploaded by dalcher. Inspired by , I decided to dig out a couple of my illustrations that I did as a part of my Graphic Communications minor coursework. Pictured here is an illustration of my wife’s engagement ring, I’m fairly fond of the way the diamond came out. The band was […]

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