I can't believe that week 6 just ended. It seems like we just started. Looking back, there has been so much happening and that is contributed to my lack of updates.
To recap, I am very pleased with my running numbers. I'm have had to miss some days, but I just obtained a road bike that I will be using to make up the missed miles. On New Years Day I set my personal best times for a 5k, 1k and 1 mile. My times have gotten steady better over this time. Still getting some aches and pains but hoping that the biking will take some of the pressure off my joints.
Due to my 3 business trips and winter break for the dojo, my sparring numbers are way behind. I look forward to getting in as much extra sparring time as possible in the dojo. Please let me know if you want to help me catch up when we are in the dojo after class.
Everything else on my black belt plan is moving along, it's not going as good as I want but the important thing is that is is still going along. There are still 46 more weeks to go and I am confidant that I will be able to make up missed days/reps.
In other news, my wife and I found out right before new years that we are going to have another child! We are so very excited and looking forward to the new addition to our family.
I will be trying my best to get back to weekly updates for week 7. Looking forward to being back in the dojo tomorrow evening!
Monday, January 13, 2014
Friday, November 29, 2013
Here we go!
As some of you know, I started this journey back in 2010 but
had to unfortunately quit early in the quest. This time I will reach my end
goal and test for my Black Belt!
This is my letter of intent for black belt testing 2013.
Over the next year I will be participating in our Dojo’s
black belt test to empower my mind, body and to accomplish the requirements to
be able to test for the rank of Shodan.
My journey will be starting on Sunday, December 1st 2013.
My Requirements:
No Quitting
50,000 pushups
& Crunches (150 per day)
1,000 repetitions
of kata (3 repetitions daily)
1,000 mile Journey
(run, walk, bike or swim) (3 miles daily)
1,000 acts of
Kindness
1,000 rounds of
sparring (1 round = 2 minutes)
15 minutes of
Daily Meditation
1 personal goal –
Quit Smoking (Already quit since April 2013!)
Weekly On-line
Journal Entries
Empathy Training
(Spend one day blindfolded and one day mute)
Twelve Video blogs
Seek out a Master
Community Service
project
Read 6 books
Memorize the Black
Belt Pledge
Essay on What a
Black Belt Means to Me
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