This week was pretty fun. This Friday was Powder Puff at Placer, where senior girls play flag football and the senior boys are the cheerleaders. It was very entertaining and watching the cheerleaders was hilarious. I also went skiing with my dad and a family friend and got some good turns on the mountain. I also got to spend some …
Cooper Riegel – Week 18
This week has been a nice break from school. My dad and I ran into my stepdad on the mountain and we ended up skiing together for a few hours. It was an amazing day and we had a ton of fun. The visibility wasn’t the best but all the powder on the hill was amazing. This is the first …
Cooper Riegel – Week 17
This week was the final week of school before spring break. I had a fun computer science project using an Arduino microcontroller to sequence buzzers, LEDs, and Servos. One of my friends and I created a scene where a guy was doing a “test your strength” game. His arm was on a servo and it would trigger the lights to …
Lucas Grant: Week 39
This weekend my brother came back from college to visit for a few days. In those few days I had the opportunity to attend a UC Berkeley Football game! One of our family friends’ son goes to UC Berkeley so my family, including my brother, had a chance to go see the Cal Bears football game. I’ve never gone to …
Lucas Grant: Week 38
This week was very nice. It was a perfectly normal week and everything went smoothly. I got to see how the school/work/karate balance would feel, and it’s not too bad. So hopefully school doesn’t get too stressful so I will be able to continue working for the dojo. Something fun I did over the weekend was a few friends and …
Lucas Grant: Week 37
This week was back to school week. All of summer led up to this, and it never really feels real until you sit down at your desk in your first class. It suddenly all sinks in and for the next 9 months you will be sitting at that same desk almost everyday every morning. But that’s not really a bad …
Lucas Grant: Week 36
Over the weekend I had the privilege to attend a sabaki seminar hosted by one of Sensei Mike’s good friends Sensei Ray. This seminar lasted 2 hours and every second was captivating and interesting. We went over the basics of sabaki, and if you didn’t know sabaki is being able to manipulate the opponents power and redirect it. At the …
Lucas Grant: Week 35
Recently I was able to help my older brother move into his college dorm. My brother is attending Chico State, and last week was move-in day. My parents took their own car and I rode with my brother, it was a weird feeling that I wouldn’t see him for a long time. But once we got there it was a …
Lucas Grant: Week 34
At the end of this week I went to a Giants baseball game. It was a lot of fun, plus they won the game. It was a bit stressful with how close of a call the game was but in the end it was great. My significant other went with my family, it was her first ball game. She really …
Lucas Grant: Week 33
This week I started work at the Elevate summer camp program hosted by our dojo. Needless to say it was a fun but tiring week. Being able to see some of the kids that I’ve worked with before was a real joy and walking in on the first day and hearing them go “IT’S COACH LUCAS!” made me smile ear …