Christopher Ruch's Journal (4)

                       This morning, we finally arrived at California after a 15 hour drive.  The drive was sooo long!  But now we're here visiting!  Now we can see you all again, back at karate.  My Dad and I look forward to training with you guys over the next few weeks.  Our first day back at the dojo will be tomorrow, since we are too tired from our drive for today.

Sincerely,

Clementine Ruch:)

                   For 6 weeks, my Dad and I have been working on our brown belt project.  We decided to do something that we could work on together.  Something that will prepare us for our brown-belt test, and keep our cardio up.  We decided to do a personal project.  My mom has helped us come up with a six-week long work out routine to prepare my Dad and I for our test in Sacramento.  We do a long run in the morning, our work out routine in the afternoon, spar, practice kata,…

  Karate is really important to me and it is something I never want to let go of. Being away from the Dojo and having to train long distance is challenging.  On Skype, it's harder to see certain things and you don't get clear view everything.  I can't spar with anyone else than my Dad, so that makes sparring feel different.  In the Dojo, you get to spar different people every time, and you a different variety of what to do, against different speeds of what people use.  Practicing kata and…

  Karate is really important to me and it is something I never want to let go of. Being away from the Dojo and having to train long distance is challenging.  On Skype, it's harder to see certain things and you don't get clear view everything.  I can't spar with anyone else than my Dad, so that makes sparring feel different.  In the Dojo, you get to spar different people every time, and you a different variety of what to do, against different speeds of what people use.  Practicing kata and…