andrew on February 21st, 2008

River and I returned on the train from London to Derby on Saturday night so that she could do the grading for her yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do.

She did very well and received excellent comments on her performance from the examiner.

Here’s a video of her form that she did for the grading. Unfortunately, [...]

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andrew on January 28th, 2008

I found some videos of my capoeira instructor, Mascote, on youtube. He’s quite talented!  I’ve really been enjoying capoeira recently. It’s a great combination of fun and challenge. I’ve been asking my body to do all sorts of things that I might suspect would be impossible.

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andrew on November 11th, 2007

River had her TKD grading this morning. She is going for a yellow tag on her white belt. I think it went well, but we won’t hear her results for a little while. She and Molly are really enjoying the classes these days, as well as the time they get to spend [...]

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andrew on September 19th, 2007

We went to an open capoeira class last night. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and hope to go back again sometime. The kids and Molly thought it was alright, I think. I’m not sure I’ll be able to convince them to switch from Tae Kwon Do, though. If you’re not sure what [...]

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andrew on August 29th, 2007

Here are a couple of pictures of the kids testing for their blue belt and white stripe.
Check out the look on River’s face! I wouldn’t want to run into her in a dark alley…

Sage is practicing her self defense techniques.

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