(lo siento para el latin. estoy extrana)
Ok, had to get that out of my system. no more latin or spanish, I promise.
I'm 16 and I live in st louis missouri in the USA. It kinda sucks, but oh well. I go to a Tracy's Karate Studio near my house - they are single-handedly responsible for making my city a safer place - they get all of my money, leaving none for a car... (so don't think I'm one of those 'mcdojo brats' whose parents pay for everything while they don't take it seriously at all)
My Instructor is cool, hardly out of college, making him pretty young too.
His name is Dan Golby(he's a nidan) and his father, Tim Golby, runs the studio - Tim's a 9th degree black belt which I think is just insane - its hard to imagine. Anyway, Tim's instructor was Al Tracy and everyone knows Al's instructor was Ed... making Ed Parker my....great great grandfather instructor? weird.
I dont know what I really think about all those old guys - I met this guy once at the studio who I'd never seen before a few months ago - I talked to him for like half an hour before he left, he walked out the door as dan was walking in... I was like, that guy is weird beyond belief - dan laughed so hard he was crying, I was like ???... turns out it was Al Tracy I was talking to.
I don't take it back though - he was weird!
I only started in september, currently I'm working towards my purple belt (meaning I'm orange right now). We don't do yellow belt for some reason, so don't think - "she started in september and is working on her 3rd belt already?"
I really like Kenpo, its fun and dead useful - my father and I have gotten in NO physical fights since he found out I take karate - its a nice plus. I go 6 days a week (a lot, I know - a few people have voiced concerns that I'll 'burn out') I don't see that happening - I just really enjoy it and if I didnt go every day all I'd be doing is going to work in the day and college at night - and thats stuff I HAVE to do - the day doesnt seem as long when I can squeeze in an hour for something I want to do.
But I just keep thinking of things I want to say and at this rate I'll never shut up so let me take this chance to shut up right now.
See you around!
(by the way - making me wait, letting me roam and read everything without being able to post - cruel and unusual punishment!)
Ok, had to get that out of my system. no more latin or spanish, I promise.
I'm 16 and I live in st louis missouri in the USA. It kinda sucks, but oh well. I go to a Tracy's Karate Studio near my house - they are single-handedly responsible for making my city a safer place - they get all of my money, leaving none for a car... (so don't think I'm one of those 'mcdojo brats' whose parents pay for everything while they don't take it seriously at all)
My Instructor is cool, hardly out of college, making him pretty young too.
His name is Dan Golby(he's a nidan) and his father, Tim Golby, runs the studio - Tim's a 9th degree black belt which I think is just insane - its hard to imagine. Anyway, Tim's instructor was Al Tracy and everyone knows Al's instructor was Ed... making Ed Parker my....great great grandfather instructor? weird.
I dont know what I really think about all those old guys - I met this guy once at the studio who I'd never seen before a few months ago - I talked to him for like half an hour before he left, he walked out the door as dan was walking in... I was like, that guy is weird beyond belief - dan laughed so hard he was crying, I was like ???... turns out it was Al Tracy I was talking to.
I don't take it back though - he was weird!I only started in september, currently I'm working towards my purple belt (meaning I'm orange right now). We don't do yellow belt for some reason, so don't think - "she started in september and is working on her 3rd belt already?"
I really like Kenpo, its fun and dead useful - my father and I have gotten in NO physical fights since he found out I take karate - its a nice plus. I go 6 days a week (a lot, I know - a few people have voiced concerns that I'll 'burn out') I don't see that happening - I just really enjoy it and if I didnt go every day all I'd be doing is going to work in the day and college at night - and thats stuff I HAVE to do - the day doesnt seem as long when I can squeeze in an hour for something I want to do.
But I just keep thinking of things I want to say and at this rate I'll never shut up so let me take this chance to shut up right now.
See you around!
(by the way - making me wait, letting me roam and read everything without being able to post - cruel and unusual punishment!)
