The Journey
P/CB Orange - 27 Jun 06
First Class - 29 Jun 06
AZ Regional - 5 Aug 06
P/CB: Tiny Tiger
Orange Belt - 17 Aug 06
SW Orange - 26 Aug 06
P/CB Yell-R - 26 Aug 06
Panama City - 2 Sep 06
Me: 3rd Forms
AZ Regional - 23 Sep 06
Me: 1st Forms
SW: 2nd Forms
P: 3rd Forms/3rd Sparring
Me/SW Yell-R - 28 Oct 06
P/CB Yellow - 28 Oct 06
All Camo-R - 16 Dec 06
Mesa Reg'l - 20 Jan 07
P: 1st Sparring/3rd Forms
Spring Nat'l - 24 Feb 07
P: 3rd Forms
All Camo - 3 Mar 07
All Green-R - 28 Apr 07
The Players
Superwife - Camo belt - D

My wife of 8 years and mother of our three kids. She started TKD after the birth of Odie, our third child.

Princess - Camo Belt - D

Our seven-year-old daughter. She was originally supposed to be a spectator to Cowboy, but jumped in and has proven to have an incredible talent for the martial arts.

Cowboy - Camo Belt - D

Our six-year-old son. He is small for his age, so starting him in TKD is what got us into this mess. He is very close to our Chief Instructor, and his spirit is twice as big as he is.

Odie

Our youngest son, born in April of 2006. By the time he is old enough to start, we should all be Black Belts.

Lucky


This is a chronicle of my journey with my family along the paths of Songham Tae Kwon Do. Our destination is multi-faceted--but for my wife and I it is an odyssey of self-renewal and discovery.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Welcome ATA Forum'ers!

I've linked my blog to ATAForums.com, a great resource for learning stuff about the ATA as a whole. There are some great posters on there, and it's done a good deal towards my education on ATA and Tae Kwon Do as an art. Definitely worth checking out.

That having been said--I tend to rant on here quite a bit, and I never in any way mean any disrespect to my intructors or school. When it comes down to it, my school and the ATA are some of the best things that has happened to my family in a long time and has brought us closer. My instructors are great, as well as the classes I've been taking. If I rant or complain about things, it's just a flaw in my life that I am working on--as well as patience.

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posted by Chris at 12:22 PM

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Anonymous Anonymous said ... (6:50 AM) : 

There is nothing wrong with ranting or complaining. It's HOW you do it. If something is wrong or miscommunicated, then it's worth ranting or complaining about it. Things don't improve in the world by just sitting on our tushies. If you see something that doesn't seem right, then you should speak up. If you speak up in a constructive, diplomatic way, you're more likely to find solutions than not. Sometimes, you find something is truly wrong, and it needs to be presented. Sometimes, you find that you are mistaken, but it's with clarifying things that information can be disseminated correctly. One of those "better safe than sorry" things. ;-)

 

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