We did quite a bit of training today, but light in intensity.  I’ve had to wrap my ankle as it twisted yesterday twice…nothing major, and it wasn’t even during training when it twisted, but still need to take care of it as I do a lot of heavy pivoting on it.  Pinkie toe still jammed [...]

I took a rest day yesterday and stepped away from everything training-wise.  Thursdays are my normal rest days, and I forgot to take one again this week.  We just had so much momentum with some good training days, that Thursday just flew by and next thing you know…it’s Saturday night and I was wiped!
At the [...]

As you know, preparing for and competing at this level is no “one-man” show.  There is always a team of people working together to make things happen.  That’s simply the way things work in any situation.  A couple of days ago I introduced you to Chuck, who is on our team and assisting me in [...]

O.K., so today has been rough physically.  Main reason why is that I was up past 4:30a.m. this morning not being able to sleep.  I went to bed early enough to unwind, worked through my mental relaxation, and as I was dozing I suddenly, and really like a mental machine, began going through each step [...]

Time seems to be moving so fast right now.  We are so close to the U.S. Open now…one week and one day.  Our team is working around the clock on preparations (sometimes, literally).  Overall it has been a good week of training, and going into the weekend I thought I would introduce you to the [...]

This week I had the privilege of interviewing a legend in the world of Martial Arts.  He’s a living legend…Mike McCoy, owner of the U.S. Open World Martial Arts Championship Tournament!  It’s not everyday you get to sit down with someone of this caliber and talk to them and learn from them.  My experience in [...]

Hello everyone!  It is just about stinkin’ HOT in Orlando right now.  Record temps for sure.  We are turning the heat up on training right now too (just couldn’t resist the pun)! 
It has been a day filled with training from various angles…in the pool resistance training, out of the pool-stay-alive-in-the-heat-training, solo kata training, [...]

It has been a long week, full of good training and good times with family and friends.  I was treated to a Father’s Day eve dinner tonight, so I gotta admit, I took it easy and took some time to relax and play with the family. (the pic is of Michael, me, and Nathaniel about [...]

I had a full, hard day of training today…and as I was wrapping up some self-defense training at a local park with the team, we met a very cool young man by the name of Patrick, and his family, who also trains in martial arts.  He jumped in and helped us with some super-cool karate moves and [...]

It’s funny to me the range of responses and emotions and feedback I have received over the past few months while on this Quest For The U.S. Open.  I have learned to be very careful who I share certain information with, though I love to talk about my experiences to everyone who is willing to [...]