Michael, Kyle, Ariel, Ricky, me, and Lauren at Palm Beach Martial Arts & Fitness

I just returned from a day of training with my coach, World Martial Arts Champion Lauren Kearney, in Palm Beach/Lake Worth area.

  Good, hard day of training, and yet very encouraging.  The U.S. Open is right around the corner (July 3 & 4), so now it’s time for refining, a step up in mental prep, and continuing to focus on my own physical training for continued weight loss, flexibility, and strength.  Overall a very good day.

Lauren brought in two other World Champions for us to train with (Kyle Montagna and Ricky Morris), as well we had the privilege of training with another U.S. Open first timer (Ariel – better watch out for this girl as she is a young star rising!)…so it was a lot of fun, educational, and a lot about raising to the level of those who are much better than me.

Snapped my little toe on the mats today which wasn’t (isn’t) fun, but gonna tape it up, ice it up, and work the “kinks” out over the next several days.  Don’t think this is gonna hinder me at all other than being really uncomfortable.

Big thanks to those at Palm Beach Martial Arts & Fitness (www.palmbeachmartialarts.com) for allowing us to train in their facility today.  Great place!  If you are in the Lake Worth area…get yourself over their way and check it out.  I promise you will enjoy it!

ALSO…this just in:  article in today’s West Orange Times about this Quest and kinda what has led me to all of this.  Please pick up a copy in the next day or so…I would appreciate the support as I know the newspaper would.

Now off to do some more “refining”!