Kyle and I both had a good time at last Saturday's testing and
training at Stanford. The testing was much less confusing than the
first time (i.e., we knew what was coming, more or less), and training
with well over thirty other people (many of them brown and black
belts) is pretty cool.

Let me take this opportunity to say thanks to all my karate
instructors and fellow karateka at the UCSC club . . . and especially
to Josh Martin who was teaching at Spa Fitness when we popped in to
see if we wanted to try out a formal karate class way back in January
. . . oh, and to Kyle for keeping me on my toes. :-)

Luke

P.S. - Now we just need one of them makiwara (is that the right word?)
. . .