On this 12th day of Christmas I dipped back a bit. 20 years ago today I began my martial arts journey. (If one doesn’t count being a varsity wrestler-perhaps the world’s oldest martial art which would date back to 1970 for me). What began as a father /son activity morphed into a lifestyle for me. Although our school closed during COVID (I took my 5 hour 5th Dan {degree} test wearing face masks) - two other instructors and the Schools 7th degree leader and I try to still meet 4 times per week. Martial arts offers an endless array of discipline and goal setting and focus I have found no where else. It’s not about fighting others but more about fighting anything that tears oneself down. Other martial artist I think will get this. Any way. I even more than the 12 guys am probably just DRUMMING ON at this point 😏

This year, Santa brought boots for everyone. Getting my country on with the family.