Not the usual week

TKD this week went really well for us. We all got better on our patterns and combinations. The morning practices have really helped me remember the patterns that we've learned so far. Emily Grace and I reviewed her Pattern (Dan-Gun) and it began to click for her. In fact, she was able to do 90% of it by herself for Mr Wiggins on Friday. Good job Emily!

Also, this was the week many of us remembered the events of 9/11/01. This week also was one marked by the loss of one of our favorite MMA fighters. Evan Tanner was a unique individual who was very much a free spirit. He touched many lives in and out of the ring/cage. He truly believed that everyone of us can make a difference in this world. He lived his life as if there would be no tomorrow and he went out as only Evan could. His life was inspiring for me and I'd like to share the following vids in honor of Evan.

The first two videos are a two part interview during which he shared some of his thoughts on life:





This video is one of the best tributes put together on his fighting career:


Evan Tanner 1971-2008
Rest in Peace

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did!

Next Friday will be testing for new ranks. Us three boys are testing for Blue belts and Emily is testing for Orange. We gotta keep practing in preparation for that.

Sports Saturday with the young'ns

This post is not about TKD, cuz today was Sports Saturday for the Denson's. The three kids at home play sports in addition to doing TKD.

9am: Emily Grace was first up today. This is her first year to play soccer and she's a bit confused, but watching 4yos play soccer is always entertaining.........

I mean they are just so cute.

Mom & Dalton cheered Emily on:

9:15am- Tyler's flag football game started. His first year at trying football, so we had him start out in Flagfootball to learn the basics of passing, running catching and basics of game. He did really well, playing QB & DB. Fun stuff!

11:30am- Dalton's soccer game. This is Dalton's 4th year in soccer and he came out aggressive this year. I contribute this coming out to TaeKwonDo giving him the confidence to do so! Today he scored 2 goals and defended a direct shot on goal...WOOOOHOOOO!
Here's a Steal at mid-field:

And here is the breakway that led to his second goal. What a great day we had!

Man it's Early!

Dalton & I have decided that we are going to get up @ 6:30am and do every pattern we have learned up to this point. So last night I set the alarm, with every intention of getting up before Dalton to show my dedication.........well the alarm evidently did go off, and I must have then turned it off, because at 6:33am tap tap on the arm and there was Dalton fully dressed and whispering "Are we gonna do our patterns?" LOL, so much for being the leader. Good job Dalton!

We did all of our patterns and recited the meanings and you know, it felt great! What a way to start the day off. Now if we can only drag Tyler outta bed to join us?!

On a side note, my Parents celebrated 50 years of marriage Sunday together. My sister (Jill) & my wife (Diane) worked tirelessly on planning and setting everything up. The day went well & I want to thank them publicly for all of their efforts. My Mom asked for one thing....that I sing at their church. I said no, (yea right) so Sunday as I stood in front of her church going thru what can only be described as comical relief, I hope she enjoyed her request ;-)
Our Denson Family


Hope all has a blessed day!

Oh Yea, baby!!

Two days of TKD classes in a roll with No trauma, Drama or crying Mamma!! Woo hoo.

Okay, sorry for that burst of excitement. After missing sessions due to ER visits & being out of town with work, completing sessions last night & tonight have been Great! In fact, all four of us (Emily, Dalton, Tyler & me) were able to take the same classes together to try and catch back up. Thanks to Mrs Wiggins for allowing us to join each others classes. Boy have our patterns been rusty........we gotta practice these at home.

On a side note, I've been sucking some serious wind in class. So, I have to do something to lose this big ol belly. My motivation has been rather low for getting my big behind up in the mornings to exercise & run. No excuses, just laziness on my part. Once we finished the 100 push up challenge and I've been seriously slacking. BTW: The three of us boys actually completed 100 pushups after taking the challenge for 7 weeks (6 week course, but we had to repeat a week)!


Till the next time, be safe & hug them young'ns!

Not again!!

Well it happenned again. Hoping to make up missed days this week because I was out of Town M-TH for work, we planned on going to TKD Friday night for two classes. Early afternoon, Dalton's school called and said he cut his finger & probably needed stitches. So for the second time in two weeks, off to the hospital we go with Dalton. Three stitches in the first knuckle crease of his left index finger (pretty sucky place to have a cut) and a few hours laters, we head back home......missing TKD again due to injury to Dalton. Looks like he's gonna be taking after his Dad, cuz I've had many, many stitches & multiple broken bones!

Good grief, hopefully we can get back on track next week without an injury ;-)

Peace Ya'll.

Sword Seminar

Tonight we attended our first seminar. The seminar was led by Mr Shade, a TKD Black Belt and very accomplished Martial Arts Swordsman.




The boys class was full of young'ns. The whole class seemed to really enjoy learning this new skill. The swords are made of wood, so no cuts or deaths, just bruises...LOL. The boys took right to the swords.

They learned proper stance with a sword:

Overhead slice:

Angle slice:

Mr Wiggins helped some of the kids out.
Mrs Wiggins helped some:
Emily watched her brothers and wanted to know when it would be her turn.


All in all we had a very fun night and truly enjoyed learning a new aspect to Martial Arts.

Finally this pic just seems like the best way to say Goodnight:

What had happenned was......

Well tonight did not work out quite the way we planned. We missed TKD tonight, but did get to visit the local Medical facility. As Mrs Wiggins (one of our TKD Instructors) says "What had happened was": Dalton (11 yo) was riding his bike this afternoon without a helmet (against house rules) & bounced his head of the driveway. He didn't want to tell Mom/Dad and get in trouble, so he tried to hide it.

Well that worked for about an hour,
until his head hurt him too bad,
told Mom he had headache (not telling her why),
Mom give's him some IBprofen,
then Mom caught him cry'n in his room (something he doesn't do),
he finally confessed "what had happenned"
showed her the big ole knot on his left temple
stated he felt weird & that his head hasn't stopped hurting,
and then shortly there after he started throwing up..........

Of course we headed right to the Hospital. He was thoroughly checked out (CT & other tests) and was released 3.5 hrs later. Diagnosis is he'll be sore and may have some light headedness, may have suffered a mild concussion but he will be okay.

We are relieved of course, but it was quite the ride.

The upside is a mere kick to a padded head should pale in comparison to the whallop that the concrete provided?! Hopefully we will get back on track tomorrow!!