First Round KO!  Way to Go!

Congratulations to Satori's new Black Belts

Congratulations to all the Black Belt candidates for passing your tip test.

Use the 2 weeks before the Black Belt test to remind yourself of your journey specially the humble beginnings of being a white belt.

I know you will all do awesome on the Black Belt test!!!

Congratulations to all the Little Sam. on Your Belt Pomotions.

Keep up the Great work.

Good Job to all helpers and the young Black Belts.

Congratulations to all the blackbelt candidates who passed their TIP test last night,

looking forward to watching you achieve your goal in a few weeks.

I was 16 years old when I had my first fight and I will be 26 in April.  Every time I decide to fight, there always comes a point where I question "why do I do this?"  It is honestly the scariest feeling in the world.  You know that on a certain day you are going to have to fight against someone who has trained to break you.  Chances of injury are high and unavoidable.  The truth is I don't know why I do this.  It could be because I like the challenge, maybe I deal with frustration in the ring, or maybe I'm just crazy.  However, I realize one thing and that is I wouldn't be a great instructor if not for my experiences in the ring.  They make me mentally tough and teach me more and more about my art.  The reason I can explain things to my students so effectively is because I have lived it.  I know what is going to work and what won't.  If you teach something and you've never applied it in a combative situation, that technique is purely theoretical.  I have experienced pain, success, and every emotion in between.  I have wisdom and I will keep fighting to further be a better teacher to all of you.  This fight is by far my toughest test.  I will be fighting in a higher weight class giving up weight and height to my opponents.  Regardless of outcomes I'm giving it my all and coming out of the ring a better person.  Thank you to my students for motivating me to keep going for the gold.