Chishis

I made my fist set of Chishi last night. Very easy construction. I had an old rake handle that I split in two, put some concrete screws at the end, then set that handle and screws into the concrete. this morning the concrete is still green and they will need a few more days to harden.

The larger one is about 35 lbs, the smaller about 25 lbs. I need to make some more with some less weight for the girls and wrist training. Because some of the exercises are pretty tough when using even a 25 lb chishi.

Next I need to make some makiwaras. I would like some to mount to the basement floor, but I haven't found any steel floor mounts yet.

Karate Belt Testing!

Here's Anna, Hailee and Jaiden belt testing at Northeast Karate Last night! Excellent job!!!

Karate!

Well we are all involved with Karate now. Jaiden and Hailee tested and got their gold belts, Anna and I just started and are only white belts. We are having a great time and learning allot. I never realized how closely they work with the schools. The girls have to bring in their report cards to test and their teachers have to sign paperwork on the kids character. I'm so excited and happy about the program. It's all worth the money just to know that my girls could protect themselves when they are off to college or later on in life.

Here's a video of Jaiden testing.

Karate Bean!

Some Pictures of Jaiden at Karate.

KARATE!

Jaiden and Hailee have been taking Karate classes now for a few weeks. They love it. They go about twice a week and have a great time. Anna right now isn't interested but I think we might do a family package and get my butt over there too.