Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Isshinryu Karate-do at MIT's LiveJournal:

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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
10:28 pm [dcltdw]	Class, 8/26 Caption contest! My entries would be "What I Missed By Not Going To Class", although I think I like "One Of These Is Not Like The Other" better. :) There's also something to be said for "Wait This Is Before Fall Rush? Seriously?". ;) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
2:09 pm [rhean]	friends with table saw, dremel, and sandpaper: <3 ( freshly cut down bo ) Current Mood: accomplished (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
5:10 pm [rhean]	probably even more colors tomorrow ( Note to self ) (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
12:43 pm [rhean]	Fighting technique #7, with bo ( It's been a while, so have our very last video! ) Did anyone take video at the previous testing? I was unable to make it, but I can cut/post video clips if anyone went and took video. (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
12:10 pm [ilai]	Photos from Matt and Tim's testing Congratulations to Matt and Tim on their belt test Wednesday! The photos are now up in the album. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, August 4th, 2008
1:49 pm [rhean]	this week in karate... ( testing, etc. ) (Comment on this)
Monday, July 21st, 2008
4:26 pm [rhean]	We haven't had one of these in a while... here's the second-to-last of the video clips that's been uploaded-but-not-published! Also, don't forget -- Thursday 1pm workout. ( Fighting technique #12... with bo! ) See you at practice tonight. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
6:24 pm [tankboy5]	Recent Berkeley Dojo Visit At the request of rhean, I thought I'd join the blogosphere and post a few details about my visit to the Berkeley Isshinryu dojo last Wednesday. Sensei Daniel Heath was out of town, but Senseis Justin, Don, and Brendan were there to lead a class of ~10-12 students (including me).  Class was from 7-9pm (just like ours), and the itinerary included: warmup, partner work on bunkai for the beginning of seisan, and some slow freeform sparring (using hand techniques only). It was very intriguing to see how this club performed their versions of charts (including a crunching roundhouse kick to the front, open hand palm heel block roundhouse punch x2 from seisan dachi, and open hand side block followed by a shuto strike to the throat, among others). I also picked up some interesting new warmup exercises, as well. All of the senseis and students were extremely nice and accommodating, and it was really a terrific experience. Any further q's I'd be happy to answer in class! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
5:03 pm [rhean]	THIS POST REQUIRES EXPLETIVES ( LOOK WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL FOR ME TODAY!!!!! ) Oh yeah, no class Saturday, don't forget. *spazspazspaz* (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
12:28 am [rhean]	want a black gi? size 3? not at all unisex? ( Somewhat related to my previous post ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 30th, 2008
11:13 pm [rhean]	KMA: Karate is for Men Alone ( a very disgruntled and negative rant on the subject of my new gi ) Current Mood: music not helping here! Current Music: Chicago - Cell Block Tango (He Had It Comin') (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
9:45 am [rhean]	Weekday lunchtime practice poll results ( And the winner is... ) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
11:14 am [rhean]	Fighting technique #1, with bo ( Go bleed! but maybe not today. ) (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
9:41 pm [rhean]	Fighting technique #3, with bo ( Fighting technique #3, with bo ) (Comment on this)
Monday, June 16th, 2008
10:55 am [rhean]	Congratulations to the successful testers in Ohio! Meh. Woke up with a sore throat this morning. Still very up in the air about practice tonight. We'll see. In the meantime... ( Wansu and Kusanku katameld ) (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 13th, 2008
12:12 pm [rhean]	No class on Saturday Reminder! no class tomorrow. The weather's supposed to be nice, so it's an excellent chance to practice outdoor kata and see if the walls/mirrors/room corners are an unconscious crutch. I just tried a bit of chinto a few weeks ago on a camping trip, and OOF do I unconsciously rely on four corners in a room! Maybe we should book Kiva or some other architectural monstrosity of a room for practice someday. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
11:01 pm [rhean]	katameld: seisan and seiuchin Yikes, forgot to post a video for Monday's workout. Ah well, here's your Wednesday video clip. ( Seisan/Seiuchin katameld ) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
11:25 pm [rhean]	I need side quest music! Banks-sensei lent me his copy of Javier Martinez's The Secret Art of Tuite. I'm only a quarter of the way through, but really excited by his ideas! Sadly, it looks like the two best bets to obtain this book are either the $150 copy from the sketchy Amazon re-seller, or 30 pounds + postage + begging the UK seller to sell out of country. I'm attempting to create option #3: write to Sensei Martinez directly as the front of the book suggests and ask him if he has any more copies. *crosses fingers and looks for wood to bash the @#$! out of* ( And now... mind-bending naihanchi! ) (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
11:56 pm [rhean]	( Yay! chinto kata! ) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
10:46 am [rhean]	H-pattern Kata We have many gigs of video beyond the compressed stuff that goes on YouTube. Suggestions on what to do with it? Put it on an external drive and/or burn to DVD? post the lossy version and throw away the full version? ( H-Pattern Kata ) (5 Comments |Comment on this)