HIS Karate-Do

As I’ve said before, I really enjoy the Christmas season, a time to reflect not just on the waning year, but upon the tremendous gift all mankind received…eternal salvation through the ultimate sacrifice of His son, whose birth we celebrate at this time. I like this time of year because despite the commercialism, the hectic pace, etc…people, friends and family especially, seem happier and closer to each other. The 3 Wise Men: Senseis Peter, Wayne and Wes NHPC Shotokan Karate Christmas Party @ Krazy Karaoke, December 24, 2005 Today was a great time spent in fellowship and karate-camaraderie during the morning, followed by more fellowship and karaoke-camaraderie, not to mention consumption-camaraderie. I think everyone really enjoyed the time spent together…I know that I certainly did. I gotta apologize because, although I’ve only been to a karaoke place a handful of times, I enjoy singing so much…I think I can be a mike-hog at times. Please forgive me…we should have forced everyone to sing into the mike at least once (good for building mental/emotional/physical fortitude, haha). I want to thank everyone for the terrific karaoke mike you folks gave me for Christmas…yes, I opened and tried it already. I was at [...]

First of all: announcements before I forget: You know that I rarely cancel training (unless the training place isn’t available), however I have decided to cancel training for Sat, 31st…New Year’s Eve. We will have training (one hour) on Sat, 24th at 9:00am, followed by the “special training” at the karaoke place. Last week, we were able to contribute several hundred dollars from the karate ministry to the Lokahi Project, to help bless a large, needy family experience during this Christmas season. Each ministry member therefore, both present and past, shares in this act of giving. I am so happy that our humble ministry was in a position to help in this way. Kohai Donna, who is a very talented webmaster, is using some of her invaluable knowledge and time to work on creating a website for our ministry, which will be called nhpcshotokan.com. When completed, we pray that it will be another way for the ministry to reach others. Such an exciting project! The senior sempais and senseis of the karate ministry are going to do praise and worship at church soon (tentatively, 8 Jan). This is a rather large step forward in faith and in praise to the [...]