Well being that ISMAC is mainly designed for western martial arts, I learned quite a bit. The classes I took were striking and kicking, tomahawk and long knife fighting, fiore spear, and german dagger ( Read more... )

Well day 2 has come to a close here in detroit and it was a fun day. First was a striking class that I really wasn't sure what to expect. It was awsome! We actually did more western arts but most if most all of the basic ideas of karate do apply. The came lunch wich is always a joy:) Thenafter lunch my next class was tomahawk and knife fighting ( Read more... )

Well, not really day 1 but we're here. Tonight we got checked in and had a little meet and greet with the instructers. Then some of us went on the trek to find food. Holy crap that was a pain in the ass. We are connected to the airport so we went to the terminal to find food because the place in the hotel was holy freakin expensive. So after so ( Read more... )

Well I know it's been a long time since I posted on here but, here I am. So there have been a few changes down here, and in Pekin for that matter. First, dad has stopped responding to current chemetherapies. Today he was accepted into a clinical trial at Barnes Hospital. It combines a chemo pill with, oddly enough, and immunosuppresent used in ( Read more... )

Hello to all. Sorry I haven't posted here in a while but well, no excuses, just haven't. SO where to begin. So far I'm healthy and all is well for the most part. I've been having some trouble with my crohn's. I'm good for now but who know's what will happen. I have to have a colonoscopy at the end of next month to see if things have progressed ( Read more... )

Well I know I haven't posted in a while and I know I need to post more so here's a goodone ( Read more... )

this has to be one of the best movie speeches I've ever seen or heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs&feature=related

Well good news and bad news for dad. He has to have more chemo but the first round did stop the progression of the cancer ( Read more... )

Well, there's a little news from St. Louis, and Pekin as well. It's been a roller coaster winter for the Turner Family. First dad has finished his second round of Chemo and we find out Wednesday if it worked or not. Mom had a strange thing in here lung that was thought to be cancer and turned out to be a pocket of infection. They put her on ( Read more... )

Well here I am standing about 4 days away from a rather bug day for me, my 30th birthday. It's rather hard for me to believe that I'm going to be 30. I can honestly say that I really never thought I would see 30, let alone be transplanted and married before that. So, i can honestly say, this is a big deal to me. I really have no clue what I'll ( Read more... )