I promised on Twitter to write a blog post explaining why “kata” was the wrong word for the “coding kata” problems presented at CodeMash this past week in Ohio. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2010/01/17/coding...

I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2009/04/19/training-for-nidan-2nd-degree-black-belt/

Last year, I “broke” my leg due to stupidity . This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/10/01/karate-and-injuries-hard-to-get-back-into-training/

That's why our Sensei and many other high-ranking black belts said to me last night. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2008/02/12/walking-through-the-dojo-door-is-the-hardest-part/

well, at least i got it posted to youtube in the same year as the tournament. This is the event that we trained for every Saturday morning at 7am for 9 months. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVeHdvRBiLc

Here's the link to my individual kata video. Note that this isn't the event we had been training the 9 months for. That's another video, which i hope to post, well, um, yeah, as soon as i can, considering this only took me 2 months to post =) http://www...

View Photos - I hope to have the video of our team kata and my individual kata posted this weekend. This blog post has been moved to http://saraford.net/2006/10/23/karate-tournament-results/

I'm competing in the FSKA World Karate Tournament in Las Vegas this weekend in Individual Kata and Team Kata. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2006/10/20/fska-viii-world-karate-tournament-this-weekend/

Black is an awesome color to wear! Here are some pictures from tonight’s ceremony. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2006/01/19/officially-a-black-belt/

Found out over the weekend that we had passed. Everyone going for shodan (1st degree black belt) had passed. Sweet. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/12/13/my-first-karate-practice-as-a-black-belt/

I won't know the results of the exam until our head teacher is ready to give them to us. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/11/16/how-the-black-belt-exam-went/

Here I am, 13 days away from my black belt exam. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/10/30/the-13-days-of-training-for-my-black-belt-exam-on-nov-11th/

Coming home today to see my karate exam results in 3 dozen pieces gave a whole new meaning to “the dog ate my homework.” What Kyle was able to find 2 hours later What Graham must have eaten

I think they were just being nice to me and passed me. =) This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/09/28/passed-my-preshodan-exam-now-off-to-the-final-black-belt-test/

It’s the pre-black belt exam, or what’s called the “pre-shodan” exam, that’s coming up in three weeks. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/08/19/finally-after-15-years-im-going-for-black-belt/

I’m getting ready to test for 1st kyu, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/07/28/taught-my-first-karate-class-all-by-myself/

I’ve had a really bad cold since my birthday when I hiked Tiger Mountain. 5 weeks later, I’m still coughing. A week ago, I noticed some pain at a specific point in my ribs, like a side-stitch when you run too hard. Saturday, I went to the doctor for more...

Since I got 15 minutes to spare waiting to leave for karate practice, This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/04/12/whats-new-at-karate/

Just got back the results tonight from my 2nd Kyu exam. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2005/01/12/passed-my-karate-exam/

Update 12/13/2004: I won't know whether i passed or not for another month. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2004/12/07/first-karate-rank-test-in-10-years-tomorrow-night/

The June 28 th edition of BusinessWeek has an article called Blogging with the Boss’s Blessing which features me and my blog. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2004/06/18/businessweek-article-featuring-my-blog/

My dojo hosted an annual youth karate tournament at a local high school gym a couple of weeks ago. This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2004/06/03/my-dojos-youth-karate-tournament/

Zoe’s post Are you a good enough developer to be a Microsoft SDET got me thinking about what I do during a typical day. However, a 3 day period gives a much better impression of an average day in a SDET’s life than just some random day......

I found these videos a couple nights ago. These vidoes are pretty cool, especially considering i haven't seen many of the higher-ranking black belt katas before. Thanks to the Karate Union of Australia for publishing these videos on their website!...

Today, i watched students in my dojo (training facility) test for different purple and brown belt Kyus (rank or level). This blog post has moved to http://saraford.net/2004/04/28/tips-for-karate-rank-testing/