Tag Archives: karate

It’s the end of karate (for the kids) as we know it, and I feel (sorta) fine

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Joel

Nothing lasts forever. The Beatles. Vacation. Milk. For us, add to that the kids’ love for karate. I think it’s been about five years now, and they moved up slowly from white belt all the way to black belt. Pretty … Continue reading →

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The CMB Karate Demo Team half-time performance – Princeton University

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Joel

Last Saturday night, the kids and their karate demonstration team performed at Princeton University during half-time for the Princeton-Yale basketball game. First time for them doing this at Princeton, and first time the Ipes have been to a Princeton game. … Continue reading →

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Our daughter Lily tested and achieved her 1st Dan black belt in Tae Kenpo last Sunday

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Joel

Since reaching senior brown belt last year, both Joshua and Lily had been practicing for about a year on making it to black belt. Last June, with lots of practice in his regular forms, self-defense forms, and jo weapons forms, … Continue reading →

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2018 CMB Karate Demo Team performance at Rutgers

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Joel

CMB Karate’s Demo Team performed during halftime for a recent Rutgers basketball game in New Brunswick. The demo team has been practicing their new 2018 routine for a few months now, and it looks great. I took photos while another … Continue reading →

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Lily tested for her jō weapons test and passed

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Joel

Earlier this year, Lily began attending a weapons class this year in addition to her regular weekly karate classes. Lily? Weapons? You are correct — we probably didn’t think this through. Anyway, she recently tested for her proficiency with the … Continue reading →

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2017 CMB Karate Demo Team performance at the Wells Fargo Center (2nd time!)

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Joel

Last April, the kids performed with the rest of the CMB Karate demo team at the Wells Fargo Center. Last year, it was on the concourse next to a Kia Optima on display. Nice, but it obviously would have been … Continue reading →

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CMB Karate Demo Team performance at the Wells Fargo Center

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Joel

In case I haven’t mentioned it before, the kids joined the CMB Karate demonstration team earlier this year. For the past few months, they’ve been practicing their routine with the intent to perform in front of large crowds at various sporting … Continue reading →

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The kids did well at their 2nd karate tournament

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Joel

The kiddos participated in their 2nd karate tournament at the school. For some reason, I don’t have pictures or even a post from last year, so I’ll have to dig those up. In any case, yes, they were in a karate … Continue reading →

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Watch out! We got some newly-minted blue belts

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Joel

Joshua and Lily recently tested to become blue belts, and they passed! I had wanted to make it, but got pulled into some last-minute fire drill at the office. After I got home, we went to Sushi King for a … Continue reading →

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Josh & Lily earn their Advanced Green Belts

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Joel

Josh and Lily earned their Advanced Green Belts last Friday. Namita has been taking them for make-up / extra classes, and we’ve encouraged the kids to practice as much as possible every day. An hour before the actual test, the kids … Continue reading →

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