The family and I headed up to Michigan this past weekend to enjoy some downtime with the extended family, but our trip did have an ulterior motive...
Despite Liz's unfortunate experience with martial arts training, she's definitely acquired a taste for learning the RIGHT way. She attended an overnight camp this weekend at a dojo in Michigan themed "FIGHT LIKE A GIRL". After spending an extended amount of time with world-renowned women who practice Judo, the camp's clinicians all agreed that Liz definitely has natural ability. Off the mat, she's a "sweetheart", made friends instantly, and fit in right away with the other campers. On the mat, she quickly unlearned maneuvers that were taught to her incorrectly, relearned the correct and most effective ways to do the throws, take-downs and submissions, and was up against ladies with more mat-time experience and higher belt rankings in no time at all. We were able to watch the friendly mock-competition on Sunday, and Liz "competed" against someone who gave her a run for the money. The mock-match between Liz and her opponent ended in a draw and came down to the decision of the judges. It was a learning match, and the clinicians would stop and TEACH the girls what they were and weren't doing correctly. THAT is how to learn.
While Liz was learning her fun moves, Ana, Jason and I spent time with Jason's dad. We went out on the boat on a lake, went out to eat dinner, and we all had a great time! Unfortunately, Jason's step-mom Janet had to work for part of the weekend, but we did get to catch up with her on Sunday and Monday before we headed back home to Pennsylvania.
All in all, it was a total weekend of relaxation and fun times had by all! And EVERYONE needs to relax and just unwind once in a while. I didn't answer many calls, I didn't sit and read emails, I had a great fun time with our family. I really enjoyed it, and I think I need to do it more often! :D
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