
Meditation in mid-air.

Meditation in mid-air.

Looping ropes together is a danger signal.
Thank you Sayaka!
Want an edge over the competition? It all starts with the mind.

photo courtesy of NBC Sports
Come hear Olympian and 7x National Champion, Sayaka Matsumoto, discuss the topic the winning! Learn about Sayaka’s experiences, personal obstacles, and strategies that got her to the 2008 Beijing Games!
Free to all IC members and their families:
Tuesday, July 20th
6:30pm
RSVP online Space is limited!

Early bird catches the prize.

Master of Sport, Surya Voinar-Fowler finds additional uses for the non-comp bells.
You decide!
*Our friend Stanley was kind enough to take this photo of a billboard in the HEV (train station) while in Budapest.

“…Hanging over the gym’s only clock in the center of the kettlebell room directly across from four wooden platforms is a banner printed on an old roll of computer paper. In faded Russian red letters, it reads: I Am Champion. Fedor pointed to it right away and then brought his index finger to his forehead with more to say about it. “This is not about arrogance,” Valery began to translate, “This is about using your mind and believing in yourself. You must be the one to think you are a champion in order to become one,” Fedor wisely advised…” READ MORE

The Black Sea
“Today, as Surya and I boarded our flight from San Francisco to Amsterdam on our way to the Ukraine for the WKC’s Summer Sport Camp, I felt caught in the middle of a neighbor compatibility test. Nothing triggers the judgmental nature of humans more than airplanes. We all try to make the experience less painful by compulsively scouring every travel site available for the best possible rates, but then inevitably it’s the seating arrangement, preferably an isle or a window and of course some extra leg room, that either makes or breaks the deal. In Economy, you always pray your neighbor will be skinnier, shorter, and quieter than you…” READ MORE

They can become a deadly combination when used creatively.