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This past weekend saw me down in Melbourne, with 3 of my guys competing at the 2010 Australasian BJJ Championships hosted by Mr John Will. It was a fantastic weekend and a real experience for Joshua, Michael and Antoine who train with me at Belmore and the Burwood PCYC. I also had a wonderful time […]
We have our good days and we have our bad days. It all depends how you feel on the day. Human beings, in all other living things, have a biological clock which tells us when to eat, sleep and wake up. If you unwantingly wake up early on weekends or have ever suffered from jet lag, it's probably […]
Just thought I would share this wonderful message I received on Facebook from a good friend and great colleague who recently left the Police Force. I believe people do notice and respect people who dedicate themselves to the martial arts and it is something like this which makes it all worthwhile doing what I do. […]
Quite a few hours of training and a lot of travelling with John Will last Saturday with only a very short moment, between destinations, for a cup of coffee. Imagine working in an office or any other job where everything becomes routine and nothing new happens. Your mind switches off and and that’s when you […]
Hello everybody. I know it's a been a long time between blogs but I make no apologies if there is nothing to write about. I usually blog on a hot topic or an idea that might pop up and, lately, time has been an issue because of countless hours with Microsoft trying to resolve computer […]
We had Shihan Richard Norton in town again. This time the Police Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYC) had brought him out here for a couple of seminars. The Friday evening was BJJ at the Burwood PCYC arranged by the Manager, Gary Davies (who is also a Traditional Jiu Jitsu master) and Senior Constable Dave Geremia (student […]
In China the movie's called the Kung Fu Kid because the story is set in China and the martial arts are Kung Fu (there is a bit of cultural controversy over that). Moving on – twenty two of us in total (students and family) went and saw the new Karate Kid movie together this morning. […]
Last Monday night, I went to the Mario Sperry MMA seminar held at Rob Naumoski's gym. I did one of Mr Sperry's seminars back in 1997 and I was surprised he recognised me when we shook hands; he must have a great memory. I actually trained with one of his Black Belts for 3 months […]
I just dropped my mate and trainer, Richard Norton, off at the International Airport earlier this evening. He's off to NZ for a few seminars and, going by the comments on Facebook, his hosts are a little apprehensive (on the humorous side) because Richard's reputation in the martial arts precedes him. Then he will back […]
I remember complaining to my Instructor, many moons ago, about not enough leg stretches at the beginning of classes. I can tell that made him angry and he made sure I got what was coming to me. However, it went horribly wrong because I thought I would never ever be able to stretch again! The […]
That is something my wife taught me many years ago when my children were growing up whilst doing the martial arts with me. She said, ‘what better way to keep everybody together in the family and share the same interest’. She also believes kids should not be readily afforded free choices when parents know they […]
How often do students switch off when the instructor shows a technique they have seen many times before? It’s because the student has a mental blue print of what is about to be shown and some of them have a tendency to switch off. The end result being no improvement or being worse off. When […]
