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One leg, in plaster of paris, definitely has some advantages if you want to look at the bright side, if there is one. To begin with, my work colleagues tell me how lucky I am to be off work. I have more time for my website, more time to try and figure out the MAC’s […]
Good Friday was a very interesting evening for me. Normally, I would be at work, during this busy period, with my guys and assisting the Greek Easter street parades but having your leg in a cast has taken a turn on things for me this weekend. Instead, I picked up my very good friends, Richard […]
We always complain about time that there is no time. That’s true when you consider the many things we have to do and the time constraints which we live by. But living is also about doing the things we want to do. It’s too easy to use excuses to put aside the things we love […]
Picked up my very good friend, John Will, on Friday from the Airport and then straight to Newport for a BJJ seminar. I had to sit this one out on the sideline but it was just as enjoyable as participating – practicing my mental skills. Then we went to dinner for big steaks. John was figuring […]
Another mishap and little setback; this time my motorcycle fell on my foot fracturing a couple of bones whilst wheeling it out of my garage. The irony is I clock up almost a thousand kilometres per month and something simple like this to happen to you is hard to accept. Victor came to the rescue […]
As an Instructor I am always trying to find solutions for problems that pop up, in practicing the martial arts, whether it be my own or students. I thought I might give it a try when I told my senior BJJ students to do a private workout with me the other night. I thought to […]
During conversation, with Mr Norton on the way back from the ACT, it was interesting to hear how technical BJJ is compared to the other martial arts where there are only a finite number of techniques. In BJJ there are literally thousands of them and the number is still growing. Who would have ever thought […]
Just got the news that my very good friend and one of my BJJ coaches was awarded his Black Belt in BJJ, yesterday, by John Will at a seminar in Penrith. Normally, I would be there, but at the time, I was in the ACT. Ten years in the making and I have to say Richard is […]
Just returned with Shihan Richard Norton from the ACT for a BJJ seminar on Saturday which turned out to be quite outstanding. This was followed by a Karate Grading conducted by me, putting Damien Philpott’s students to the test, and they performed quite well. We were very honoured by Richard who sat in at the grading. Dinner […]
My very good friend and mentor, Shihan Richard Norton, got the word he has just been promoted to 6th Degree Black Belt by the legendary Benny ‘the jet’ Urquidez in the Urquidokan martial arts system. What an honour to be graded by one of the greatest martial arts masters on earth! After spending 30 years training with Sensei Benny […]
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 […]
