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After a big weekend with Richard Norton last week and feeling a little worse for wear, I was asked by one of the students on the Monday night why I was not home resting. I thought 'being tired' is a poor excuse. The next thing you know, you need to take the night off because […]
Some pretty interesting things can be found on Facebook (FB). This is fast becoming the most preferred technological ways to communicate with the little time we have in the day or just to keep in touch with old friends. I seem to get a faster reply through FB than from SMSing or emailing. I must […]
How many times have we heard this cliche 'early detection is the best protection', particularly in reference to health which it is vital for existence. Although we all agree this is the best medicine we seldom follow this course of action until it is too late because we let other trivial things get in the […]
When a Jiu Jitsu technique is first shown it might appear incredible or even magic, going by the astonished looks on people’s faces, not to mention the heavy sighs in the room; but when explained how it is done we realise it is not so magic after all, just like the magician who reveals his […]
Everybody should get smart about their training. The thing about Xmas is the period leading up to it that gives rise to some people to cut down on their martial arts lessons and training when they should be topping up as much as they can before the doors close on you for a couple of […]
Kickboxing has come a long way since it first came on the ‘market’. I was one of the curious ones who went out to investigate, in the mid '80's, and found it was not something that was readily going to convince me to give away what I was already doing (karate). What I saw was […]
Another year is almost over and we had just celebrated the 2011 BKJ Martial Arts Xmas and Presentation last Friday night. What was different about this one was not all students were from Budoshinkai Karate; we also had our kickboxers, students from BJJ, and persons from the fitness classes (all under the BKJ Martial Arts […]
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), to a number of other martial artists, may be controversial because of the nature and complexity of the art. Nevertheless, if Kickboxing rose to the occasion despite the failed attempts by the traditional and classical martial arts to obstruct its propagation, then it seemed likely that BJJ and MMA would also […]
Looks like I have been slowing down between blogs lately. I am not too sure whether the full time centre is taking up much of my energy or Facebook absorbing a lot of my ideas. How does John Will do it? He has them coming out on a conveyer belt (to quote, ‘what else am […]
For most people, BJJ can be quite an emotional rollercoaster ride because of the many 'highs' and 'lows' one endures during the long and hard journey. When BJJ students talk about having a great training session it’s usually because they pulled off a submission or two, or maybe just gave somebody a hard fight; that […]
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 […]
