…leave with memories not regrets…
My whole life I've been lucky enough to see amazing Karateka. As a junior I remember being in weekend gasshukus in the Lee Maltings (Cork, Ireland) with Senseis Steve Cattle, Dirk Heene and Julian Mead. This sparked an interest in me to learn more, to never stop trying to add to my knowledge and to … Continue reading A good start…
The weather has really closed in over the last 12 hours and the amount of rain that has fallen... geez, it's been going all night with no let up. The storm drain behind where I'm staying which has been a trickle since I arrived is now in full flow and the wee turtle that usually … Continue reading Day 6 Challenge Day
We decided to take matters into our own hands today, so to speak and headed to the Karate Kaiken for morning training. The situation with the dojo door was still unclear so it was the right choice to avoid the ensuing breakdown of humanity if 20 or so Karateka didn't get to train. From where … Continue reading Day 3. Rolling with the… you get the drift…
I have a plan for the training that I want to do whilst over here. So far I've done some of what I wanted to do and the rest of the time I've been well, making it up as I go. There were way more people in the dojo this morning and it was good … Continue reading Day 2. Time to train… or not…
First full day in Okinawa. That said, it seems like I have been here for ages already, to be fair, yesterday we landed about 4 and it's been all go since then. By the time I made it to the dojo last night I could have doubled for a cast member from the walking dead... … Continue reading Day 1 Okinawa (Tug of War)
Here I am again, in an airport. I love being in an airport when it means that I am going somewhere. It can be anywhere really but after watching the radars for the last few days I'm confident that we will make it to Okinawa and not have to wait it out in Hong Kong. … Continue reading Suspicious items…
