So I've been spending a lot of time recently helping various people with their career decisions, in fact with their decision making process in general. It's hard to be critical without thinking about ones own way of doing things and I've been spending a lot of time recently looking at the things that have gone … Continue reading Fear of failure
More than a gasshuku report
So it's a week since I went to Finland for the gasshuku in Tyrnävä. I've never been that far north in my life and it once again, on a Friday, I was in an airport. Nothing makes me happier than to be heading somewhere, and with the end of the year looming it's a good … Continue reading More than a gasshuku report
Time to grow…
I’ve experienced my greatest advancements as a result of living through times of significant pain. To be honest, most of the time I didn’t actually ask for this growth, I knew I needed it, but for the most part I was kinda happy for things to just “happen”, at least when I was younger. Underneath … Continue reading Time to grow…
Cloud gazing…
Well it is the last night here in Canada... tomorrow I head back to London. What can I say. It's been epic. Of course that's really easy to say but honestly I've not felt like this in a long time. I came to Canada after a fairly hectic few weeks, actually a fairly hectic few … Continue reading Cloud gazing…
Earliest memory
“What are we doing today?”, this is one of my earliest memories. I was looking out my bedroom window on an estate in Palmerstown, Dublin. I guess I was about 5 or 6 and life was pretty simple. Except that I couldn’t figure out what we were doing that day. It wasn’t a school day, … Continue reading Earliest memory
Finding focus…again and again…
To do... It's taken me a while to get to the point where I have space to write. To be fair, I've made a few notes about stories I want to write but that's about it. I was also incredibly industrious and put a training plan together and that is where it ended up... in … Continue reading Finding focus…again and again…
No training weekend…
It's no secret that I have a full on life, I've pushed myself in as many aspects as I can... career, sport, learning and development since I was very young. I've no idea why, I've just always wanted to do something more with my life than what I was seeing in the lives of some … Continue reading No training weekend…
Not again…
I have no idea where the time went... it seems like a few minutes ago I was leaving the airport and waiting for the monorail and now, I'm all packed and ready to go back to the airport. I feel so privileged to have shared time with so many amazing people and to have been … Continue reading Not again…
Day 5-Training Day 2
Whilst the training to this point has been awesome, nothing beats standing in a hall with hundreds of international karateka! So much has happened here, I want to drink in every moment and somehow bottle the motivation I've found for those days when life has me down and I can't or don't have the heart … Continue reading Day 5-Training Day 2
Day 2-Gishiki 2019-Registration day
Naminoue Beach Today is registration day, that means that over 1,000 people need to arrive to the Karate Kaiken and collect their individualised registration pack. I've been trying to stick to my training regime and so because we needed to be at the Kaiken at 09:00 I headed off for my morning run at 06:30. … Continue reading Day 2-Gishiki 2019-Registration day
