…leave with memories not regrets…
March 2020... I took the mini to London on a Sunday and basically put my office, including a chair, in the back seat. Everything felt surreal, the office closed, the dojo closed and it became a typical farewell to say..."see you online". Online, urgh! As someone who needs to be around real people this was … Continue reading Lockdown times
I haven't written anything in ages... actually that's not true. I've written loads, I've about 30 draft articles that were all started in good faith, just never finished. These past few months my life has drastically changed. Yes I know there are people going through all sorts of horrors that don't compare to "just" being … Continue reading Thank you
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…
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…
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
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
I'm calling Sunday my first day in Okinawa, in truth a lot of us arrived on Saturday and despite getting to the dojo and training, the rest of the day was a blur. That welcome mix of not having slept for almost 2 days and the excitement of being back in my spiritual homeland. So … Continue reading Day 1-Gishiki 2019
I don't know how many messages I've had in the last few weeks and months about this years Gishiki! I'm still getting used to calling it that and not Budosai by the way... I think it was in Denmark that people started saying "see you in Okinawa" and it all started to become real. So … Continue reading Going home… sort of
I often hear people talk about sparring—Kumite- and often they identify a range of emotions… for some it's fun and challenging ( I like to think of it as a physical game of strategy ) but for others it a serious no-go. Some see Kumite as a necessary evil for gradings, but never even an … Continue reading Managing the emotions of Kumite
So I've taken the plunge and gone from a Gopro to an actual camera. I've been wanting to do more video editing and creative stuff for a while now but I just never seem to get around to it. I've even set myself the task of learning Da Vinci Resolve, which is a free program … Continue reading Going visual
