I’ve published the training calendar for 2012 on the forum, complete with our Queensland Public Holidays and some other reference dates. I’m pleased to announce the date for our Summer training camp on 26 February 2012. We use a Macrocycle training plan, since we continue our karate training throughout the year.  This system allows us to vary the intensity and type of training to prevent us from burning out by doing too [...]

At 3:00 am I knew.  It woke me, and immediately I knew.  I have a cold. After a dose of 2 grams of vitamin C and a shot of mango juice to wash it down, I managed to get back to sleep after meditating with a shroud of white, healing light around me.  At 6:00 am when my alarm went off, I felt cold; a low-grade fever was my body’s response to [...]

It looks like we’re in for a wet start to summer this year.  I felt the front move in last night and stood outside as the first drops began to fall.  The forecast calls for 26 of the next 28 days to have rain.

The new green space at South Bank park is an amazing place to train.  Rob, Don, Morgan and I catching the early morning sun.   Thanks again Alysha for getting up early and coming out to take the photos for us.  Great job!

Using the tablet on the road to post to the site is a pretty cool feature. I suppose it would be really handy for covering events or doing updates from the dojo.

We had a bit of fun training in the park this morning… the sprinklers were still running at our usual start time, so we decided to go ahead in spite of the extra watering we would receive. Meditating when the spray comes around was an interesting experience.  The first spray to hit me was on the back of the legs, and I was able to stay in the zone pretty [...]

I’ve been remiss not posting here in the training thread.  I’ll catch up and make a point of keeping this updated.  In fact, I intend to post more regularly in this renamed board.  I’m trying to integrate this section with Facebook, but so far I’m only publish these posts to my personal page, not the Happy Dragon Martial Arts page on Facebook.  More tinkering! We’ve moved the early morning training [...]

I’ve integrated our website forum with Facebook, so posts will appear in both locations. Also, you can use your Facebook profile to post comments on the forum, so you don’t need to register. Drop by and say g’day anytime.

I love these English language signs showing their age from Nakazato Shugoro Hanshi’s dojo in Okinawa:   Morality of “Karate” 1. Ideal of “Karate” is to cultivate noble character and conducts, and the virtue of modesty and courtesy. 2. “No forestalling in Karate.” Karate is the military arts for self-defence to protect and preserve your life, and never to attach others on your own initiative. 3. “Perseverance is the root [...]

Grading class today was a lot of fun – and a lot of hard work! Everyone worked hard the results showed their dedication. Congratulations to everyone, and special recognition to the following who received new rank and belts today: Zac – 9th Kyu (Orange belt) Woohoo! Don – 8th Kyu (Green-white belt) Morgan – 7th Kyu (Green belt) Well done!