This is my first cup of coffee in 30 days.  I decided to shake up my routine and see what effects of giving up my favourite morning beverage I would notice.  A month later, I’m sitting here at the computer and seriously enjoying this coffee in my Shorin-ryu Shorinkan karate mug. I can feel the caffeine [...]

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 [...]

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 senior student and I trained together on the beach this morning.  It was a bit windy and the extra motion added a bit of intensity to the usually calm beach experience. We did a bit of a warm up, then concentrated on some of the pilates core strengthening routines he’s using to rehabilitate a [...]

We had a great kumite class yesterday – no real injuries, lots of bruises! The green belts are really starting to come into form.  I can see their relaxation during the fight now, not just a wild flurry, but some considered striking.  The young brown belt is really getting the hang of this, he was [...]