Category Archives: Martial Arts

Chuck

Only a fortnight to wait now.. Then I’m training with Chuck

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Extreme Violence

Story of my life…

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Makes it all worthwhile :)

Had a lovely photo/card this morning in the post from my friend Leigh in the states. He’s a very successful multi-school owner and entrepreneur who having achieved amazing success through the martial arts is now focusing his efforts on helping … Continue reading

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Black Belt Mode…

Not the best start to my day being woken up by the stench of smoke from downstairs – again. I ended up wide awake at 7:30 which is a good 2 hours too early for me. Having set off to … Continue reading

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What my black belts get up to in their spare time…

Rob Standen is one of my black belt students, really talented martial artist and also a pretty good musician too. This was what he got up to on the karaoke stage as Sonisphere festival last month. Fair play, the guy’s … Continue reading

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Kwon

Tuesday 3rd June Playing around with a very narrow depth of field on the nifty fifty.

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Mr Church

First demo of the year for the team today at Dursley Primary school. Went pretty well I think, we made a few hiccups along the way but i doubt anyone watching would have noticed. Got a few weeks now until … Continue reading

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Master Olpin and Miss Dimery..

This apparently is the modern equivalent of an apple for teacher.. Aww, bless ‘em.. See, days like this make it all worth while. I thought they’ve got my head spot on, though I’m not entirely sure why we appear to … Continue reading

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Man -vs- Dragon

I think someone has been secretly filming my classes…

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Must try harder…

Yes I know it’s completely impractical, overly flashy and he has a totally compliant partner…. I’ve been doing this stuff for years and I know just how hard it would be to pull this stuff off, even in the ‘perfect’ environment of a class or a demo.

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