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Say Cheese!

Just had a look at the USKK website and they have a photo up of the seminar before the competition that I went to in Ireland. If you look on the far left hand side of the photo, the first seated person is my Instructor, Steve Woolston and then standing Read More
posted Friday, May 07, 2004 1:00 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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I Passed my Karate Grading!

I had a grading this evening for my 6th Kyu (White Belt + 2 Gold Tips). I passed but like most people, I think I could have done better still. My instructors said that I need to work on my fist when punching so that I'm using the correct knuckles. Read More
posted Monday, April 26, 2004 11:52 PM by adam | 6 Comments
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Interesting time at Karate last night..

Last night at karate, we were doing Karate roulette. Basically what this involved was picking a page number at random from the technique pages in a textbook and then doing 2x10 of each technique on that page. In between each lot of 10, we had a minute Read More
posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:27 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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Corporate Sponsorship for Annual Karate Tournament - Any Takers?

I've been tasked with finding  corporate sponsorship for the annual USKK Europe karate tournament. Next year, its in London and will attract competitors from all over the world. Anyone interested (or know who i should speak to at your company) mail Read More
posted Friday, March 19, 2004 2:45 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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We Return Victorious!!!

We returned from Ireland with 6 trophies - Three 1st's, two 2nd's and a 3rd. I got first place in my category for my kata which I was chuffed about. Lots of work to catch up on so i'll blog more later This was taken in our bedroom after the competition Read More
posted Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:46 PM by adam | 5 Comments
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Just getting ready to go to Ireland..

The time is almost here Im just going to the shops to buy a new gumshield then I have to come home and pack. Im just going to post a picture of my office as a test of my phlog so check the link on the side. Read More
posted Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:56 AM by adam | 3 Comments
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Practicing...

In preparation for the karate tournament next week, i'll be doing quite a bit of practice this week so the posts may be a bit on the sparse side.   Read More
posted Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:26 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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I'm back!

After 48 hours of prolific posting at the end of last week, I gave myself the weekend off :D Lots going on over the next couple of weeks: - moving to a bigger house on the seafront (which will be nice for working in the summer) - Jessica is on half Read More
posted Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:25 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Karate Competition Update

I went to Karate last night to try and shake off the last of this flu (luckily it doesnt seem to have got me too bad) Anyway, it looks like im entering the Kata competition at this contest in Ireland. The kata I'll be doing will be Fukyugata Ichi (and Read More
posted Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:06 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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