I’m Sorry Peter Crouch
Last week I was having a typical office chat about the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. Given our supreme managerial skills and lifetimes spent in professional football, we were setting the England squad to rights...
Tagged: training
Giraffes Are NOT Dinosaurs (Probably)
I’m a total part-timer at the moment. Last week I used up two of my days of annual leave that need to be gone by April, this week I’m using the remaining two-and-a-half. Wednesday...
Weekend? Respite? Fat chance.
When the working week finished last Friday it was the start of a busy, tiring forty-eight hours. Friday evenings are always a rush, getting in from work and getting my training stuff ready for...
“Kick! Punch! It’s all in the mind….”
The mighty Master Onion-Head from PaRappa the Rapper certainly knew his stuff. My instructor returned from a week break to teach our lesson last night, and with him he brought some hard exercises and...
Wrap Up Warm
Well October’s here, and as you might imagine, that makes me a happy chap. Just last night in fact I enjoyed a lovely Pumpkin Ale after a Senior training session at the academy, an...
So Long, Summer
I think what I’ve done here is tantamount to blog neglect, I feel like I’ve abused my little corner of the Web by not using it. Naughty Adam! There’s not really a large amount...
Miscellany
It’s time for a little catch-up on general goings-on and suchlike. Think of this post as padding for my blog bra. Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, my beard is nearly back in service. It...
Mostly ‘Armless, But Stand And Deliver!
It’s great to be back at Tang Soo Do, I’ve spent so long out that everything feels fresh and new. I’ve had to basically re-learn my latest il soo sik dae ryun and ho...
Rain, Rain, Go Away…
Looking out of my office window right now all I can see is grey skies, rain and the trees being blown about. Some July huh? It’s been a really sunny summer so far so...
Back On The Mats
Yesterday was my second session back in training since recovering from my injury, and I’m really feeling it today. Sunday’s inaugural lesson in the Academy was a good one, but I felt ok afterward...