Overcoming Mordred's frustration
Hello all! I recently read for a third time "Mordred's victory" by Jamie Clubb:read more
View Articlequotes to live by.
"If it aint sloppy it anit Real" Me or at least my take on it."Life is like a box of choclets, You never know what you gonna get" Forest Gump"Never Go with the Flow, Flow with the Go" Rickson...
View ArticleRocky tells it like it is!
Rocky tells it like it is! A great motivational speech. Thanks to Soren Ellegaard for making me aware of this on facebook. All the best, Iain
View ArticleStuart Williams interviews Geoff Thompson!
Stuart Williams conducts a great interview with Geoff Thompson! Enjoy it!http://www.stuart-williams.com/Geoff-Thompson-at-Coombe-Abbey.htmlread more
View ArticleWhat makes us happy?
I’m sure everyone wants to have as happy a life as possible, but what makes us happy? What things make us happy and how do we bring those things into our lives? In this very interesting TED talk...
View ArticleThe Avengers and Budo
I saw The Avengers with my kids this week. A very entertaining film which I enjoyed greatly! My favourite part was not one of the action sequences but a brief discussion between the dying agent Phil...
View ArticleTraining/Motivation Quotes
In the same style as the quotes to live by i wanted to make these, i wanted to share some nice i have picked up along the way:"Pain is just weakness leaving the body""As long as your in pain, your not...
View ArticleNo grading?
Hi there. After doing Shotokan for 15 years, I was diagnosed a Diabetic (type 2). In order to get more training - and not just teaching others - I moved to a Goju-ryu club where I already had been...
View ArticleLeaving an Organisation
Hey all, some advice needed. I'm seriously considering reisgning from the organisation that I teach for. I have great friends and many happy memories from it but I'm sick of their inability to...
View ArticleOn integrity and honour
“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity” – Tom Peters Yet another line that struck me as capturing an important truth. Integrity is either something people have or they don’t have. It’s...
View ArticleMartial arts for self improvement
I started martial arts properly at 17, doing 6 months of Boxing, followed by 6 months of BJJ. The difference I saw inmyself was great. I was more confident, a happier, healthier and felt like I was...
View ArticleTen minutes to do nothing
A short video on the importance of taking ten minutes to do nothing each day. Well worth watching, if you have 10 minutes free? :-)
View ArticleLost Mojo - Need inspiration to reignite MA interest
Has anyone else ever reached a point on their path through MA when they have for whatever reason either lost interest or motivation or have completely stopped training. I don’t mean the occasional "oh...
View ArticleMarcus Aurelius Antoninus
I recommend the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor of Rome 161ad. Initially I found this a bit hard going but there are some real gems, such as:"Nothing has such power to broaden the...
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