Because wherever men (and some women) gather to drink beer and talk testicles you need a story of blood, pain and hardship to tell. It also makes...
I used techniques learned in a McDojo for my Black Friday shopping - I got it from the internet...
My knees are pretty bad after years of mountain sports abuse but it isn't the end of the world. See your GP to make sure there isn't some...
Exactly, the idea of honour and chivalry came from greatly divided societies. Both the western aristocracy and the Japanese samurai class were...
I wear trunks, shower cap, flipflops and verruca socks in the shower. The fire alarm went while I was showering once and I'm not getting caught...
I don't like MMA or any martial arts movies. I'm mainly in it for the nice starchy pyjamas. I probably am a bad person though.
I did practice Tsa Lung Trul khor briefly in a centre under the auspices of Namkhai Norbu's Yantra Yoga/International Dzogchen Community. It is...
Level 5 today (now the sweating starts!). My cold side split height is now 515mm giving an approximate split angle (I know its not exact as my...
Another practicing Pagan here as well. I know three supposedly authentic pronunciations of Samhain so I just call it Antipodean Beltane....
Well after bereavement, serious illness, injury, redundancy and a whole other shedload of utter bobbins I am about ready to do something practical...
I have to admit that I do rather enjoy the day after a really heavy session when everything is tight and feels a bit achey. I don't enjoy the day...
I'm fairly sure I did but I can't exactly say when.
Virtually every dance move I did in the late 80s/early 90s was either big fish-little fish-cardboard box or taken from one of the Pinan kata. If...
I knackered my shoulder climbing as well (bad rope management, fell with my arm through a loop) but these stretches helped a bit. Upper body...
Yup, hardcore training is something that is harder than it needs to be and is therefore probably an ego massage or overcompensation. Mind you,...
I'm pretty much in agreement with Fish Of Doom, if my fellow students are people I want to be around then training becomes a joy rather than a...
I have a Hohner Pro Harp MS in C, one with ten holes (I'm a real expert at this lark). I can play a few American tunes tolerably well for campfire...
Only once, two women from a TKD club who had a few too many after a club tournament and decided to have a second bout in Wetherspoons. The fight...
For me it has to be the Isabelline Shrike, the Vlad the Impaler of the bird world. oh, sorry...strike...
As a few people have already said, a feeling of competency is entirely dependent on the situation. When I am teaching basics to the blue belts I...
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