Dear Thathu,
I was wondering when this day would come - the day I struggle to find a positive story. My excuse - you will undoubtedly find out soon, that kitting out kids for school dramas/productions is not often the best of experience and today is such a day. I will leave it at that.
I think more than anything our karate grading on Sunday is playing up in my mind. Yes it is the dreaded day - exciting yet scary. As you know Sarah and I both do karate at the Clapham Karate Club and Sunday is our grading. Sarah is grading for an intermediate yellow and I am going for a full yellow. Please wish us good luck. The club doesn't have its own dojo (yet) so we practise in a nearby school. But one day we may have our own. I am hoping that I can participate in organising such a project. Wouldn't it be lovely? Bedford to have its own Karate Dojo?
Although I have taken it up later in life, I am enjoying it immensely. Although it is a serious club, the camaraderie is great and our Sensei and all the dan grades who teach us are just amazing. I wonder whether I would have the courage to take it up if it was in the Maldives? I am not sure. But perhaps with all the gang-related violence and gender-based violence in Male', maybe this is something women badly need?
I will leave you with these ..
I was wondering when this day would come - the day I struggle to find a positive story. My excuse - you will undoubtedly find out soon, that kitting out kids for school dramas/productions is not often the best of experience and today is such a day. I will leave it at that.
I think more than anything our karate grading on Sunday is playing up in my mind. Yes it is the dreaded day - exciting yet scary. As you know Sarah and I both do karate at the Clapham Karate Club and Sunday is our grading. Sarah is grading for an intermediate yellow and I am going for a full yellow. Please wish us good luck. The club doesn't have its own dojo (yet) so we practise in a nearby school. But one day we may have our own. I am hoping that I can participate in organising such a project. Wouldn't it be lovely? Bedford to have its own Karate Dojo?
Although I have taken it up later in life, I am enjoying it immensely. Although it is a serious club, the camaraderie is great and our Sensei and all the dan grades who teach us are just amazing. I wonder whether I would have the courage to take it up if it was in the Maldives? I am not sure. But perhaps with all the gang-related violence and gender-based violence in Male', maybe this is something women badly need?
I will leave you with these ..
and of course from the father of Shotokan Karate
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