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About Me
Basic Information
- Gender
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Male
- Birthday
- 01/06/1957
- Hometown
- Auckland, New Zealand
- About me
- Just your avergage ordinary everyday type of guy. Happily married for over twenty-five years to my best friend Kim. Together we have four grown up children, Michael 30, Sian 23, Kelly 21 and Tori 18. Originally from the UK, have called NZ my home since 1983. Apart from my interest in martial arts I follow Formula 1, football (soccer), read a lot of 20th century history, especially military history.
Contact Information
- Mobile phone
- 0211652558
- Address
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Greenhithe
North Shore - City / Town
- Auckland
- Country
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New Zealand
- Website
- www.shotokankaratedo.org.nz
Martial/Physical Arts Profile
- Club
- Shotokan Karate-Do Upper Harbour Dojo
- Style
- Shotokan
- Status
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Head Instructor
- Date Started
- 19/01/1974
- Grade
- 4th Dan
Education
- College / University
- University of Life
- Graduation Year
- Undetermined at present
Other Interests
- Favorite Music
- Jazz, swing, classical, 60's pop, crooners, film soundtracks.
- Favorite TV Shows
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Top Gear
Spooks
The Fixer
Barclays Premier League Review
Hustle
Mini Series - Band of Brothers
Re-runs - MASH and Monty Pythons Flying Circus - Favorite Movies
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The Italian Job (the 1969 original)
Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Enter the Dragon
It's a Wonderful Life (every Xmas eve)
The Battle of Britain
The Bourne Trilogy
James Bond (Connery and Craig)
The Pink Panther (the 1963 original)
A Bridge Too Far
We Were Soldiers
Recent activities
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Dojo Kun - literal translation means "training hall rules". There are five main rules that serve as guiding principles for all who train in the dojo. Although they are usually listed in a set order, no one rule is more important than any other. To em ...
21 days ago
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Dojo Kun - literal translation means "training hall rules". There are five main rules that serve as guiding principles for all who train in the dojo. Although they are usually listed in a set order, no one rule is more important than any other. To em ...
21 days ago
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Dojo Kun - literal translation means "training hall rules". There are five main rules that serve as guiding principles for all who train in the dojo. Although they are usually listed in a set order, no one rule is more important than any other. To em ...
21 days ago
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Dojo Kun - literal translation means "training hall rules". There are five main rules that serve as guiding principles for all who train in the dojo. Although they are usually listed in a set order, no one rule is more important than any other. To em ...
21 days ago
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Dojo Kun - literal translation means "training hall rules". There are five main rules that serve as guiding principles for all who train in the dojo. Although they are usually listed in a set order, no one rule is more important than any other. To em ...
21 days ago
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Thank you to those of you who joined this group. Maybe you could recommend the SKUHD group and physicalarts.com to others in the class as we still have only 6 members.
33 days ago
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Sensei Frank started a new discussion When or how do you know you've...Who, if any of us, can truly say that they actually know a kata? What is the ultimate test? Can you start from the last move and perform the kata in reverse? Is that a good measure of mastery?...
55 days ago
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Sensei Frank started a new discussion How Many Human Senses are Ther...Before you say, "Well, five of course!", check out this link: http://www.wisegeek.com/how-many-human-senses-are-there.htm ;)...
69 days ago
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See here: http://shotokankaratedo.org.nz/2012/03/10/flexibility-training/
69 days ago
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ADULT STUDENTS ONLY Kid's, go play outside ... this ain't for you! What does Ikken Hissatsu mean? 'To kill with one blow.' This is a controversial topic and there's a whole lot of stuff on the internet about it. This is just my personal take. Firs ...
70 days ago
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ADULT STUDENTS ONLY Kid's, go play outside ... this ain't for you! What does Ikken Hissatsu mean? 'To kill with one blow.' This is a controversial topic and there's a whole lot of stuff on the internet about it. This is just my personal take. Firs ...
70 days ago
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Sensei Frank replied to a discussion What range do you fight at? an...Depends what you're fighting for I guess; competition medals, street survival, or simply to prove that you're the roughest, toughest, meanest fighter in your dojo. From a karate perspective, if it were in a regulated environment (i.e. with rules), I wouldn't want to get anywhere near a floor fighter because we don't train to fight there. Karate is ...
73 days ago
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Most karate students will know that class begins from the moment they step across the threshold of the dojo door on the way in and does not end until they step across again on the way out. Arguably, training does not end when you walk out of the dojo ...
73 days ago
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I'm going to provide a link to my blog at http://shotokankaratedo.org.nz/2012/02/26/kata-choreography-and-dance/ because it contains embedded YouTube links that I'm not sure how to do here. ...
74 days ago
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Posted a new discussion, Why do you still keep going to class?I was looking through all of your membership applications recently. It was interesting to read some of the reasons why students wanted to begin learni ...
74 days ago
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WARNING For Senior Black-belts & Adult Students Only Parental discretion is recommended. In his book, Meditations on Violence, on the subject of Sudden Acts of Violence, Sgt. Rory Miller says, "... skill at fighting is the least likely to affect ...
75 days ago
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This has been adapted from my blog at http://shotokankaratedo.org.nz/2011/08/20/never-complain-never-explain/. Occasionally, prior to class, I get approached by a student who proceeds to describe in great detail an injury or ailment they are carryin ...
76 days ago
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