Bursting bubbles
Published: Mon, 06/20/16
Hi Short message today because I would like you to read something that is linked below. I have been trying to summarise what I think is important in…
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Led into temptation
Published: Wed, 06/15/16
Hi In Yeovil, not too far from here, there is a specialist tool shop which carries a huge range of fasteners. So when I need nuts, bolts, washers,…
Some fall on stony ground
Published: Tue, 06/14/16
Hi Our garden got a bit neglected over the early months of this year. Not quite sure why, I guess we were very busy and the focus just wasn’t there.
Accepting ones fete (and a short training video)
Published: Tue, 05/31/16
Hi On the 11th of June we have our local fete and I have been asked to provide a Stav demonstration. Of course I am glad to have the opportunity to…
An Englishman watches baseball for the first time
Published: Mon, 05/30/16
Hi I have been a bit quiet this month, sorry about that but I was away in the USA and then Norfolk for over 10 days and there has been a lot of…
Learn to fight like a Norse god
Published: Mon, 05/02/16
Hi There is a story in the Norse Mythology which relates to Frey, son of Njord and brother of the beautiful Freya. Frey surreptitiously caught a…
Learning something new
Published: Tue, 04/26/16
Hi I learned a Jo kata on Saturday. We don’t tend to use kata in Stav, just e ercises and then two person drills. There are good reasons for training…
Today is black mat day
Published: Tue, 04/19/16
Hi Nine black 30mm thick training mats are due to arrive today. Over the past three years Venetia and I have been transforming the Stav Centre from a…
****** foreigners!
Published: Sat, 03/26/16
Hi Foreigners with a warlike religion and speaking little or no English. Landing on our shores without permission. Stealing, raiding, allegations…
Getting old, cold water and being stuck
Published: Fri, 03/18/16
Hi Yesterday I restored the flow of hot water to a walk in bath. One of my clients is an elderly lady who had a walk in bath installed ten years ago.