Art or violence?
Published: Tue, 04/17/18
Hi ,I was recently invited to join yet another group on Facebook. This one seems to be trying to take a broad based approach to martial arts and the…
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Principles first
Published: Tue, 04/10/18
Hi So, the government has made its knee jerk reaction to an apparent rise in violent crime in London. The main policy? Clamping down on ‘knife crime’.
Waking up with sore ears
Published: Tue, 04/03/18
Hi I woke up on Sunday and Monday morning with sore ears. Nothing too serious, just a bit tender at the top of each ear where the lobe meets my head.
Broken link yesterday
Published: Sat, 03/31/18
Hi ,Sorry, the link to the HDC event in yesterday's post is wrong, don't know what happened there, anyway it should be http://hdc.stavcamp.org/Quick…
Recognising the monster
Published: Fri, 03/30/18
Hi ,Cognitive Dissonance or CD (I don’t like typing long words too often), is the state we find ourselves in when what we currently believe is…
What is Cognitive Dissonance?
Published: Thu, 03/29/18
Hi ,I had a response to yesterday’s message e pressing interest in what I had to say about Cognitive Dissonance. Lets get the easy bit out of the way…
Your most effective weapon
Published: Wed, 03/28/18
Hi There is a chap called Frank Docherty who teaches English Martial Arts and is very active on social media, particularly Facebook and Youtube. He is…
One thing you can rely on
Published: Mon, 03/26/18
Hi Astronomy is one of those activities which used to strike me as nerdish in the e treme. All that staying up late at night looking at tiny points of…
Wishing you a Happy Vernal Equinox
Published: Tue, 03/20/18
Hi Today is the vernal equino . That means that today is officially the first day of spring. At least the sun is shining, I guess winter was just…
Keeping in touch with your inner kitten
Published: Thu, 03/15/18
Hi ,Sometimes soon I will be having a conversation with a journalist from Beverley Life, a local monthly newspaper. The plan is to run a feature on…