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What, who, where am I?!?
Craig Lotter is a web developer based in Gordon's Bay, South Africa, who seems completely incapable of shaking off that pesky inner child within, the one that forces him to love all things animated or hand drawn.
The Rugged Rock of Craig contains snippets of his life, popular culture and all the important things like anime, manga, games and comic books. The CodeUnit of Craig on the other hand contains the more serious stuff like code snippets and tutorials, while the House of C chronicles his foray into the world of web comics.
For which it never seems he has enough time anyway.
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Category Archives: Martial Arts
Our Link to the Funakoshi Style
Most of you will know that the Funakoshi karate discipline or style was created by a South African in the late 1960′s, a man by the name of Edwin Ward. Soke Dai Hanshi (Founder and head of the style) Ward left our shores in the 1970′s to begin a new life in Canada, though not before he had left sufficiently trained students to continue growing the style in South Africa. Continue reading
Funakoshi Year-end Beach Training Session
Man, I’m really sad to have missed this, thanks to me not being able to be back in GB in time for the event after work.
Last Friday saw the official final training session of 2010 for the junior karateka at the Gordon’s Bay Funakoshi dojo, as they break up for the holiday period.
(Though the adult classes continue on a Monday and Wednesday evening of course!) Continue reading
Boland Year-end Development Championship 2010
On Saturday 6 November, at Scotsdene Sports Hall, Boland Karate held its final senior tournament for 2010, aptly named the Boland Development Championship. A number of styles and dojos were invited to compete, including the Spartans who came all the way down from Ceres in a sizeable number in order to partake in this final bit of friendly rivalry. Continue reading
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Tagged boland, bunkai, championship, funakoshi, karate, medal, tournament, unison kata
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Kumite Training with Sensei Kai
Last Saturday saw the first of two special kumite training classes with German Sensei Kai Ellenberger and Marius Bouwer, held in the Gordon’s Bay Primary School hall. Continue reading
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Tagged funakoshi, funakoshi karate international germany, kai ellenberger, karate, kumite, marius bouwer, sensei, training
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The Official Opening of Gashuku 2010
The evening of Friday 15 October marked the official start of Funakoshi Karate International South Africa Gashuku 2010, even though technically the event was already three days into its 15 day duration. Continue reading
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Tagged dance, funakoshi, gashuku, german, kai ellenberger, karate, marius bouwer, opening ceremony, the barn
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Gashuku 2010 Update: Senior Training Sessions with Sensei Marius and Sensei Kai
Currently we are slap bang in the middle of Funakoshi Karate International South Africa’s official 2010 Gashuku, though truth be told it is not quite in its usual format. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts
Tagged funakoshi, funakoshi karate international germany, gashuku, Gordon's Bay, kagami, karate, marius bouwer, sensei kai, sensei marius, shisome
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Gi Goodness
Pleasingly, after the great debacle of the splitting of my one and only karate gi pants at the worst possible financial moment, I’ve managed to secure a replacement gi in a pretty short space of time – and at an absolute bargain price to boot! Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged bargain, dogi, gi, karate, mr price, mr price sport
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Splittig Gi’s
I seem to be making a habit of this you know. Splitting gi’s (or dogis if you prefer) that is. The latest ripped white training pants to add itself to my notorious list of shredded pants, joined the ranks at … Continue reading
