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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
Funakoshi Blue Belt Status Achieved!
Last Friday has come and gone and apart from the joyous occasion of seeing my child blob in its full black and white ultrasound glory, the other highlight to come out of the day was my successful grading for blue belt under the Funakoshi style. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged birgitt smit, blue belt, funakoshi, grading, grading form, karate, kata
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Coming Up, From Green to Blue
Eish, I didn’t realise that my next grading is literally lurking around the corner. This time around I’ll be pushing for my blue belt under the Funakoshi style and by the sounds of it, the amount of people grading out of my class appears to be pretty small – so I’m quite motivated to do as well as possible come the big day. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged belt, blue belt, funakoshi, grading, green belt, karate, kata, next level, syllabus
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Basic Japanese Karate Terminology
Training with Japanese terminology is proving invaluable in allowing for people from different nationalities and cultures to train with one another, without suffering from any major translation problems. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts
Tagged funakoshi, japanese, karate, techniques, terminology, translation
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Japanese Terminology: Black Belt Dans
However, not all black belts are necessarily equal and as such, there exists a ranking system for them as well, just as there does for the various colour belts that made up your journey to that coveted black. Continue reading
Reaching a Black Belt: Funakoshi Grading Syllabus
Moving to Funakoshi Karate International South Africa comes with a revised grading schedule and more importantly, a revised grading syllabus. Continue reading
Funakoshi Karate Camp Edwin
Why? Well this was to be the weekend of “Camp Edwin”, Funakoshi Karate International South Africa’s first ever karate camp since having broken away from Funakoshi South Africa literally a month or three ago! Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged betty's bay, birgitt smit, camp, campsite, funakoshi, gert smit, gun disarm, karate, knife disarm, mooihawens, origami, reflexology, sensei, training, weekend away
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Funakoshi Karate International South Africa Logo
Because I keep misplacing this damn logo and because it might prove useful to other designers out there, here is a decent quality snapshot of the current Funakoshi Karate International South Africa badge Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, Photos, Art and Image Manipulation
Tagged badge, funakoshi, Gordon's Bay, karate, logo, south africa
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Karate in the Sun
Saturday saw me partaking in our dojo year-end fundraiser, a karate-themed marathon that took place on the old Navy rugby fields here in Gordon’s Bay. The idea was simple enough. Split the dojo down the middle into two teams, appoint a team leader for each team and then put them alongside one another to battle it out in a 3 hour long karate marathon. Continue reading
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Tagged funakoshi, fundraiser, Gordon's Bay, karate, marathon
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