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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
Upping the Level: Green
On Saturday morning I successfully graded for my Green belt in Funakoshi Karate, the nicest grading I’ve undertaken yet, simply because Chantelle took the time to come and support me at karate, the very first time she has done so since I’ve returned to the sport following my knee blow-out all that while ago. Continue reading
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Tagged funakoshi, green belt, karate, masonic hall, strand
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Kung Fu: Roll on Impact
Almost every physical, fighting discipline you will be taught how to roll correctly, an invaluable skill that I’ve had to use more than once in my life thanks to my knack for tripping over things when running without looking where I’m going. But how does one roll correctly? Continue reading
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Tagged kung fu, lessen impact on leap, rolling technique, tuck and roll
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Congrats Anke!
So following on last week’s heads up on the Commonwealth Karate Championships held here in South Africa, it was a great pleasure to learn last night that young Anke walked away with two medals from the tournament, namely Gold for … Continue reading
Commonwealth Karate Championships 2009
Just a note, but if you’re hanging around the Johannesburg area this weekend with nothing to do, why don’t you pop along to the Standard Bank Area to catch the 5th Commonwealth Karate Championships, a world-class karate event hosted proudly … Continue reading
Funakoshi National Championships and I (In Pictures!)
Of course, I first blogged regarding the 2009 Funakoshi National Championships held in Somerset West quite some time ago already, but the other day Maria (who also trains at the Gordon’s Bay Funakoshi dojo) alerted me to the fact that a whole heap of photos have finally gone up on the main South African Funakoshi website as well, so of course as a trained blogger I feel the unshakable urge to point you guys to them as well! Continue reading
The Importance of Accuracy
The strong man is dangerous.The fast man is dominant.But the accurate man is deadly. Why? Leverage and technique can nullify a strong man.Distance and timing can neutralize a fast man.An accurate man however is always deadly because everything he does … Continue reading
The Next Grade: Achieved
So, moving up to the next grade was successfully achieved last night with a completion of my second ever Funakoshi grading, held once again at the Gordon’s Bay Primary School. The weather outside was pretty miserable and the rain on … Continue reading
Funakoshi Karate S.A. Championships 2009
Okay, so I promised to leave a note on this a while ago already, but life being life, I simply haven’t gotten around to it yet – so now I will. Back on Saturday the 1st of August, Ryan pitched … Continue reading
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