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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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Kyu 2 Brown Belt Achieved!
Pleasingly, despite my reduced commitment to my Karate training regime, I was allowed to grade the Saturday before last, grading for Brown Kyu 2, in other words Brown two stripes (where I was currently Brown three stripes). The grading took … Continue reading
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Tagged belt, birgitt smit, brown belt, eco-school, fkisa, funakoshi, funakoshi karate international, grading, karate, kyu, modeor, sensei
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My Karate Training Dilemma
I sit with a bit of a dilemma on my hands with regards to my karate training, and the decision is a big one – should I continue or should I stop? It’s important to understand why this dilemma has … Continue reading
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Tagged birgitt smit, brown belt, funakoshi, funakoshi karate international, grading, karate, kyu, Martial Arts, syllabus
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Bikini Beach Funakoshi Training
Friday 11 February saw the perfect way to de-stress after a long week of work, with a Bikini Beach training session to kick off the weekend. Continue reading
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 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
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Tagged birgitt smit, blue belt, funakoshi, grading, grading form, karate, kata
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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
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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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