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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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Tag Archives: funakoshi
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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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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Stomach versus Sunset Spur
All of a sudden my well functioning stomache which had played its part so perfectly over the rest of the weekend, was reduced to a quivering, liquidity mess and coupled with headaches and a seemingly draining of all the blood in my face. Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged burger, camp, cramps, diarrhea, funakoshi, Gordon's Bay, headache, karate, spur, stomach pain, sunset spur
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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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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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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
