http://www.craiglotter.co.za My life and fanboy musings about everything Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:30:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2012/01/23/back-to-my-karate/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2012/01/23/back-to-my-karate/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:15:05 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=9490 Last Wednesday saw me make my return to Funakoshi karate, for my first training session of 2012, after having enjoyed a nice month and bit holiday break from all the punching, kicking and shifting around. The break had been good, … Continue reading →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2012/01/23/back-to-my-karate/feed/ 0 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/12/11/kyu-2-brown-belt-achieved/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/12/11/kyu-2-brown-belt-achieved/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:30:55 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=8412 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 →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/12/11/kyu-2-brown-belt-achieved/feed/ 0 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/10/20/my-karate-training-dilemma/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/10/20/my-karate-training-dilemma/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:15:20 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=7843 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 →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/10/20/my-karate-training-dilemma/feed/ 2 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/10/13/funakoshi-karate-international-syllabus-brown-belt-3rd-kyu-to-brown-belt-2nd-kyu/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/10/13/funakoshi-karate-international-syllabus-brown-belt-3rd-kyu-to-brown-belt-2nd-kyu/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:00:09 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=7783 The following items make up the required syllabus in order to grade up from a brown belt 3rd kyu to a brown belt 2nd kyu level. The items are divided up into Saiten Kentai Waza (Grading Forms), Katas, Basic Kihon … Continue reading →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/10/13/funakoshi-karate-international-syllabus-brown-belt-3rd-kyu-to-brown-belt-2nd-kyu/feed/ 0 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/08/19/training-regime-restart/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/08/19/training-regime-restart/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:30:09 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=7170 Right, time to get back into the faithful old training regime, now that Spring seems to be finally creeping up on us, and all the Winter chest pains, bugs and coughs appear to have finally deserted me. The karateka have … Continue reading →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/08/19/training-regime-restart/feed/ 0 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/08/02/lets-resume-then-shall-we/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/08/02/lets-resume-then-shall-we/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=6983 Okay, I guess it is time that I resume with some live life blogging again (thank you my carefully crafted blog buffer – an intricate process I might add, filled with pen marks and printed out calendar pages if you … Continue reading →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/08/02/lets-resume-then-shall-we/feed/ 0 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/07/20/joke-factory-karate-tournament-referees/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/07/20/joke-factory-karate-tournament-referees/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:00:35 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=6435 A grandmother was tasked with taking her eager young grandson to partake in his first ever karate tournament. On arriving, the granny noted that the tournament organiser appeared rather understaffed, and so approached the main officials' table. Continue reading →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/07/20/joke-factory-karate-tournament-referees/feed/ 0 http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/04/25/martial-arts-in-action-delivering-an-axe-kick/ http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/04/25/martial-arts-in-action-delivering-an-axe-kick/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:00:03 +0000 Craig Lotter http://www.craiglotter.co.za/?p=5981 Axe kicks are a little debatable as to whether or not they are actually effective as an offense, and you often only really find them coming out towards the end of bouts as the combatants tire and their opponent's defence lowers a little. Continue reading →]]> http://www.craiglotter.co.za/2011/04/25/martial-arts-in-action-delivering-an-axe-kick/feed/ 0