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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: karate
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
Funakoshi Purple Belt Status Achieved
Purple. Not the most manly colour I have to admit. Nevertheless, it feels good now find it snugly wrapped around my waist. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged eco-school, funakoshi, grading, karate, mondeor, purple, purple belt
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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 Year-end Beach Training Session
Man, I’m really sad to have missed this, thanks to me not being able to be back in GB in time for the event after work.
Last Friday saw the official final training session of 2010 for the junior karateka at the Gordon’s Bay Funakoshi dojo, as they break up for the holiday period.
(Though the adult classes continue on a Monday and Wednesday evening of course!) Continue reading
Photo Gallery: Funakoshi Karate Grading (2010-12-04)
I achieved my Purple Belt under the Funakoshi Karate International South Africa style in December, at the grading held at the friendly little Mondeor Eco-School in Somerset West. It was a good grading and I was pleased with my performance, … Continue reading
Posted in My Life, Photo Gallery
Tagged eco-school, fkisa, funakoshi, funakoshi karate, grading, karate, mondeor, purple belt
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Boland Year-end Development Championship 2010
On Saturday 6 November, at Scotsdene Sports Hall, Boland Karate held its final senior tournament for 2010, aptly named the Boland Development Championship. A number of styles and dojos were invited to compete, including the Spartans who came all the way down from Ceres in a sizeable number in order to partake in this final bit of friendly rivalry. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts
Tagged boland, bunkai, championship, funakoshi, karate, medal, tournament, unison kata
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Photo Gallery: Boland Karate Year-end Tournament (2010-11-06)
On Saturday 6 November, at Scotsdene Sports Hall, Boland Karate held its final senior tournament for 2010, aptly named the Boland Development Championship. A number of styles and dojos were invited to compete, including the Spartans who came all the … Continue reading
Posted in My Life, Photo Gallery
Tagged boland, bunkai, craig lotter, funakoshi, funakoshi karate international south africa, karate, kigai, tournament, unison kata
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Kumite Training with Sensei Kai
Last Saturday saw the first of two special kumite training classes with German Sensei Kai Ellenberger and Marius Bouwer, held in the Gordon’s Bay Primary School hall. Continue reading
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Tagged funakoshi, funakoshi karate international germany, kai ellenberger, karate, kumite, marius bouwer, sensei, training
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