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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
The Official Opening of Gashuku 2010
The evening of Friday 15 October marked the official start of Funakoshi Karate International South Africa Gashuku 2010, even though technically the event was already three days into its 15 day duration. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts
Tagged dance, funakoshi, gashuku, german, kai ellenberger, karate, marius bouwer, opening ceremony, the barn
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Gashuku 2010 Update: Senior Training Sessions with Sensei Marius and Sensei Kai
Currently we are slap bang in the middle of Funakoshi Karate International South Africa’s official 2010 Gashuku, though truth be told it is not quite in its usual format. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts
Tagged funakoshi, funakoshi karate international germany, gashuku, Gordon's Bay, kagami, karate, marius bouwer, sensei kai, sensei marius, shisome
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Gi Goodness
Pleasingly, after the great debacle of the splitting of my one and only karate gi pants at the worst possible financial moment, I’ve managed to secure a replacement gi in a pretty short space of time – and at an absolute bargain price to boot! Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged bargain, dogi, gi, karate, mr price, mr price sport
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Splittig Gi’s
I seem to be making a habit of this you know. Splitting gi’s (or dogis if you prefer) that is. The latest ripped white training pants to add itself to my notorious list of shredded pants, joined the ranks at … Continue reading
Step Up to Blur, Karate and a little bit of Family Time
Had a good weekend this weekend, a more stay at home one than last weekend of course, but a good one nevertheless. Things kicked off with a rather poor movie choice for Friday evening’s entertainment, with Chantelle and myself opting to catch the newly released Step Up 3. 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
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged birgitt smit, blue belt, funakoshi, grading, grading form, karate, kata
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Coming Up, From Green to Blue
Eish, I didn’t realise that my next grading is literally lurking around the corner. This time around I’ll be pushing for my blue belt under the Funakoshi style and by the sounds of it, the amount of people grading out of my class appears to be pretty small – so I’m quite motivated to do as well as possible come the big day. Continue reading
Posted in Martial Arts, My Life
Tagged belt, blue belt, funakoshi, grading, green belt, karate, kata, next level, syllabus
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Freedom Day and in Pain
So as all we South Africans know, Tuesday was a grand old public holiday, Freedom Day if you’re counting. Now judging by the traffic pattern on Monday, it’s pretty clear that a lot of my fellow Capetonians decided to take Monday off and enjoy an extended long weekend – something I with my 0.25 days of available leave was unfortunately not able to emulate. Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged bertie's mooring, bikini beach, chores, freedom day, karate, leave, lunch, pain, public holiday, sore, south africa, training, walk
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