It took us 10 months to train for this, twice a week, but both Marina and I passed our orange belt Karate/ Kickboxing gradings with a grade B. Not bad for a fat old fart with multiple sclerosis, even if I say so myself.
Here we are, very sweaty and dishevelled, after sparring. Warner and Sean comprehensively kicked my arse.
Woe betide anyone who disagrees with me now about the accessibility of microformats or PDF!
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Yeah but who’s the hardest? We should be told.
May 5th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
The one on the right for sure, Glenn… I’m a couple of feet taller and she can still kick higher than I can.
May 5th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Is that sparring with each other? Pick on someone your own size!
Congratulations.
May 5th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Tell Marina she looks very smart!
Congratulatuions
May 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
you are a show off!Only kiding
May 6th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Yeah, but the microformats gang is packin’ heat.
I kid! But only because I love.
May 7th, 2007 at 1:45 am
My money’s on the one in the middle
May 7th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Apparently Redux, Pixeldiva and Dan Champion all reckon you’re a big nancy boy and they could take you blindfolded, with one arm tied behind their back. Honest, guv.
If you should happen to bump into them - say in the next day or two - you might want to exact appropriate revenge.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Thanks for the tip Jack. Do you reckon Ian Lloyd was also similarly disrespectful? They might be the recipients of a turning backfist or a thrust sidekick….
May 8th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Lloydi might also have been similarly disrespectful. And might have done a bit of Wado Ryu Karate in the past too.
(Just try to overlook the fact that he broke his wrist on first Karate lesson by running into a wall. Yes, you read that right.)
May 9th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Well done, mate!
May 13th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
You go, Bruce!
May 21st, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Some nice and colourful uniforms you’ve got there, Bruce.
June 8th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
You should have seen the rainbow-like effect on my nose last week when I took a round kick to the proboscis. Ouch …
June 12th, 2007 at 6:58 am
I am Bruce’s Instructor. He amazed me last week by actually sparring in the ring for 2 x 2 minute rounds. People who are not afflicted by this draining disease don’t have half the heart that Bruce has. Pure determination and hard work from Bruce has made me very proud and pleased. When he first started, he had no confidence in his abilities at all. Two years later, he is starting to show his potential.
Marina cried two months ago. She wouldn’t get in the ring at all. Last week, she boxed like she had been training for years.
Well done both!
June 22nd, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Cheers Pete - appreciate it mate!
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:10 pm