……………And the colour was Blue Time for another blog as I have just past my Blue belt (5th grade) grading. A bit of a quick one to be honest as I went through a lot of thoughts in my previous blog. Blue belt was a really important belt for me. It feels like finally I am getting somewhere with all the training. Obviously a bit more time ... read more... ->

  Click, click, click……….. Not so long ago I turned 42 (in April). If you read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams it says that 42 is the Meaning of life, the Universe and everything. If you have no idea what I am on about, take a look here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aboZctrHfK8   Not quite sure whether I ... read more... ->

January 3rd 2010, Grade Status 6th Kyu, Belt: Green, Grading? Sometime in June 2010. “The List” So first of all I would like to thank everyone who has approached me and told me something positive about the blog. Its nice to hear and it gives me the feeling that perhaps I should continue for a while! So for sometime I have been promising ... read more... ->

Dec 17 2009, Grade Status: ?, Belt ?, Grading Yesterday evening. So for those of you who were not at the grading last night, how did the grading go?! Weeeeeeellllll, as with all gradings you are as nervous as hell. I was too nervous for example to even drive to the dojo with my own daughter, she came with some friends of mine whose son also... read more... ->

Date:December 8th 2009. Grade status: 7th Kyu, yellow belt. Grading: Any time very very soon! My name is Savage. Richard Savage. I guess being a Britt I should start off my blog like this. I was born in Wales, UK, grew up, studied, trained karate (more on that later). After studies I lived and worked in Paris France for 6 years where I met... read more... ->