Well, my dear chums, it has been a long time since I wrote anything on this website. Hard to explain why, but truth be told, for some...

The Fab Four, back in the day, probably had no idea just how their classic pop ballad would one day translate over the decades into the...

There is absolutely no doubt that this has been a most unique and challenging twelve months. Nobody could have predicted what 2020 was...

I have been, I think, very fortunate looking back on just how my life and times have been influenced by my life-long journey with...

So, it is exactly 8 weeks and two days since I had my operation at the Priory hospital. It is 2:45am and try as I might, I cannot sleep....

There is no doubt about it that the enforced lockdown and mass closure of karate dojos all over the world has been a huge blow to those...

I was quite simply lost for words this week when I read a post on Facebook that Sensei Bob Poynton had died suddenly. I was surprised at...

Funny thing about living a life as a martial artist, and as a cancer patient. Personally, I always willingly choose the former rather...

It is always an interesting experience, as one year draws to a close, to look back with fondness on a year in life achieved, and all that...

I watched a brilliant couple of documentaries about life and culture in Japan. One was called “The Art of Japanese Life” presented by Dr...