karate and cancer

What Karate Really Meant To Me During Lockdown: Project 6th Dan

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

The Frustration And Challenge And Appreciation Of Not Being Able To Train In Karate

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...

Shotokan, Cancer, And Zanshin....

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

Karate, Japan, Culture And Karma

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

Shotokan Karate, Pain, and Cancer... A Close relationship

One of the great ironies that I find when I am teaching karate is to ensure that, of course, all health and safety rules are observed. In...

Cancer: A Battle, Not A Sprint

So, it has been an extraordinarily interesting couple of weeks in the life and times of yours truly. I have had the unique joy of...

Karate and Cancer: Update Number 3

So here we are in January 2019, and I am delighted to say that Enso, like myself, has survived a year. Hard to think that just over a...

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