Let’s talk about violence. Violence is what I do, at Judo, and have done to me. You can dress it up all you want, emphasise the politeness, the courtesy, the humour, the remarkable amounts of clothing we wear, but the simple truth is this; once a week (And twice a week every other week) I’m …
The title could refer to the Doctor as much as the Apollo spacesuit filled with alien technology and a terrified little girl at the center of the story. He revels in the impossibility too, gleeful even as he arranges his own unknowing funeral party and even more so when he talks his way out of, …
I don’t go to Judo on Fridays. I will, when I’m fit enough. When I’m thinner, I’ll definitely go to Judo on Fridays. When my knees hurt less, then I’ll go to Judo on Fridays. Of course I want to go on Fridays, I love Judo. It’s fun, it’s exhausting, it gives me confidence and …
There’s a motion that lies at the heart of a lot of Judo. It looks, for all the world, like ballroom dancing, both of you holding on with both hands as you turn and turn, pull and push, each leading and following. It looks completely graceful and easy, right up until the point where one …
The Judo Diaries: Week 13 – Vengence of the Orange on A Toothpick
It works like this; in order to practice Judo properly you need to be insured. You are, after all, both being thrown and throwing people to the ground with tremendous force in a variety of different ways. Do it one step wrong you break a limb, do it two steps wrong, you break a neck …
The Judo Diaries: Week 12 – The Pussycat Dolls, My Books and My Block
I’m a yellow belt. That means on the most basic level that I know how to do five throws (Osoto Otoshi, Deashi Barai, Uki Goshi, Uchi Mata and Tai Otoshi and note I said know how to do them not how to spell them) and five hold downs (Kesa Gatame, Broken Scarf Hold, Chest Hold…the …