Thursday, 23 April 2026

Quote of the Week - 23rd April

Something from O Sensei this week.

Always try to be in communion with heaven and earth; then the world will appear in its true light.Self-conceit will vanish, and you can blend with any attack.

Morihei Ueshiba

Practise on Monday 27th April

Last Monday we practised three yokomen-uchi tenkan techniques - shihonage, kotegaeshi and tenchinage. All projections. On 27th April we shall practise some yokomen-uchi tenkan applications.

Margaret 

Friday, 17 April 2026

Quote of the Week - 17th April

An interesting quotation this week.

You control your body. It does not control you. You shut out the fear and emotion and physical stress and you do the thing you dread.

Tim Grover

Thursday, 9 April 2026

Quote of the Week - 9th April

Remember Alan's instruction to "Smile"?

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

Rudyard Kipling 

Friday, 3 April 2026

Quote of the Week - 3rd April

A smile for the holiday weekend.

My computer beat me at chess... so I beat it at kickboxing.

Demetri Martin 

Thursday, 26 March 2026

Quote of the Week - 26th March

Something for instructors to consider......

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Cicero

Thursday, 19 March 2026

Quote of the Week - 19th March

Encouragement to keep practising?

To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe