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More fascinating sporty links…
Developing a Self-Reliant Athlete – Winter 2009
This article discusses the role of the coach and what their responsibility is to the development of a self-reliant athlete. (USOC Olympic Coach E-Magazine)
A Three-Step Formula for Competition Readiness: From Preparation to Execution – Winter 2009
USOC Sport Psychologist Sean McCann determines what factors are present when athletes underperform and [...]
Fantastic info for elders & betters
Not so relevant for our current membership but it’s so good it’s worth sharing with parents/grandparents (with delecacy!) Actually, I suspect everyone could learn something from this site!
This guide shows many types of exercise and physical activity. It also has lots of tips to encourage activity in ways that suit different lifestyles, interests, health, and [...]
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We’ve done something big again! The dojo has become so demanding of Chris’s time we had to either scale back or go whole hog! In the spirit of Kyokushin (or Gower!) we of course went whole hog! Effective late Jan, Chris has ditched his day job so he can concentrate entirely on the dojo.
This [...]
End of year
I’m a bit blogged out after catching up on the last few months but I’ve been wanting to blog the end of year gradings because they were a real highlight of the year, seniors and, especially, juniors. It’s been almost 10 years now so we’ve watched (sometimes helplessly, sometimes with astonishment) as the culture at [...]
National Black Belt Grading at MVD
Once again we were pleased to host the National black belt grading. MVD had 4 candidates. Sempai Conway & myself (Jill) for Nidan & Sempai’s Estelle & Haines for Shodan. It’s almost faded into a distant memory now but the first highlight for me was being at the head of the run. A fantastic day [...]



