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DAY FOUR of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 12th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY FOUR of my journey second to nun…chuck

While learning her nunchaku kata, She sobbed when I asked ‘What’s the matta?’ ‘My head’s been nunchucked And my elbow is ****ed, Can’t do it, I quit and that’s thatta!’ And that kinda sorta sums up my progress to date! Just kidding – about the quitting bit at least. I don’t care how much you laugh at me, giggle, snigger and snort. I will NOT give up. My mantra for this week has now changed. I WILL learn this kata, I WILL learn this kata, I WILL learn this kata … Until I’m laughed out of the...

DAY THREE of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 11th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY THREE of my journey second to nun…chuck

How many nuns would a nunchuck chuck if a nunchuck could chuck nuns? It’s Day Three! The goal? Strike 1 x 500 and Strike 2 x 100. Yesterday I discovered a new meaning to the term ‘Three strikes and you’re out!’ as I attempted to go for KO to round off my nunchuck ‘spinning’ technique. Result? I’m leaving Strike 3 for another day. It’s a short summary today because – you’re not going to believe this – things actually went quite smoothly. Circumstances forced me to find a spot indoors to practice...

DAY TWO of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 10th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY TWO of my journey second to nun…chuck

The summary of today’s efforts could be put into one word: OUCH!!! A brief look at my goals for today’s journey into nunchuckdom … STRIKE 1 X 500 (Yes – upping the stakes a little) STRIKE 2 X 100 For the most part I was simply trying to draw on yesterday’s gleaned wisdom (which, as you can imagine, didn’t take too long …). Let’s take today’s goals one by one: Think ‘wrist’! Yes, I definitely tried to do that and when I managed to do it there were glimmers of occasional hope! It works! It really...

DAY ONE of my journey second to nun…chuck

Written by amanda on 9th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on DAY ONE of my journey second to nun…chuck

The plan: Rise at dawn, two hours solid nunchuck training before breakfast, one hour training midday, two hours before bed. Don’t be ridiculous! That’s next week – when I’m doing aerials! Five or ten minutes a day should make some kind of difference, shouldn’t it? (Shouldn’t it?) – Considering I’m going from NO minutes a day? Well – ask me in seven days and I’ll answer that myself! But for complete no-hopers like myself, I think any kind of consistency must be good. Let’s begin. Simple! 250 basic...

Introduction to my Nunchaku journey

Written by amanda on 8th June 2011. Posted in Journey second to nun ... chuk!. No Comments on Introduction to my Nunchaku journey

Oh yes! Barmy as it may seem – and things could get even wackier, I warn you – I am determined to somehow get to grips with my new friend Nunchaku before said friend reduces me to the depths of utmost humiliation in front of a small but highly critical audience as I attempt to conquer the basic techniques required for my next karate grading. In preparation for said forthcoming event – and after a truly pathetic effort on my behalf to persuade this pair of uncommunicative and decidedly uncooperative...

A personal ramble on karate and kickboxing

Written by amanda on 19th May 2011. Posted in Anything goes. No Comments on A personal ramble on karate and kickboxing

I’ve never really considered myself a whinge. I tend to mingle better in the JFDI camp and I think that’s what’s got me through many of life’s wee challenges, but we’re all allowed have a whine every now and again, aren’t we? At least once a week? Twice? So I was having my general moan about my body’s recent blatant refusal to do anything it’s told to do, which is causing me no end of grief in my kickboxing and karate classes. My ultra-patient friend at the other end of my whining interrupted...

26 reasons not to run a marathon

Written by amanda on 12th April 2011. Posted in Anything goes. 2 Comments on 26 reasons not to run a marathon

26 reasons not to run a marathon Why not 26.2 reasons, you ask? Well, because there are at least .2 reasons why you should! That’s why. One is because it’s a pretty amazing challenge to overcome – and the second is because when you cross that finish line, for one second you are completely invincible! So – the 26 reasons not to run? I’ll leave those up to you. You already know what they are. That’s not to say that the journey to invincibility is not challenging. What a joke! But it is also, I think,...

Plea from an Irish Coffee

Written by amanda on 17th March 2011. Posted in Anything goes. No Comments on Plea from an Irish Coffee

It’s St Patrick’s Day. Please help me. I’m … well, I’m not too tall, but I’m dark and handsome, I wear a very fetching cream-coloured hat and, let’s face it, I’m really quite delectable. But I’m constantly abused. People treat me like a birthday cake – something to be played with and decorated. At other times I feel like a fairground attraction. I’m not! I’m quite wonderful just the way I am and I’m begging you to help inform the public that I don’t like being mucked around with. I give far more...

St Patrick’s Day – have you been jinxed?

Written by amanda on 17th March 2011. Posted in Anything goes. No Comments on St Patrick’s Day – have you been jinxed?

It’s that time of year again – St Patrick’s Day, when many unsuspecting humans, undoubtedly under the spell of some evil, giggling leprechaun, find themselves drinking green drinks, searching cupboards for green clothing and talking about the luck of the Irish and the cuteness of leprechauns. Wakey! Wakey! You’ve been jinxed! Of course, if you want to drink green Guinness, nobody’s stopping you, but don’t be fooled by the warped cutesy-ness of the leprechaun depicted on your pint glass or on...

And God created ….

Written by amanda on 18th February 2011. Posted in Things mothersome .... No Comments on And God created ….

Just a quickie – while we seem to be having a week recognising the lack of my children’s biblical knowledge. I don’t think this blog can conceivably omit Sebastian’s priceless contribution. On the subject of creationism, I hasten to inform you that Adam and Eve were NOT the first people created by God. Long before then, Sebastian has reliably informed us, God created Romeo and Juliet!!!! However, I’m relieved to know that he’s not alone in his knowledge of the...