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Thirteen. That’s how many letters Iain Abernethy’s name contains. Thirteen is also the number of l...

I’ve said it before. But I’ll say it again: I’m a sucker for quotes. Good quotes, weird quot...

Does success always equal fame? If your answer is yes, how come you have never heard of Donald Bradman? Probab...

The other day somebody asked me how to strength train for Karate. What machines to use, how many sets, how man...

Sometimes you just read those articles that make you go: “Dang it! I wish I had the patience to write th...

Disclaimer: To all you second graders, there are no images in this post. Sorry. And I’m not even sorry. ...

I think I was 15 years old when first I sparred against this evil Russian Ju-jutsu expert. He was smaller than...

Last monday, after class, a sempai came to me and asked me what it was like in ‘ye old days’ if yo...

I’m going to begin this post with a story. What would you say if I told you the following: Once upon a t...

During my almost 6 months stay in Okinawa this year I had the chance of visiting a lot of interesting Karate a...

What do you do on the evenings? And I don’t mean when you train, but after training. Like when you have eate...