April 24th, 2012 
rick 
So I eat a lot of chicken breast in my quest for leanness, I’ve cooked it many ways but more recently I have found the holy grail when it comes to cooking chicken breast so I thought I would share it with you on my website, because I’m good like that!!
April 12th, 2012 rick 
So why is faster recovery so important apart from the fact you hurt less I hear you ask, the faster your muscles recover the sooner you can train them again without overreaching, the more you train them the bigger they get the faster your metabolism the more fat your body burns at rest, it’s like a mini ecosystem and a powerful one at that.
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Tags: supplements, weight loss 
No Comments » March 30th, 2012 rick 
Lets face it … being a white belt sucks, walking around in your pearly whites with a belt that blends in is pretty unimpressive so as you can imagine I was as eager as ever to take my first grading down at the Buntingford, Hertfordshire karate DOJO.
Posted in All Blogs, Budo Ryu, Training & Fitness Tags: budo ryu, karate, training diary No Comments » January 20th, 2012 rick 
This week we were introduced to stick fighting techniques at Budo Ryu, we were asked to bring in broom handles as they are a similar size (4ft) to a “JO” which is the proper name for a fighting stick
December 7th, 2011 rick 
Well it was the last Christmas school play of the year I will be attending as the other kids are either too old or too young, it gets busier and busier at these things each year I swear, still it was a cracking play.
December 7th, 2011 rick 
There’s no secret I’ve battled with my weight since my mid 20′s, the problem probably stemmed back to my childhood and school life, I was always a lanky desperately skinny child who got bullied quite badly, you know who you all were … shame on you!
December 6th, 2011 rick 
Another night in the dojo complete but feeling the pain that’s for sure! When I got knocked of my R1 down Baker Street a few years back now I managed to break my wrist again (having broken it in another motorbike accident when I was 14) and it’s definitely not been the same since.
December 6th, 2011 rick 
Jaycee’s first proper school play with nursery, reception and little stars children at Millfield First and Nursery School at Christmas 2012
December 3rd, 2011 rick 
I’ve done many variations of martial arts over the years including Judo when I was a kid, Shotokwan, Kick Boxing and MMA but due to age, time, work, family all the other excuses I can think of to use I gave up for a good 10 years … until now!
November 30th, 2011 rick 
Well this is the default post that you get when you setup Wordpress for the first time so I thought what the hell, I’ll leave it in and personalise it a bit, lazy? … I guess so!
