New Year's Resolutions - 16/03/2010

Antonio Salveta & Darryl Murray

This is rather later than we'd intended but holds nontheless. We spoke on new year's eve and, among the wanderings of our conversation, we pondered in what directions our martial studies would take us in the new year. Eventually, we decided to make certain new year's resolutions on behalf of ourselves and the club:

1) Groo-oo-min' Standards: Wherever possible, full dogi is expected of all students in all classes hitherto. The noted effect of this has been an inc...
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Training Resumes. - 02/02/2010

Antonio Salveta

I and the other instructors hope sincerely that exam time went well for you all and it is our great pleasure to announce the resumption of training as of Tuesday, February 2nd, 20:00.

We look forward to seeing you all on the mats, and to another good term of training!

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Good luck for exam time. - 01/01/2010

NUIM Self-Defence instructors & alumni.

The NUIM Self-Defence instructors would like to wish all of our students the best of luck in their exams and a bright start to the year 2010....
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On sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs. - 31/12/2009

Antonio Salveta

Coming into the new year, I thought I'd post this up as a good example of the kind of thinking we should all be putting into our personal safety. The writer of this article, and many of the situations described therein, are American and, while not unique to the United States, at least far more of an issue there than over here in Ireland but the core message is well worth taking some time to consider.

http://www.killology.com/sheep_dog.htm

Have a happy and safe new y...
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Stay safe this Christmas. - 12/12/2009

Antonio Salveta

'tis the season to be jolly, merry, blind-drunk, and the victim of any of a number of crimes that spike around this time of year so I thought I'd pitch in with some of the more well-known tips for keeping safe around this time of year. The recession has hit criminals and predators just as hard as it has hit honest citizens so desperation has made them more daring than they would normally be. Most of these tips are no-brainers but if I don't mention them, someone will wind up thinking they're ter...
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