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Classic Student Quotes

Steve Rowe

Let’s look at a few classics. I’m going away for a few weeks so have cancelled my payments.That’s fine but you appreciate that your payments reserve your place in class so you lose that and we have a waiting list to fill your place that you can join when you return. I’d love to train with you but you’re too far away.I went to China to learn what I’m teaching you, but do you want me to come round to your house and move your arms and legs for you? I’d love to come on your seminars but the only … Continue reading Classic Student Quotes

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How To Know You’ve Grown Old

Steve Rowe

How to know you’ve grown old while watching TV:You don’t know if you’ve seen the series beforeYou can’t remember what happened in the last episodeYou have your phone open to ‘cast’ so you can find what else the actor’s been inYou cringe at all kinds of explicit sex scenes even when you’re on your ownYou cringe at tampon adverts about the ‘flow’ exclaiming “I don’t need to know that!”You cringe at adverts for ED medicationsYou say “Christ, he/she’s got old!” When you see an actor you recognise, forgetting that you have as wellYou put on something you want to watch … Continue reading How To Know You’ve Grown Old

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25 Signs You’re Ageing In The Martial Arts

Steve Rowe

You know you’re getting old in the Martial Arts when: You realize that those who taught you and many of your fellow students that you started training with are dead. You get out of bed and your first fifteen steps are like the “dawn of man” poster. The other students call you “Grampa” and you realize that you are one. You’re shaving your Father in the mirror. “Designer stubble” makes you look homeless. Your Karate belt gets shorter and training doesn’t make you slimmer or fitter just out of breath and more tired. Training on a cold day your head … Continue reading 25 Signs You’re Ageing In The Martial Arts