ENG: When I opened the gates to my dojo in 2011 there were not many people joining it, but the group grew slowly and steady. The OG-plankowner, who was always by my side back then was Marc. A great advisor, a guy who kicked my butt when needed, a friend… on and
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ENG: The training year 2022 has ended on December 15th. To be precise it ended on December 6th with our last real training. 2022 was a very emotional year for me. Healthwise I had some really tenacious injuries and on the emotional side I lost my mother who lost her
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ENG: I was thinking of writing a long blog, but all I feel is gratitude towards the people who recommended me. Will this change anything? I don’t know. Most of all does it matter? It is surely a personal milestone and also a new obligation to study and train more.
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ENG Well, now it happened… we have a hard lockdown. Just like the first one, I am pretty sure that school will not re-open on the proclaimed date. I feel really sorry for all the industries suffering from these (necessary!!!!!) steps. I wonder when we will re-open. Feeling a bit
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DE: Was unser Dojo meiner Meinung nach u.a. auszeichnet ist, dass sich die Mitglieder untereinander verstehen. Man ist nicht mit allen befreundet, aber die Beziehung/der Kontakt beginnt nicht mit dem Öffnen der Dojo-Tür und endet auch nicht mit dem Abgrüßen. Wir haben untereinander ein tolles Verhältnis und man trifft sich
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ENG: Twelve years ago… …I achieved the rank of a 6th kyu and was happy to simply train, receiving instructions, was scolded when I talked too much and moved like a pregnant yak (this somehow sounds sick, right?). My then teacher Ricardo had to leave town for a week and
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