Category Archives: Gibbo

So, a month-ish ago, I was confirmed as going to Italy for the World Championships in May! Snoogins! Very very happy with that. Really happy. People who know me know that this is something very valuable to me, and how … Continue reading →

You know when you find that one in a million job, that one that you actually WANT to do, for a company that you WANT to work for, that you see something special in…….well….I just applied for it (I hope … Continue reading →

Another day, another new year! And another tired Gibbo. A little radio silence, for the best part of a month, but that’s mostly because work has been a total bugger recently. Not fixed, but sod it, it’ll be sorted soon. … Continue reading →

I go and have a bomb of a practise….. it was bloody terrible. My movement felt sticky and sideways, I felt out of sorts, and wierdly tired half way through as well. It wasn’t a total disaster. I mean, a … Continue reading →

Sometimes, you realise that you haven’t been enjoying what you’re doing. I realised that, but only because I had started to enjoy kendo again, and I mean really enjoy it. Regular readers will know that at times I am in … Continue reading →

Recently I practised with an old bear of a sensei at a Sunday morning practise that I go to on and off. It turned out that he was actually Ozawa sensei’s sempai, from NittaiDai. Who referred to the big O … Continue reading →

My last post was about, essentially, how shit I have been recently. In fact, maybe my last few. What is strange, is that, following that and the (thankfully very) minor neck injury, I had two frankly awesome practises, one straight … Continue reading →

I’m having a very mixed experience trying to get to grips with re-firing my kendo. Although I am getting all sorts of advice in many different forms right now, I think the overall theme is that (probably as a result … Continue reading →

or the drawing board, but I need a re-think. Yesterday, I was in the single worst shiai that I have experienced since coming to Japan. Out 2-0 in the first round. The result I can live with, but everything that … Continue reading →