Western media is tying itself in knots. Is President V V Putin offering citizenship to any foreigner with military experience who volunteers for the Ukrainian front to fight against Kiev? If so, count me in, Volya.

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One hears that Tommy Robinson has been attacked in prison. This should be no surprise  but what should happen next to the corrupt judge who jailed him?
New Scotland Yard delenda est.

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To Stranraer on the luxurious Stena Line where I sit in first class and have the pleasure to meet Shona who runs the place sans pareil. Thence to the train and chav hell. In front of me is a young Mum with two feral infants. "NATHAAAAN stop it". pause. "JORAAAAN, you want some fizzy drink?" Next to me is a heavily pregnant Glaswegian (with brat). ( Read more... )

For my 500th post I shall look at the Kubatan controversy. Darren Day has been arrested for carrying one. I had a kubatan when I was on my University Karate squad a decade ago. Going through Heathrow on my way to deliver a conference paper in Scandinavia some mind dead cretin called over P.C.Plod as my martial arts "keyring" set off an alarm. It ( Read more... )

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Why was the news late last night? So that we could see Andy Murray (again) make the quarter finals and (again) be knocked out. Note to Minister for Sport - if one does not invest in facilities one cannot expect Blighty to win anything. I started off despising Murray - all that kissing his biceps (not exactly Serge Nubret is he?) Then I saw a ( Read more... )

Seventy percent of Tae Kwon Do relies on kicking and legwork, surely too high a figure to allow TKD to "work", yet it is highly effective, though poomse is quite over-rated. Judo often relies on dori (the attacker) grabbing uki (the defender) before initiating a throw. Kano eliminated the rougher elements in Ju-Jitsu before developing Judo. With ( Read more... )