August 2010

Holidaying in Marrakech, Morocco

30 August 2010

Marrakech (or Marrakesh if you prefer) was always going to be hot, being a North African country that borders the Sahara Desert and all that. I wasn’t really looking forward to the mid 30′s temperatures but figured I’d cope. Imagine my surprise then, when we realised that our week’s holiday was actually affected by a [...]

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I’m a Certified PDR Coach

22 August 2010

I’m very pleased to announce that having got my certificate through, I’m officially a certified Personal Defence Readiness (PDR) Coach: If you don’t know what that is, it’s the general public side of Tony Blauer’s SPEAR system of self defence. But “self defence” doesn’t really come close to describing it, as that phrase implies it’s [...]

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Crossfit Kids Certification in Manchester

9 August 2010

This weekend I had the privilege of attending what I believe was the world’s first Crossfit Kids instructor’s certification outside of America, at Crossfit3D in Trafford, Manchester. In attendance were the entire Martin clan, the progenitors of Crossfit for Kids and by that I mean the first instructors and the first students, because Jeff and [...]

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