End of 2014 wrap up.

It has been a great year.

Hard training.
Fun training.
Gradings.
Heart operation.

Hey? How is a heart operation part of a good year? Well, it has provided a better perspective. Something only trauma can give us. And it is with this in mind that martial arts training for our kids should be approached. The best lessons are often the painful ones.
Unsuccessful attempts and frustration have given me a platform to explain how to attack the difficulties in life.
I am sure you have enjoyed seeing your son or daughter rise to the occasion.

Now - important messages for 2014:

1. We start again on Tuesday the 7th of January.
2. It is a two week break so make sure you stop ONE payment on your direct debits.
3. Our water day is on Tuesday the 21st of January. The class will go for one hour - from 4 to 5pm. I will need all students there at 4pm with bathers on underneath their training suits. (Plus a towel.) More details about this later.

Oh, and for those of you who have been asking ... here is a pic of our new house. 

As a person who preaches goal setting and living in line with my principles, I am happy that this step towards a more sustainable lifestyle is materialising. Life is too LONG to wait.

Finally, I wish you all a merry Christmas. Enjoy your family time.

Sean

Oh... one more thing I wish to share. Zen Ing recently won a poetry competition. Great effort Zen.
Here is his poem -

MY ODD SOCKS

BY ZEN ING

My Mum is always yelling
I don’t know what to do .
So many odd socks
One red, one green, one blue.
But if she achelly asked me
Do you know where they are .
I would say Yes.
My wardrobe, the lounge and the car.
But my sister and my brother
Are just as bad.
My Dad told me
He was worse before he was a dad.
But I will soon be seven
So I will try my best.
To help mum find them all.
And put them in my chest.