Meerkatsu's Blog

My cover has been blown. It seems the boys at the BJJ class are all aware that I am a ju-jitsu instructor and my days training as an anonymo...

Ko-budo on Saturday started off badly as during the very first warm-up exercise, the sleepy headed Meerkat managed to bash his injured elbow...

Injury-bedevillled Jamie has come back from a few weeks absence of training to tell us of his amazing injuries. I'm pretty sure he won...

I cannot recommend enough the forthcoming epic movie 'Hero'. It is a martial arts spectacular following the traditional storytelling...

I never used to prescribe to alternative therapies and supplements, I still very much doubt 99 percent of it stuff actually works, but I tho...

Grading day at the big HQ and it's here where us dan grades have to offer to volunteer as spare uke for partnerless kyu grades. My first...

MY BIG FAT THAI KICKPAD KBXG coach is back from his sabbatical in Thailand and don't we know it! I'm still sore after endless hours...

FLYING ARMBARS That Guarana choccy bar is definitely giving me a chemically assisted boost to my training. Last night I was working on flyi...

SEMINAR TIME Been trying to organise a club seminar - usually we invite some of the Mill Hill club down but this year I thought we should t...

DRUGS IN SPORT With the recent farcical debacle involving the two Greek Olympic sprinters, I pondered on the question of whether drugs ever...

The BBC3 documentary Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves is proving a real hit with the Meerkat and his friends. The highlight in episode 3 was Ch...

I'm happy to note that the wife has secured herself a permanent job, after months spent freelancing. The celebrations are tinged with a ...