You may not know that I have been doing karate since I was a child, so without giving too many clues to my current age, lets just say I have had Karate & my Sensei, Dave Morris, in my life for 20 odd years.
I had to take a break through injury & starting a family - pregnancy will really hinder trying to jump around in a white suit you know.....
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| Me in the middle amoungst our Dojo's Sensei's |
Anyone that has been involved with a Martial Art for a number of years will know that it really does become part of your life. You learn, you grow, you respect and you have a hunger to just keep learning. Starting out all those years ago in a track suit at the back of the dojo and slowly but surely making by way, grading by grading to the front, teaching other newbies in tracksuits as I went along.
I was so very fortunate that my Sensei was still teaching when I returned to Karate after a break. So many other Dojo's had fallen by the way side, the "Daniel Son" craze was over, new modern Dojo's and lifeless franchise schools were popping up and ducking out all over the place, but there was Big D still teaching nearly everynight of the week. Same Dojo, same instructor, the same club attitude and taylored teaching so that anyone of any age, level & ability could all learn together.
So why am I dithering on about Karate when the title is Spinnathon for Parkinsons? Because my bloggy friends, Sensei Morris was diagnosed to have Parkinsons Disease. For a man who life is Martial Arts, that was a hard notion to entertain.
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| Sensei Morris |
What would the next step be? Slowly wind down the Karate clubs? Start taking it easy? Yeah right, I don't think so. Try this......start up early morning spinning classes, then add a sprinkling of MORE Karate Dojo's opening across the South Coast, a passion to see each and every student reach their potential. Let's top that off with the ambitious vision of a Spinathon. A sponsored Spinning extravaganza that will see Leisure Centres and Gyms across the South Coast opening up their doors so that we can reach a combined milage of 5000. So far we have reached 2250 miles booked in with 54 people cycling for a combined time of 150 hours! Each and every person is bringing in sponsorship that will go directly to Parkinsons research & supporting those living with the disease.
- Do you Spin?
- Can your local spinning class dedicate a session to our spinathon?
- Are you in or around Hampshire? Can you join one of our organised Spins?
CLICK HERE to join our Spinathon Facebook Group!
To sign up to
JOIN THE SPINATHON IN HAMPSHIRE click this link!
If you want to know more about the Spinathon
email Sensei Morris or visit
www.kyudokan.com to learn more about our Dojo.
To donate to our Spinathon for Parkinsons Disease you can do so through our
Just Giving page.
Please chare this post, get involved & get in touch so we can smash our 5000 mile target! Thank you x
