South Africa's parliament has voted to legalise same-sex weddings - the first African country to approve such unions...

"In breaking with our past... we need to fight and resist all forms of discrimination and prejudice, including homophobia."

oh dear...

It mimics both the physical and chemical reactions that take place during digestion - and can even vomit.

"It's hard enough for me to make ends meet as it is. There was no way I was going to let them have my pension."

*snort*

regulations kill playgrounds

Fucking bureaucrats, politicians, and lawyers. And helicopter parents... don't think you're getting away with anything. Because it's your fault for suing in the first place when your little urchin scrapes his precious knee on the playground...

on my travel blog...

It's starting to come along, I think, though there's still lots to write about...

We learn lots of different defenses in Krav Maga. However, there is something you can never defend yourself against...

A cute puppy.

The guy who works in the reception area where we train has a puppy quite similar to the one shown in the link. It's not possible to walk past it without giving it a cuddle. It's not possible at all...

PW Botha dead at 90

Good fucking riddance.

I was a bit careless during training, and got bopped in the beak. The impact hit my sports goggles at the right (wrong?) place, and now I have a nice cut and a purple bump where I should't have any of these...

Considering others have broken their beaks or noses or whatnot, I got off pretty easy ;-)

I've finally started to piece together something that looks like a travel journal. It's far from finished now; just keep checking every now and then for new stuff...

Enjoy...

Well, let me tell you about today's gym dumbass. Let's call him Too Close For Comfort, or TCFC for short...

Tonight's training involved defenses against attacks with sticks (think things like baseball bat, umbrella, etc. in a real-life situation), and using a stick to defend against knife attacks, along with doing counterattacks with the stick. I was happy about this, as it had been ages since we've done anything with the sticks, and I was in the mood to play with knives...

Tonight's Krav Maga training was...not Krav Maga, but Brasilian Jiu-Jitsu. A BJJ instructor was invited to train our class, so we did a lot of cool groundwork stuff that could be useful for Krav, and some that are perhaps not so useful, as it leaves certain body parts that Krav Maga practitioners like to go after exposed... :-P There are lots of good escape moves in BJJ though; I hope I remember these...