Friday 31 August 2007

28.

My fifteenth lesson at Parramatta yesterday, and another good one.

We practiced variations of from Sanshin No Kata looking at visibility. Then some more work on defence against multiple strikes.



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"The Australian Government knows that Iraq still has chemical and biological weapons and that Iraq wants to develop nuclear weapons."
John Howard, Speech to Parliament before the war in Iraq, 4 February 2003

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Wednesday 29 August 2007

27.

I had my tenth private lesson today and a good one again.

We worked on Sanshin No Kata and distancing. Then a couple of locks ( from Kihon Happo ) and a little rolling.



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Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often.

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Friday 24 August 2007

26.

Another good lesson at Parramatta yesterday, my fourteenth.

We practiced defence against a series of strikes mainly using techniques from Sanshin No Kata. We started with defence against two strikes and built up to four.



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"Nothing can alter the fact that I have in my possession an ONA report that states baldly . . . that children were thrown in the water."
John Howard, SBS Insight program, 8 November 2001

". . . fundamentally there was nothing to suggest that women and children had been thrown into the water."
Account of private conversation Acting Chief of the Defence Forces, Angus Houston, had with Peter Reith, Minister for Defence, on 7 November 2001, evidence given to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, 20 February 2002


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Friday 17 August 2007

25.

Yesterday I had my thirteenth lesson at Parramatta and another good one!

We did variations from Sanshin No Kata. Then some variations on Koshi Sanpo emphasizing distance.



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"There'll be no more than a 1.9% rise in ordinary beer."
John Howard, John Laws Program, 23 September 1998
The price of beer rose 4.8 per cent in the September quarter following the introduction of the GST on 1 July 2000, and was 8.5 per cent higher than the same time the previous year.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS@, Time Series Spreadsheets, Consumer Price Index 6401.0


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Wednesday 15 August 2007

24.

I had my ninth private lesson today, great!

We worked on Sanshin No Kata and locks. Then some basic bo work.


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" A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't. -Rhonda Hansome "


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Friday 10 August 2007

23.

Another outstanding lesson at Parramatta yesterday, my twelfth.

We did variations from Sanshin No Kata with the emphases on distance. Then some defense against two attackers.


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"The GST will not increase the price of petrol for the ordinary motorist"
John Howard, Address to the Nation on the Tax Plan, 13 August 1998
The price of automotive fuel rose 10.4 per cent in the September quarter following the introduction of the GST on 1 July 2000, and was 23.6 per cent higher than at the same time the previous year.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS@, Time Series Spreadsheets, Consumer Price Index 6401.0


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Wednesday 8 August 2007

22.

I had my eighth private lesson today, great! I know I keep saying great, or something similar, but I do enjoy my lessons a lot.

We worked on Sanshin No Kata and Koshi Sanpo Waza.



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There are so many lawyers in the world, that if you were to lay them end-to-end, they would reach into the each other's pockets.


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Friday 3 August 2007

21.

Once more a great lesson at Parramatta yesterday, my eleventh.

We did more on defence against handguns.



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"I can guarantee we're not going to have $100,000 university degree courses." John Howard, interview with Neil Mitchell on Radio 3AW, 15 October 1999

16 different degrees now cost at least $100,000.

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