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Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Cutlery Penguin » 29 Jun 2010 21:18

Mr Jim Attew, the newest Scholar in the English Martial Arts Academy.

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Jim is currently 84 and has been training with us for two months now. He isn't as quick as most of the rest of my students, but his dedication and commitment more than make up for it. His press ups put the rest of us to shame. If I'm half as spry as him when I'm his age I will be more than happy. He sat his Scholar's grading this evening and passed with flying colours.

Well done Jim!
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Magnus Hagelberg » 29 Jun 2010 21:29

Impressive!
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby craftyfighter » 29 Jun 2010 22:31

Damn that's cool...dammit now I can never stop fighting.
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby admin » 01 Jul 2010 11:07

Bravo. 8)
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Lucy » 01 Jul 2010 11:29

Go Jim! :)
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Monster Zero » 01 Jul 2010 17:01

He's awesome!
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Carletto » 01 Jul 2010 18:39

Wow! Hat off!
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Corporal Carrot » 02 Jul 2010 11:37

Carletto wrote:Wow! Hat off!


Mine as well. :) Must be a tough fellow even considering martial arts training at his age.
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby bigdummy » 03 Jul 2010 02:17

Jim is impressive!
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Andreas Engström » 03 Jul 2010 16:09

Congratulations to Jim. If I'm still fencing at 84 I will be extremely happy.

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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Scott Brown » 16 Jul 2010 17:40

Jim Rocks! 8)
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Ilkka Hartikainen » 24 Jul 2010 10:48

Well done!
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Cutlery Penguin » 20 May 2012 14:13

Unfortunately Jim isn't able to train with us any more - we had to change the night of our club and it clashes with his Aikido club - however I still see him often. Last week he was awarded his 5th Dan. Pretty good stuff for a man who actively served during WWII.

He is an ongoing inspiration to me.
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Anders Linnard » 21 May 2012 13:28

What a cool guy!
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Re: Ladies and Gentlemen may I present Jim

Postby Axel » 21 May 2012 15:06

Cutlery Penguin wrote:Unfortunately Jim isn't able to train with us any more - we had to change the night of our club and it clashes with his Aikido club - however I still see him often. Last week he was awarded his 5th Dan. Pretty good stuff for a man who actively served during WWII.

He is an ongoing inspiration to me.



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