My Mate

Crossposted and originally mentioned by gothick_matt on Twitter, the BNP rather unwisely tried to do a parody of a Marmite advert as a party political broadcast. Unfortunately for them Unilever have rather better lawyers and they’ve just agreed to pay somewhere between £70K – £170K for copyright infringement. Because of the BNP’s parlous finances it… Continue reading My Mate

The fight

Right, so, had a fight just over a month ago. I keep meaning to write about it, after all even though I don’t blog anywhere as much as I used to, it’s still quite a major thing to do. Had a meeting with my boss on the 22nd of July and when I got back… Continue reading The fight

Weekend Plans

I think this says it all: Someone dropped out of a fight on this show last Wednesday so I asked if I could take it over. My instructor and the show promoter agreed and last Thursday I got it confirmed that I would be fighting with just over a week’s notice. A week’s intense training… Continue reading Weekend Plans

Fighting Off

And now my fight’s off again after my opponent pulled out. Oh well. I can eat again now anyway. Hopefully it’s been noticed that I’m prepared to drop everything at a minute’s notice if this type of thing does come up.

Fight #2?

Early days yet, but I may be fighting again fairly soon. My Thai boxing instructor emailed me to tell me he’s put me forward for a show that’s probably in Harrogate and probably in September. The person running this show (Pierre Mahon, for people reading this via the Facebook feed) has pretty close links to… Continue reading Fight #2?

Next!

One fight out of the way and I suppose I should really make a start on thinking about the next one. Way back in 2005 when I started doing Thai boxing I always intended to fight but I knew it would take a long time to get to the level where I would be able… Continue reading Next!