What a day! Just finished recording an interview on Bahrain TV Channel 55, and I’m exhausted! (will upload as soon as I get it) It’s been an emotional day. Yesterday, HRH Prince Salman Al-Khalifa called for calm in Bahrain, making an impromptu appearance on Bahrain TV. He said the troops would be withdrawn from the [...] [...more]
Like everyone in this country, I’m deeply saddened by what’s happening in Bahrain these days. My heart bleeds for this country. A country I’ve come to love as my own I’ve thought long and hard whether I should write about it, and in the end I decided I would. I admit I did not see [...] [...more]
I thought I’d share a quick update with you. Sadly Zen-Do will be closed… I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago announcing that Zen-Do is for sale – assuming a buyer would be found. I have offered my Black Belts the chance to buy Zen-Do, but unfortunately none of them could commit [...] [...more]
You know, when this whole illegal download fad started, I didn’t really give it much thought. I wasn’t really too concerned with the morality of it, as I was much more fascinated with the technical aspects of it. How does a movie get on the internet anyway? How do you find it, and then download [...] [...more]
For those of you who’ve been following me for some time, this will come as quite a shock. I have to tell you, it took me a long time to make piece with this decision, I did not make it lightly. Let me share the letter I gave to all our students: ——— Dear parents [...] [...more]
It’s sitting right on my desk as I write. It’s my wife’s (Alia Almoayed) latest book – I WANT A HEALTHY PREGNANCY! Fresh out of the printers. I got the first copy! This book has been in the making for more than two years. She wrote it while she was pregnant, and then fixed it [...] [...more]
I thought I you might find this interesting. The chart above shows the number of hours I trained per week in 2010. There are few noteworthy points to share about the chart, and my workout philosophy in general: Only trained more than 4 hours once You’ll notice that I only exceeded the 4-hour mark once. [...] [...more]
I’m writing this as Kevin has his last show on the air in Bahrain. He’s off to Australia tonight for good! Having got to know Krazy Kevin Howarth fairly well in the last year or so, I thought I’d share the 5 reasons why I admire him. Here goes: 1) Down to earth: I have [...] [...more]
First of all, Happy New Year to you and yours! This new year’s day marked the third anniversary of our annual new year’s morning Zen-Do workout. To see the previous two years’ blog posts click here and here. This year we had the biggest turnout ever, with 20 people attending! It was tiring but fun [...] [...more]
Well it seems I’ve kicked up quite the storm with my recent blog post about the two DBC members I fired. Lots of opinions on both sides; some supportive and some (really) unsupportive, to put in mildly. So, now that a few days have past, and the dust has – somewhat – settled, it might [...] [...more]