Thursday, August 24, 2023

My 'Talk' with the Karate Sensei

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Sensei: “Welcome. You wanted this meeting, so what did you want to talk about?” Me: “Traditional Shotokan Karate: I think you have an identi...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

AI Regulation: what will really happen?

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  In the previous post , I joked about concerned liberals writing anguished prose about vague AI-related dangers: robust regulation is certa...

AI Regulation - could we get real, please :) ?

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The AI Power Paradox: Can States Learn to Govern Artificial Intelligence — Before It’s Too Late? by Ian Bremmer and Mustafa Suleyman , Augu...
Friday, August 11, 2023

Bard summarises my karate plans

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  Can You Still Do Karate With Health Issues? Karate is a great martial art that can provide many benefits for people of all ages and fitnes...
Friday, July 21, 2023

How martial should the T'ai Chi forms be?

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At the gym today: twenty five minutes practicing the 24 posture T'ai Chi form and the 54 posture sword form: two or three times each. Th...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

What I'm re-reading

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An occasional review of my books on the go. Amazon link Dan Simmons rates the novels of John Fowles highly, perhaps not surprisingly as th...
Monday, July 17, 2023

The T'ai Chi Sword Form

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Part of the Cheng Man-ch'ing sword form My last post was about stopping karate training. The chronic sciatica which prompted this is st...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Nine Months of Karate

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After my yellow belt grading last month (May). A short chronology First karate class: Saturday 3rd September 2022 First grading: 9th kyu ora...
Monday, April 10, 2023

A Better World, Where Are You?

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  "I was brought up as a member of the Church of England and simply follow the customs of my tribe. The church is part of my culture; I...
Monday, December 26, 2022

A short Led Zeppelin playlist

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Nigel's Led Zeppelin playlist There wasn't quite room in the screengrab to show " Thank You " and " Dancing Days ...