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My name is Ritchie Dakin. I live in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. Currently 3rd Dan Lifetime member of WTSDA (Thank you Helen !)
Whilst having had a major interest in 'karate' since the Bruce Lee I have been teaching Tang Soo Do since 1992. My wife Helen (age secret !) 3rd Dan and daughter Anna (age over 21) 2nd Dan, help me run my classes, which we promote as a family affair. We have now finalised the purchase of a property in Italy !! Based on what I have written above, not quite what we had planned, but the location, weather, food and atmosphere make this the ideal location for any future venture we might want to embark upon. You can get an idea by visiting a tour of Casperia, Italy ! Update - Early 2004 !! Due to major changes in employment circumstances, Mr Dakin has a new business venture - please take a look at the new web site for Stress Kickers We are organising group visits to Italy too - lots of nice training in an excellent environment Email for further info ! In the mean time, I am now working as a 'consultant' on my own and also trying to get customers for my Indian Head Massage and Hopi Ear Candle treatments. And anything else I can do to enable us to fund our planned retreat - I'll 'retire' soon and become a real consultant then !
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 When I'm not
training ( which is not very often), my other main hobby is Bonsai, and I have a smallish collection of trees, some of which I have created 'from scratch' myself, and some I have bought 'ready made' and I display them in a Japanese style garden. |
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See a live web cam from my back garden Sorry, but the web cam has been pulled off line - keep looking back as we may put it up again. If you want to see some wildlife in my back garden (birds, squirrels or even me !) You can take a look at my live video feed. There is a small image or a big image. Choose whichever suits your connection speed. |
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See some of my swords in detail - click an image
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PS.....If Bruce didn't move, press your refresh button ! If you are interested, Anna's business is at
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and Kung Fu era, I never really found a
proper place in the physical side of martial arts for a long while, having
had good looks at both 'hard' and 'soft' styles. I did make good
progress in the 'spiritual' aspect, adopting a bias to the Taoist way of
running my life and career. I eventually settled on the physical side
of things when I found Tang Soo Do. I trained long and
hard and I achieved my first black belt in Tang Soo Do/ Soo Bahk Do,
Moo Duk Kwan. ![[Click to see more]](images/katana1/tn_091009a.jpg)
![[Click to see more]](images/katana2/tn_DSC08198.jpg)