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From: KOJF@yahoogroups.com [mailto:KOJF@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Taylor
Sent: 16 October 2005 20:31
To: KOJF@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [KOJF] Hello Everyone...Roll call...who is out there?

Hi from across the pond!! Well my Sandan grading is on hold for the moment as I snapped a ligament in knee a few weeks back in a comp. Already had a 3rd in kata but fought the best I have ever and 30 seconds before time in the final had my knee took out in a clash of legs. Managed to hop around in a bizarre neko type stance just long enough to run the clock down and win!!! All a bit of a karate kid type moment. But it has ended my competition days (my wife is pleased though). Now I have two more weeks in a full leg cast before freedom.

I also got my kobudo shodan though the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai with Sensei Vermiglio, in the summer, so yet another certificate in the study.

John Taylor ChM.FRCSEd(Gen Surg)
SpR. Regional Vascular Unit
Royal Liverpool University Hospital

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