Matthew Sylvester
martial arts
Applications – They need to be Practical
When looking for applications in your patterns, it is important to always be critical. When you’re doing this from a Practical Taekwondo perspective, it’s vital that you also be practical. Take the picture below. Normally you see this sort of thing performed by people wearing doboks. I took it with us wearing street clothing to show just … Continue reading
Win a place in my next book!
I’m currently giving away the first five chapters of my Steampunk/Steamfantasy novel -https://matthewsylvester.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/237/. All you have to do to enter, is to leave a – polite – comment about the story on the page. Once I’ve closed the competition, I shall then pick a winner. Or two. Maybe even three! Just depends on how much … Continue reading
Coming up
So, I’ve read Double Dead by Chuck Wendig @ChuckWendig on Twitter. I’ve read Blood Royale by Jonathan Green @jonathangreen. I’ve attended Asylum. I’m writing part two of my 40k series, Quebec One Niner, and I’m also writing about how Spring Heeled Jack acquired his trusty sidekick, Mr. Burke aka @gentlemanrhymer. Lots of writing to do, … Continue reading
Blaise Maximillian – Perfume, the scent of love
Perfume, the good sort, had the ability to make an attractive woman beautiful and a plain woman attractive. The delicate art of perfumery had always captivated Blaise. The way that they took supposedly unrelated scents and oils and mixed them to produce elixirs of beauty entranced him. It truly was the scent of love. One … Continue reading
The Olympics gave us REAL ROLE MODELS
So, with the Olympics over, I’m feeling strangely conflicted. On the one hand I’m feeling totally inspired by the effort that all of the Olympian put into their performance. Whether they came first or last, every one of those people did their utmost to represent not only their country, but themselves and their loved ones. … Continue reading
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