Jacky Zuki
Yellow Belt
Hello folks, I have just returned to Wado Ryu Karate after about ten years away from martial arts. I did the classic thing of getting my Shodan and then dropping out due to work and travelling pressures. So now I am back to being a white belt in a small, hard training but very friendly local club and realising that I'm not in my twenties any more - things are starting to creak under the strain of carrying the beer belly! Anyway I'm hoping to be fit, strong and back in a black belt before I hit 50. Along the way I have practised a few different martial arts but nothing really stuck with me like Wado, I guess I am lucky to have found an art that I enjoy so much.
So that's me, I look forward to talking to you all in due course.
PS the name comes from my early karate days when I used to get my arms and legs mixed up. Sensei shouted "gyakuzuki!!!" at me while I was punching with the wrong arm, again, and a new guy assumed it was my name. Due to the nature of clubs I was called Jacky for some time after that.
So that's me, I look forward to talking to you all in due course.
PS the name comes from my early karate days when I used to get my arms and legs mixed up. Sensei shouted "gyakuzuki!!!" at me while I was punching with the wrong arm, again, and a new guy assumed it was my name. Due to the nature of clubs I was called Jacky for some time after that.
