Hello, my name is Andy and Ive been hanging around for a short time with out introducing myself, so here goes. Im the wrong side of 50 years old, married with 2 grown up kids. I work for a major food manufacture, were I seem to spend too much undoing the mistakes of managers - from all levels ! I live in Wigan, in the north west of England. Ive been involved with the martial arts since I was 13 years old (1973). For the last 30 years Ive been a student of Sensei Tony Christian, studying Goju Ryu Karate-Do. I all study Kobudo. Outside of the Martial arts Im a massive fan of 60s soul music , especially northern soul. Im also a fledgling writer, had a couple of articles on the martial arts published over recent years.