Back from a mixed bag of a year!

I have not posted for some time on the blog this was due to inactivity in BJJ and training in general.  2013 has been a mixed year for me as in May I lost my Father to cancer after a nearly 20 year long fight, my Dad was truly the strongest person I ever knew and I will miss him for the rest of my life though I know he is at peace now.  I competed in Merseysides Strongest Man competition (90kg) in memory of him and raised money for the wonderful Marie Curie Hospice.

  A couple of months later my daughter was born!  Little Emilia has brightened up our world and has changed my life forever!

So now she is nearly 6 months old and we have just had the first Christmas without my Dad I want to do the pair of them proud and achieve the things that I want to do.  I want to make sure that I am an active healthy Father for my daughter and family and getting back on the mats is surely a positive step in the right direction!  Of course my time is devoted to my family now but making a little time to train should not be too much of a challenge especially with the benefits to mind and body it will bring.

So, hopefully this is the start of many more posts on the blog...thanks to anyone who checks it out!!