Long before I even had heard the term
Taiho Jutsu, the Namibian Government in partnership with the British Council
had had plans made for me to study Physical Education and Self Defence in
England, thanks to my solid martial arts background and a reasonable level of
school education. They did everything from travelling arrangements to my study financing
and taking care of my unforeseen expenses prior to putting me on that flight to
Heathrow.
It was a joy ride all the way until I
reached CPU, Harrogate – North Yorkshire, is when I realised the depth of
studies I had let myself into. To start up with, I was the only African fella
at the whole campus. Yet my African English accent wasn’t helping very much. So
I worked twice harder until I could make lemonade just like everybody else.
But right there and then, almost at once I
realised that I certainly didn’t have a problem with neither self defence nor martial
arts, but all the problems in the world with physical education, particularly
in the
fields of sports studies, and sports sciences, pertaining to subjects
such as leisure studies, community sport/arts/outdoor pursuits, human movement studies/anatomy and physiology, recreation management, and first aid, since we
weren’t studying those things during my time at primary and secondary schooling
in Africa. Again I worked diligently more than all my classmates put together.
Studying all the time to a point where my colleagues started making fun of me.
Saying that I truly loved books very much, perhaps that was my first time seeing
them! But even then it still took me like forever before I started building momentum
vital for earning good grades in physical education. Of course, I was number 2
in the whole class when it came to Taiho Jutsu sport & police Taiho jutsu self
defence, thanks to my karate and ninjutsu background. My grades in self defence
were always above average no matter what technique Alan Montgomery and Sensei
Brian Eustace threw at us. But I hated physical education very much because I
sucked at it!
See, in England for example, people go to
higher institutions of learning to study for diplomas or degrees in physical
education. And that involves the study and practice of organised sports, athletic
activities, swimming, first aid & lifesaving, gymnastics, aerobics and dance,
dietary and physiotherapy, outdoor adventurous sports activities, and active
lifestyle pursuit. And that was definitely like brain surgery to a traditional
African bloke like I was before I had gone there!
But where there is a will there is a way;
that I had comprehended as time of burying myself into the books went by! Due to studying all the time even at dinner
tables and sometimes in bathrooms too, I instantaneously started getting real
good marks in physical education. I got my head straight at Yew Tree Lane and more
so at University of Chester, formerly known as Chester College, where I
completed my endless tons of modules in Human Anatomy. It was at Chester
College where I majored in the functions of a human body in relation to the
essence of physical education. By mastering such a sport science, I understood
the concept of physical education which can simply be defined as a tool to lay solid
foundations in children and improve the adult’s metabolism for lasting health
and enhanced quality of life.
During school recess, however, I
frequently visited my friends, Thomas and Cora, the owner of a private Physical
Education & Self Defence (Taiho Jutsu) school in Hamburg, Germany. And
there I helped present classes in physical education and self defence to minors
and adults alike as a professional teacher I was, of course.
Back at home base, Yew Tree Lane, CPU, I
practiced teaching physical education and self defence on my peer group and school
going children at nearby schools in Harrogate. And for my final teaching
practice appraisals, I was sent to Bruche Police College in Warrington,
Manchester, where I spent enormous time dishing out classes in physical
education and self defence to police recruits while under constant
Nonetheless, after successfully completing the course, I flew back to Namibia where I spent the next 16 years teaching physical education and self defence at all national police colleges across Namibia. I was so effective at my work that it didn’t take long before the University of Namibia (UNAM) heard of me and therefore arranged with my bosses that I’d present classes over there, which I did with pleasure. But unfortunately as time went on, due to bad politics in the police, I relinquished my commission with the government. And much later I merged with friends and established a private learning institution in physical education and self defence for every living person regardless of their nationality, occupation, gender and age.
So having studied physical education and
self defence intensively in England, I am more than competent enough to work
out a physical training and self defence programme for anybody or any
organisation, even for a team of well evenly pregnant women. I’m basically a
well trained doctor for physical education and self defence and I’m possibly the
only one of my kind in Namibia, if not Africa so far, thanks to the Namibian
Government and British Council.
Well, in case you would like to speak to
us privately, by all means, please, do so by emailing us your considerations using
any of the following email addresses: taihojutsu.namibia@gmail.com
or namibiaauthorsassociation@gmail.com
