Guess who just got new Karate suits ??

[leaky5]

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[Big_Bill]

Ha ha, bless him.
On an unrelated note, he looks dead comfortable in front of the camera!!

[purpleclouds]

Argh put him away! I'll behave :lol:

He does indeed look comfortable in front of the camera!

[ROFL2K9]

:lol: Hope it lasts longer than it did with my 2.... bought them new suits because they "loved going to karate".... 3 weeks later "It's boring and he shouts at us" :bonk:

[leaky5]

Him !!!!!! :thinking: Them, Twins.

They have been doing it for about 7 weeks now so hopefully will carry on for a while. Damn sight better than standing around for football twice each weekend.

And yes they are a pair of posers.

[Marcel]

Ooooh very swish :)

[foodpoison]

Haha, I got fed up with my Karate teacher being such a tight a***!
We're 10 year old kids for god's sake!

Awesome by the way, I love number one. Proper karate kid haha.

[Yv]

oh dear....
















oh dear oh dear......














you Do realise that this is just the tip of the iceberg dont you? 2 1/2 years ago, my then 12 yr old asked if she could go to karate with her friend...naively we said yes.....







....so my spare time these days is spent being admin, website builder and of course photographer for the club. We spend a good few thousands pounds and many hundreds of miles, a year attending tournaments, specialists training, being taxi driver to training sessions 4 times a week, etc etc...oh, not to mention a gi for this, a gi for that.....:shake:








:lol: and its worth almost every penny. She loves it, she had a great sensei who was her original inspiration [that recently passed away sadly], and its the best thing she has ever done, even if it takes up a considerable portion of my time and money - oh, and several large trophies and gold medals too, though they are strangely just a bonus to the real thing. I hope your boys continue to enjoy it for a long time, it is a sport that many people once hooked, stay with for life or keep going bck to. Great shots, remind me of the kids at our club :thumbs:

[leaky5]

Oh yes the cost of everything.

Karate....


Swimming lessons.....


Gym class.........


x 2 of everything for twins, plus older teenage brother ( AKA Gadget boy ).

Hey, just realized my there's no money left for my hobby :'(

[springtide]

Very nice, like DOF the last one!

[leaky5]

Very nice, like DOF the last one!

Good old Minolta 50mm f1.7.