MikeSalway.com.au runs on a WordPress blog system, and yesterday I upgraded to the latest version, WordPress 2.7.1.

Most of the changes benefit the administrators, so from a readers point-of-view, you won’t notice much of a change. However there are some additions to the Comments system, where some nice enhancements have been made. I re-styled the comments section yesterday to take advantage of those new features, and took the opportunity to do a general cleanup of that area and will explain the changes here.

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Last Sunday I competed in my second Karate Tournament, the Sydney All Styles event. It was run by the NSW-AKF and was a huge step up from the first tournament I competed in, the IBS Nationals back in November last year.

I entered in the Kata and the Kumite (sparring), and didn’t walk away with any wins but it was another good learning experience.

I’ve got a video of my first Kata and some stills from it, but unfortunately no video of my sparring as the battery went flat on my wife’s digicam which a friend was using to record.

Performing Heian Godan Kata

Continue reading to watch the video, to read more about the day and about the upcoming National All Styles tournament this Sunday!

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