2012 is coming to an end and we want to thank all members that have come to the training sessions this year.

Now we have made some decisions regarding the future and Mikael and I decided to prioritise our own training, we are still having group sessions but not on the same regular basis,  Mikael is also coming up to speed with private lessons.

A lot of people are contacting us, everyone is welcome even  if  we don´t want to have too many members because we are a non profit organisation and we want to keep the numbers low in order to maintain a certain level of quality.

We will also organise local seminars and maybe a second one with our friends Håkon and Oyvind from JKD Norway.

JKD Sweden will also be travelling to Seattle in February to meet our friends, we really look forward to this.

Lately I have been thinking about death a lot. Not only have I lost people in my JKD family but in my own as well. Now Maybe it is because one of my best friend’s mother who I know very well, has received the bad news , maybe it is because I reached an age when I figure I don´t have much time left.

Either way thinking about death and be afraid of it is not good for the mind, it spoils the moment, the time that we have to live but being aware that we are not here forever can also be a reminder that there are things we take for granted, things we don´t enjoy or appreciate enough.

I have made choices in my life, good or bad but I don´t regret any of them because they brought me where I am today, of course some parts are missing and even if this is painful, I am grateful for what I have. I just need to be reminded that sometimes that I don´t have much time, I can´t do things later, things I feel and have to say to some people can´t wait because I never know if I´ll get the chance later, there may not be a “later”.

I drove passed the lake yesterday and stopped the car thinking I have to enjoy this and appreciate what I have before I can´t do it anymore.

Let´s get real, nobody knows where and when, life is here now let´s enjoy it and make the best of it.

In 2005 I started JKD and since then I have never stopped, I have seen people come and go, and people stay. Now we have people travelling the world, Remy is in China, Michel is somewhere …  Left are not too many and it is OK but I am starting to get very irritated by people contacting us and saying thay have waited all their life to train JKD, when we invite them they don´t show up ! I write this because it is not one or two it is more like 10 ,  I would like a little more respect for our time and training.

it was an amazing day, I started the celebration already a week before with a trip to my country, I visited my family , childhood friends and former colleagues. I had a great time celebrating old memories. I met some people I had not seen in years which was a surprise. Unfortunately not everything was joyful as I lost an aunt , she passed one month ago and I did not know about it. It made me reflect on the fact that thinking I have time to do things later or talk to people at a later point is not a good idea, there were things I had to talk to her about and I missed my chance , it made me so sad…

On the big day I was back in sweden, first I visited my colleagues at work and they had prepared a surprise with balloons cake and presents! then Mikael had done the same thing, I found champagne and chocolates on my table when I came back and later that night after training he brought this fantastic painting to me. I had asked him at least a thousand times to paint Bruce for me , at the end I had given up the thought and was not asking anymore so I really did not expect this which made the surprise so much bigger !!! this one is mine and especially made for me ! I am so happy  🙂