http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=John+Roberts-James Medicines and Remedies John Roberts-James Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=345461&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies Your third leg? Much more than that. It will help a strain or an injury mend faster. Getting you back to work or sporting activity quicker. Many people, especially middle-aged women look down on it. Not so. If your hip is wearing out, you need all the help you can get. Don’t try to put a brave face... Aging John Roberts-James Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=345474&ca=Aging Yes, and more. Very much more. If you’ve got an injury or a strain using it will help you mend faster. Getting you back to work or your sporting activity quicker. Many people, especially middle-aged women look down on it. Not so. If the hip is wearing out, you need all the help you can get. Don’t tr... Pets John Roberts-James Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=345369&ca=Pets My fantastic all-powerful black Stafford is dead. For several weeks he had been ‘off-colour’. The Vets said it was arthritis in his knees. But I didn’t think so. Then for some two days he was clearly in distress. Back to the vets, to have him put down - for his brain tumour. My last act of kindness... Pets John Roberts-James Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=131003&ca=Pets We read so much about pet owners being attacked when walking their dog in the park or wherever.. Now, rightly or wrongly, I consider my first duty is to him. 1 I make sure his collar is such that I can slide it off in an instant, freeing him and making it difficult for (my) attacker, mugger or woul... Sports John Roberts-James Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=145039&ca=Sports Don’t ask me how: I don’t know! Perhaps some Expert can tell me? Perhaps YOU can? My hobby – obsession actually – is the Martial Arts. In which I hold a 4th Dan Black Belt. Though these days (after forty years) I’m really into Personal Protection using self-defense weapons. Once upon a time – many... Sports John Roberts-James Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134559&ca=Sports Why? I don’t need to answer that. You already know – to Survive! But why a walking stick? If you’re a big tough guy, 4th Dan Black Belt in karate or other martial art, you don’t (really) need a walking stick to defend yourself. Unless your big interest is in fact stick fighting, sutekki-shin-jutsu.... Sports John Roberts-James Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134596&ca=Sports Yes, it’s true! Yawara-jutsu is one of the old Japanese martial arts. One of its facets includes the use of a short, six-inch plain stick to strike ‘death and terror’ into the opponent. The ‘experts’ will claim that it is used to jab kyusho or Dim Mak points resulting in severe shock to the system.... Pets John Roberts-James Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134737&ca=Pets he stepped out from behind the bushes. Every parent’s mind turns cold at the thought! We read about it, we worry about it, we almost don’t believe it. The old, old story, alas. But it happens! It still happens! Is there anything we can do to prevent it? Forget about rape alarms. It can all happen so... Pets John Roberts-James Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134042&ca=Pets He’s like an Apple. At least, that’s how my Right Eye sees him. My Left Eye is rather different, due to a Judo accident thirty years ago. I was fighting in the British Army team against the German Police. To score a Full Point one has to deposit your partner flat on his back. This often entails fall... Pets John Roberts-James Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134058&ca=Pets When I walk Tyson I am always very much aware as to what is around the next corner. It could be a turning car, another dog – or even a mugger. We all read about young girls or young mothers with prams being attacked when walking their dog and left injured or worse. I’m far from being a young girl or...