Okinawan Karate: Going Back to Being a Beginner… Later this year, I am hoping to travel to Okinawa — the birthplace of karate – around the month where OKINAWA celebrates KARATE DAY on the 25th each year – and KARATE was born in 1936 and has transcended many countries – and evolved. My interest in […]

This may look a straightforward get out, but this was what I faced during a frame at the weekend. Would you have been able to escape it? I knew if I put enough left hand side on, it would have got close to the reds. There’s no guarantee – but this game sometimes is trial […]

Relax with a tea of your choice for half-an-hour or so, close your eyes and just CHILL…

As the summer is in its peak and we’re rolling through the heatwaves, it’s time to grab a cool refreshing smoothie, and enjoy being refreshed by refreshing flavours inspired by some of the green smoothies of OKINAWA. The Japanese are adding Green Tea to a lot of products recently, and so I decided to see […]

One of the things I have mentioned here times before is the importance of a pre-shot routine, and this is another example of why this shot exemplifies this in this video and pic clip below. Context of shot. The red is over the pocket, and he is looking to play on the black. He gets […]

WOK UNDERDOG RECIPES INSPIRED BY OKINAWAN RESEARCH… The Okinawans ate SPAM with RICE AND NORI…This dish below is inspired by those simple ingredients. SPAM & Bacon Choi Sum Rice Bowl Simple ingredients. Big flavour. Sometimes a recipe doesn’t begin with a recipe. It begins by looking at what you’ve got in the kitchen and thinking: […]

Why Okinawa Fascinates Me… Japan has always fascinated me. Recently, I’ve been researching Okinawa, and I’ve decided that sometime in the future I’m going to spend some time there. Not just for a holiday, but to experience the culture for myself. It apparently has a lot to do there. The beaches. The bonsais, the Karate. […]

There are two shots on here. One on the black, and one on the blue. This guy played the black to come down for a red. He eventually ended being too straight on the next black way down and missed. In my view, the first shot on the colour, should have been the blue. He […]

9 Things Life/Snooker Has Taught Me and 3 Things that have been Key in Helping Me Achieve Personal Stability in Mind and Body… One of the most rewarding parts of the growth development mindset is actually realising that other people’s opinions do not matter one bit . As it goes, in an article I read […]

Here at SnookerZone, I cook food and share recipes as do most home cooks and cooks around the globe, from basic ingredients that are budget-friendly, and are nutritionally designed to be good for you. You can see a wide range of recipes cooked on my FACEBOOK page, linking to some of the recipes on here… […]