Lee Gale

I’ve been telling people in the office over the last week that my natural karate ability was spotted in my first session and that I’ve already been earmarked for a fast-track to a black belt. The reality is somewhat different, of course.

I didn’t want to be 13st, but that was my heft when I spotted a notice on white paper at the coffee shop at Winchmore Hill train station advertising Middlesex Shotokan Karate. It was like being hit by a lightning bolt.