Martin J Day

Author of The Animal Parables, rich life affirming stories. Ex-rock singer, ex-midge farmer. Part-time as Christian worker, coach & sumo wrestling party host!

[Martin Day @SumoExperience]

A sad day for Sumo Experience and the point of no return. The suits have gone. I just helped the buyer load them up. He runs a pub and they'll be used to keep the kids and teenagers amused. He won't be letting drunks fight, so I won't be needed as an expert witness in court cases

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

Here it is, the last of the series of 12 blog posts. This one is about how I was always destined to interview a wildebeest, but about a radically different approach to leadership
https://t.co/8kQO9CocpY
#parables #shortstories #leadership #migration

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

In this blog I share what was in my mind when I wrote the parable of The Cat - the difference between cats and dogs, short-term pain verses the bigger picture, coming back from the greener grass side, and problem of the one-armed-man.

https://t.co/EqytKVowQd
#parables #prodigal

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

In this blog, I consider my origins in Donkey Town, the power in a name, racehorses, and of hearing the voice of God for the first time.

https://t.co/qjTvrkn2nx

#parables #shortstories #horses #voiceofgod

[Martin Day @SumoExperience]

At the end of it all, some stats
- 692 bookings
- over 11,000 participants
- 6.35km of cotton tape used to make 7937 bandanas
- 586 T-shirts sold
- 375 copies of The Animal Parables sold/gifted
- 4 suits
- 6 helmets
- 1 mat
- 6 smoke machines
- 5 boomboxes/speakers
- 5 kimonos

[Martin Day @SumoExperience]

Sumo Experience is now closed after 19.5 years.
Thank you and goodbye to all of you who have been my customers. It has been such a lot of fun, and I hope I leave you with a wealth of happy memories. Here are some photos just to remind you that I had the best job in the world.

[Martin Day @SumoExperience]

Here at the last ever Sumo party waiting for the guests to arrive

[Martin Day @SumoExperience]

I will be finishing Sumo Experience in style this Saturday with a men's 30th Birthday party in Guildford. The end of an era.

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

Another week, another blog. This one looks at the good/bad identities of bees/wasps, lifts the lid on my coaching work, and of the messages behind our otherwise inexplicable behaviour.
https://t.co/uqnfjjgcHs
#shortstory #parables #messages #identity

[Martin Day @SumoExperience]

This Sunday will almost certainly be my last children's sumo party for a 7th Birthday in Church Crookham. There may yet be a 30th birthday party next weekend, but after that Sumo Experience will be no more

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

In this week's blog I reflect on childhood grief at the death of a tadpole, a friend's experience of carrying everyone on his back, and of how teaching can produce an endless cycle that we never graduate from. Read it here now.
https://t.co/tw1PPCq1kj
#shortstory #parable #frogs

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

This blog lurches from ultra-processed food to dispearing box trees and what it must feel like to turn to soup. Above all it's about the battle between addiction and identity. Read it here. https://t.co/r7wExHzENI
#shortstory #addiction #parable #caterpillar

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

What makes ducks laugh? Have you ever wondered that? I have. Whilst reflecting on this latest parable I consider the blessings of dyslexia and of feeling out of place in the world. Read my blog here.

https://t.co/va3Y6xFTPk
#dyslexia #shortstories #parables #gifting

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

In this post, I talk about Chapter 5 of The Animal Parables, of fishing from the beach, as well as one of the most important principles anyone can learn, and how not knowing it can suck the very life out of you.  
https://t.co/iOKWWIfTCw 
#shortstoies #blog #forgiveness

[Martin Day @SumoExperience]

Getting ready for a girl's 10th birthday party just around the corner in Woking - One of the last few Sumo parties, as I will be winding up the business in November
#sumosuits #SumoParty #birthdayparty

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

In today's blog entry, I reflect on my escape from the rat-race, hamster disability and a cast iron way know that you are loved

https://t.co/O6FBRYKZ8P

#animalparables #shortstories #blog #workaholic

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

This new blog post opens with a warning about spiders (very important at this time of year), but also contrasts self-protection with transparency, traits as different as a crab is from a prawn.

https://t.co/2EK3gpL0tB
#shortstories #animaltraits #selfprotection

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

This is a new blog from my 'Story behind the Story' series. Please check it out and leave a comment with any of your own thoughts on the subject.
https://t.co/fG444efdeP
#parables #dog #shortstory

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

My new blog entry about what inspired the story. In this one, I remember when I inherited a parakeet and reflect on the tyranny of people pleasing.
https://t.co/9jV2jqTzY7
#book #author #animals #shortstories

[Martin J Day @Shallow_Deeply]

The latest news from author, Martin
The Animal Parables is a book of 12 short stories. These are thoughtful reads, suitable for all ages
Head over to Amazon to order https://t.co/6YFuFnSFMG
#book
#shortstories