Thursday, August 15, 2013

English translations


In autumn I will take part in a feminist exhibition in Moscow. These three blog-entries from 2011 and 2012 might be exhibited there amongst other works by me and lots of other feminist illustrators, comic- and graffitti-artists.
They are now better translated (inventions of new words like "beeing" are now deleted) and have a fresh new lettering. Thanks for the translation to Nicola Heine.


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Thursday, July 25, 2013

An den Wachteln kratzen


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Dear english-speaking readers,
this is a post about the saying "Don't get on my tits!" versus "Don't get on my balls" and the question whether men and women could use it alike. In Germany women rarely say "Don't get on my balls" (in German, of course), whereas I heard that it's quite common for men to say "Don't get on my tits!". Then I'm searching for an expression that could be used by both genders and could name both tits and balls. My friend came up with the expression "quail" and now it's "Don't get on my quails!" or in German "Geh mir nicht auf die Wachteln!"

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Kenilworth Mini Games.


Summer 2013
The new look Kenilworth Mini Games. 


Following a successful 2012 we are now stepping up our projects in 2013! With many exciting changes. Including a new venue... Kenilworth mini games will now be held at meadow community sports centre at Kenilworth school!

Also new to Support Sport and Kenilworth mini games will be our Support Sport Football academy.The football academy will be delivered by fully qualified, advanced CRB checked coaches on meadow sports new state of the art 3G pitch. 

Furthermore to coincide with our Early Morning Breakfast Option Support Sport will now be offering a late pick up option. The early morning drop off will be any time after 8.30 and the late pick up any time before 5. Each session costs £3 or £5 for both early and late sessions.

The Young Leaders award is also running but under it's new title... Play Leaders Award. Build you skills with a Sports Leaders Uk Certificated Award! The programme costs £50 and runs for a full week. 

Even with all these new exciting changes we haven't forgotten our roots... The multi sports and dance courses will be delivered as normal... Only bigger and better! The Dance course will now run twice a week on a Tuesday and Thursday and Multi Sports Monday through to Friday!

These are very exciting times for Support Sport and we hope to see you this summer so you can enjoy them with us!




























Friday, May 17, 2013

Burkha-Brot

-All breads in the bakery where wrapped in non-transparent plastic.
- The turkish saleswoman tried to describe the breads for me without unwrapping them.
- Although I didn't intend to question her good taste, I finally asked her: "Could I.... maybe... see the bread?"
- She answered: "You have to propose marriage to the bread first!"
And it was the first time that I blushed at sight of a bread.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Evesham; Thought4Sport

Evesham; Thought4Sport  

Thought4Sport is a European Social Funded project, working with Young People that are Not in Education, Employment and Training, in order to support them in acquiring the skills, values and opportunities to work towards building a career in sport or other related areas. 

Support sport will be partnering with organisations such as Wallace House Community Centre, Ourside Youth Centre, SGS and Working Word for the duration of this project.

Support Sport will be challenging young people through providing numerous Sports Leaders Workshops in the Evesham Area, at The Adventure Playground (Woodlands) which will offer transferable skills from problem solving,creativity,teamwork,communication skills and public speaking,to the skills that are more specific to sport such as refereeing,coaching,adapting games for fun and working with children and young people.


"We see the Adventure Playground as an ideal place for us to work with young people, they can come and focus and really engage in building a brighter future through sports leadership"

Support Sport in action in a recent project in Stratford Upon Avon
The project will benefit the participants socially by bringing them together to meet new people from different walks of life. Thought4Sport will improve the employ-ability of each individual giving them the skills they need to find employment, casual work, volunteering roles, but more importantly the confidence, values, responsibility and aspirations at the end of the project.

"The project really isn't about a qualification or other short term benefits, young people that are out of work have a journey to travel before they can find an occupation that suits their needs, personality and skills. We aim to find those skills, build them and showcase them, to provide a platform towards future success! Joe Graham, Director 
Support Sport are also please to announce that we have recently confirmed funding from Comic Relief, and that will allow us to provide the young people that access our project, the opportunity to assist and deliver live sports sessions in their community, in a supervised environment, for children to enjoy. Young people will continue to receive mentoring from tutors during this period, gaining feedback for their positive work in the community.

Support Sport have run similar projects in the past in areas such as Stratford Upon-Avon, Warwick and Kenilworth, where young people continue to seek our support on projects such as Kenilworth minigames and Leamington Futsal which are great examples of parts of our project in Evesham.




If you would like to inquire or book onto the programme, use the contact details below:
Email:supportsport@live.co.uk Tel: Joe Graham on 07801 597666. Twitter: @graham_joe







Sunday, March 10, 2013

Chicks on Comics - exhibition at gallery alpha nova

Chicks on Comics, who always gab about everything publicly, are now playing the 'telephone game' and those, who best like to issue autobiographical notes, now take the adventure of genre comics. There will be new fanzines and guest contributions from guest chicks und cocks from Argentinia, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, the USA, Great Britian and Germany!
 We are very excited to meet  with almost all members of our group in Berlin: Sole, Clara, Paola and Maartje will be in Berlin for the panel - discussion on 16.03.2012 at 14:00! So come along and see us chat for the first time live and analogue!

This is the cover that I did for one of the fanzines.
The Flyer above is by Powerpaola and me.
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Gefördert durch das Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen aus Mitteln des Auswärtigen Amts
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

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Yuck! There is unicorn-meat in my squirrel-lasagne!

Thursday, January 17, 2013




Und das mache ich zum Beispiel, anstatt mir einen sozialversicherungspflichtigen Job zu suchen:



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Futsal

Futsal 

Support Sport will shortly be running Futsal sessions across Coventry and Warwickshire Beginning at the start of july. See the video below to show how Futsal can improve your 11-a-side game!

The sessions will be focused on skills development. improving the fundamentals week in week out. The main skills we will be working on will include...
 1. Rewards 
Futsal develops the same basic technique, skills, tactics and knowledge of the game as the 11v11 outdoor game.
2. Ball touches 
In a statistical study comparing futsal to indoor arena soccer with walls, players touch the ball 210% more often which will increase a player’s ball competency.
3. Ball control 
With limited space, defined touchlines and constant opponent pressure, improved ball control technique and skills are required. See a typical video of skills you may learn below!

 
4. Speed of play 
Constant opponent pressure and a 4 second restart law means players must learn to play and think fast, which develops intelligent players.
5. Support play 
Without a wall or rebound boards to rely on in order to escape from tight situations, you must make supporting runs when team mates have the ball.
6.Continuity of play 
Action is continuous and physically demanding, so players must continue the play instead of stopping and watching, which in turn develops physical conditioning.
7. Knowledge 
With four on-court players, plus a goalkeeper that can join in the play, all the basic components of the outdoor game are present. As the action is non-stop, players are able to develop an improved technical understanding of futsal very quickly.
8. Finishing 
The goal and penalty area assist the goalkeeper in narrowing the angle, which means players must learn to shoot accurately and deceive the goalkeeper instead of just relying on power alone.
9. Play well, play fair 
The laws of the game of futsal, encourage playing skilfully and punish physical contact fouls. Gameplay also encourages respect for all players and officials.
10. Fun! 
Futsal is a fast-paced, fun, skill-oriented game that tests your abilities at whatever level, whilst developing all-round individual technique.

Futsal is an exciting, fast-paced small sided football game that is widely played across the world and is officially recognised by both UEFA and FIFA.  
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The nature of the game places a large emphasis on technical skill and ability in situations of high pressure, and is subsequently an excellent breeding ground for football competencies that can be translated into the 11-a-side format of the game.  

Many of the top world class footballers played Futsal in their youth and credit it with supporting their footballing development; players of the calibre of Pele, Zico, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Lionel Messi to name but a few of the South American legends all played and enjoyed Futsal.  But Futsal has not just helped produce South American football stars, on the European stage Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Xavi, Fabregas amongst many others have played Futsal to develop their skills.

“Futsal was important in helping to develop my ball control, quick thinking, passing….also for dribbling, balance, concentration…. Futsal was very, very important, no doubt.” – Pele, World Cup Winner: 1958, 1962 & 1970

Futsal is a five-a-side game, normally played on a flat indoor pitch with hockey sized goals and a size 4 ball with a reduced bounce.  It is played to touchlines and all players are free to enter the penalty area and play the ball over head-height.  Games are 20 minutes per half, played to a stopping clock (similar to basketball) with time-outs permitted.

There are a number of differences to our traditional version of small sided football, but the dominant elements are the absence of rebound boards and amendments in the laws that encourage and foster skilful, creative play above the physical contact that tends to be a feature of English five-a-side.