The Breen Instructor group camp at the weekend was a huge success. Lots of the guys training rated it as one of the best in many years. As usual we mixed art and function so that everyone understood how the art worked.  Everything was tested in sparring so as an instructor you know how to make it work for you and can pass it onto your students.

The group is now very strong and the level very high. We had some great people there so that everyone learnt from each other as well as from the instruction I gave them.  Regulars included Tony Ligorio, Lele Tandurella, Allesandro Tavanti, Michael Schmidt and his father Herbert. The senior side of things was well represented even though this is a two day fighting course with lots of sparring. Alex ‘Judo’Livingstone who was great, still training hard for two days at the age of 61, Herbert Schmidt who’s almost that age and Luciano Manzi to name just a few. Luciano is one of the corner stones of BIG and has helped it prosper over the years. Other seniors like Steve Martin, Ben Richardson and Barry Harte were joined by club members and old hands like Nigel Rowlands and Steve Butler and Nick Rees. In truth we had too many people to name everyone but we’ll be setting up a facebook page so we can more easily post things on the BIG project. Thanks to all those who came. I had great fun. See you in May.