Posted on February 5, 2009 at 12:53 pm in Thoughts by Bob Breen
We’ve had an incredibly strong start to the year. Last weekend David Onuma won the European Brazilian Jiu jitsu championships at brown belt and Steve Payne also won the white belt competition. David also got bronze in the open weight. So a huge congratulations to them. At the club it’s the same thing, maybe it’s the increased spirit of optimism that’s swept the U.S which also seems to be affecting us this year. We’re doing really well, with the classes full all evening, even the late ones. This has been helped by adding even more great instructors to the mix. Gordon McAdam one of my old black belts and a veteran of Thai boxing and Silat is teaching on a Monday and doing privates plus Tony Thompson another veteran of Wrestling, mixed martial arts and kickboxing is also back in the fray. Owen and Glen are both back from five weeks Thai boxing training at Fairtex in Thailand where the coaches were all highly impressed. It’s good to know we’re doing good work and others can see the quality.
However, it’s not only these hard core people who are doing well. The whole training level throughout the club is back with the same sort of bite that we had in the eighties. There’s lots to be optimistic about and we look forwards to a great year. Best wishes to all, keep optimistic, keep training, keep strong.
Congratulations to David and the other competitors from the Academy for a job/hard work well done!
It is great to hear things are well with you all there. Look to see you in Paris soon.
Until then,
Kind regards.
Emanuel