Many, many congratulations to everyone who took part in the first UK national test with GM Timmerman. It took place in Morecambe, Lancashire and although not high in number, we had students from around the UK and the test panel included not only KJN Rob Poll and myself, but our own Grandmaster Rudy Timmerman who made the trip from Sault Ste Marie Canada, KJN De Graaf (7th dahn HKD) from Holland, CKJN Tomas Gordon 7th dahn, from Florida. It was a real traditional 9 hour test, starting on the beach for two hours, then returning to the dojahng for the remaining 7 hours of testing. Students were testing for ranks up to 4th dahn in KSHKD and performed well. The sucessful candidates were presented with their awards at a special evening dinner. The following day around 45 students from around the UK enjoyed a seminar from GM Timmerman and the visiting senior masters, which included kicking drills and "ugly stick" techniques. During the following wek, GM Timmerman (Sajanim) attended every class held at our dojahng and shared his art with us, free of charge. Thank you sir and congratulations to everyone who took part. Looking forward to the next such event.
Yes it was a good test. The Kong Shin Bup challenge course was awesome! I will try to find some pictures of it. Meanwhile here is the testing group at the presentation evening. This was a great evening which included the finals of the self defence competition and an inspiring demo by the Dutch team.
