DANNY GUBA Date: 21st JAN 2010 GRANDMASTER DANNY GUBA GAVE A THREE HOUR SEMINAR AT THE KIMURA GYM (T.S.D. EDMONTON) ON KNIFE DEFENCE. THE COURSE WAS WELL ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF BOTH “SPIRIT WING CHUN” AND “TOTAL SELF DEFENCE”. IT WAS A VERY ENJOYABLE AND PRACTICAL COURSE AND THREE HOURS PASSED ALL TOO QUICKLY DANNY GREW UP IN THE PHILLIPINES WHERE LEARNING TO DEFEND HIMSELF WAS NOT A CHOICE, HE IS A GRANDMASTER OF ESKRIMA (STICK AND KNIFE) AND HAS WON MANY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, HE IS A GREAT CHARACTER AND HAS A VAST KNOWLEDGE, WE AT “TOTAL SELF DEFENCE KNOW THE VALUE OF BEING TAUGHT BY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE AND DONE IT FOR REAL. FURTHER EVENTS WILL POSTED ON THE EVENTS PAGE GRADINGS Date: 19TH DECEMBER 2009 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO PASSED THEIR GRADINGS, WE NOW HAVE 8 NEW RED BELTS, 2 NEW YELLOW BELTS, 2 NEW BROWN/1 BELTS, AND 2 NEW BROWN/2 BELTS. TO ALL THE RED BELTS YOUR JOURNEY HAS BEGUN, WELL DONE, AND TO THE NEW BROWN/2 BELTS, YOU WILL NOW BEGIN TRAINING FOR YOUR BLACK BELT, I ENVY YOU, AS I LOVED DOING THIS SYLLABUS. FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO DIDN`T MAKE THE GRADE THIS TIME, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY, AND TAKE ON BOARD WHAT YOU WERE TOLD, AND COME BACK WITH A GREATER DETERMINATION. SENSEI PETE MAXEY 3RD DAN THROWATHON Date: SEPTEMBER TOTAL SELF-DEFENCE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE RAISED OVER £3,000 (£2,000 MORE THAN WE`D HOPED FOR) FOR THE JACK BROWN APPEAL VIA OUR THROWATHON. YVONNE AND RICHARD BROWN VISITED THE WHETSTONE CLUB TO RECIEVE THE CHEQUES, WELL DONE EVERYONE, WHAT A FANTASTIC EFFORT. JACK BROWN Date: 8TH MAY LITTLE JACK SADLY LOST HIS BATTLE FOR LIFE ON 3RD MAY AT 12.30 AM, THE ODDS WERE ALWAYS HEAVILY STACKED AGAINST HIM, BUT THIS BRAVE LITTLE BOY AND HIS FAMILY NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING. I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE AT TOTAL SELF DEFENCE WHEN I SAY OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH JACKS FAMILY AND WE ARE ALL TRULY SADDENED BY THEIR LOSS. ALL THE MONEY RAISED IN JACKS NAME WILL GO TO HELP OTHER CHILDREN LIKE JACK. SENSEI PETE MAXEY 3RD DAN 7th Dan Date: 27th March 2010 Stephen McDade Shihan Awarded 7th Dan March 26th 2010 Shihan Stephen McDade has been awarded 7th degree Black Belt by his Father Hanshi James McDade 9th Dan. Shihan Stephen has been training in the art of ju-jitsu for over 35 years and has held an adult black belt in ju-jitsu since grading 1st Dan in 1983. Shihan Stephen stated that for me this is quite an achievement as it has been, and still is a life journey, considering I have been fortunate enough to have started my ju-jitsu training as a very young boy, and in doing so I am very proud of the fact that I have been able to wait the traditional amount of time between Dan grades, a total of 27 years from 1st Degree black belt at the age of 16 and now gaining a 7th Degree black belt coming up to my 43rd birthday, with no breaks in training. When in the British Army I had a weekend class in Andover and trained at my Fathers clubs when on leave, the only period that I can recall not teaching ju-jitsu at all was a 4 month period back in 1988 when I was on an emergency active service tour in Northern Ireland with my regiment the 1st Battalion Queens infantry. I left the army due to a shoulder injury aggravated through a boxing competition serving just less than 2 years. I would like to give special thanks to my Father for his tuition over the last 35 plus years and all the students that have been with us for many years and hopefully many years to come. I look forward to the next 8 years after which I will be eligible for an 8th Dan, ‘like I said a life journey’!!!! Page #1 of 1