1st C Lee 2nd R Collier 3rd Germany

HQ, Cheltenham, England - 2 day Seminar & Grading - 1999

Participants

Master Hopkins and the WUMA Instructors teaching the Seminar

This Blackbelt Grading below is reported to be one of the hardest ever gradings at HQ!
The participants do 7 hours on the Saturday then 7 hours on the Sunday.
The last 3 hours of the grading is the killer as you can see below!

Start of the final 3 hours The Worlds fittest man Paddy Doyle
going for 2nd Dan Front: Nicola Hutchinson
2 hours gone Final hour of pain & Glory

3 hours The 3 hour pain barrier Carl Swaby (left)
going for 2nd Dan Tom Hopkins
going for 3rd Dan Successful Candidates

Since this grading participant Paddy Doyle wrote a book that is sold in Smiths called "Iron Man Paddy Doyle"
He mentions the WUMA and Master Hopkins quite a lot, also that this is the worst and hardest grading within the Martial Arts!


Participants
		Master Hopkins and the WUMA Instructors teaching the Seminar

This Blackbelt Grading below is reported to be one of the hardest ever gradings at HQ! The participants do 7 hours on the Saturday then 7 hours on the Sunday. The last 3 hours of the grading is the killer as you can see below!

Start of the final 3 hours		The Worlds fittest man Paddy Doyle going for 2nd Dan	Front: Nicola Hutchinson 2 hours gone	Final hour of pain & Glory

3 hours	The 3 hour pain barrier	Carl Swaby (left) going for 2nd Dan	Tom Hopkins going for 3rd Dan	Successful Candidates
Since this grading participant Paddy Doyle wrote a book that is sold in Smiths called "Iron Man Paddy Doyle" He mentions the WUMA and Master Hopkins quite a lot, also that this is the worst and hardest grading within the Martial Arts!