The WUMA World Championships in Greece
went fantastic.
The 140 GB Team did us proud in behaving well and winning lot's.
On the way home the plane was full of winners lol!
Full report will be online soon!
Any members of the squad please forward your pictures and cam
recordings for us to add to ours, we will return you a free DVD of
everything we get in.
The Worlds are so close I can taste it
lol!
In one week a squad of 140 take off for Argos, Greece.
The kit has now been given out and what some smart kit it is to
that's to a great design from my wife. Simone has worked her
socks off in order to get it all ready in time. Over 20 people
ordered the wrong sizes then expect us to magic wand a new size for
them??? Nothing changes people are still as stupid as ever.
If the holiday is half as good as Malta then we have achieved what
I aimed for.
When will I learn to slow down!
Take Saturday November 1st.
Up at 7am to buy the days food and items. 11am open up the Gym, tidy
up then at 12noon: Squad Training and a class at the dame time
till 2pm. 3pm start a day of fundraising with tombola, games then
Bingo at 5pm till 7pm then Halloween Party.
The next day we had an Interclub and again a very busy day and very
successful.
Wow! Have I had a good day, my son Ricky
got through from 300 people down to 20 in Gloucestershire's got
Talent.
Today he then was judged by Nemesis off Britain's got Talent and he
got a credible 3rd Place. We then took Nemesis back to the
train station and had a good chat to them. Ricky Lee has loved
the whole day so thankyou everybody involved.
It is a sad day for Martial Arts
John Lock has died in a Tragic Motorbike Accident.
In 1994 John was a WUMA Team member
when we won the Clash of the Titans event.
John was a great fighter and his personality shone through.
He fought for Dorking Freestyle for years before moving up north.
John leaves 2 children of 8yrs and 6yrs.
I will be going to the funeral as long as it is OK with the family
so if anyone who knew John wants to team up with me then you are
welcome.
"Rest in Peace John"
John is top right, 2nd person in
September is here guys!
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THE SOUTH WALES OPEN
September 14th
This
event is getting bigger and better, slowly but surely, for 2009 we
will be looking to run it in Cardiff, if anyone knows of a good
venue please email us and we will be on it.
THE BRITISH OPEN KUMITE
August 31st
Who would believe that this event
at the end of the school holidays would be the biggest event so far
this year. 600+ competitors and a great day had by all.
I just can't grab how this happened considering all schools were at
a low!
The Olympics'
Oh my god and we thought we had bad referees in our sport.
The Boxing
Lets face it, it isn't no different to our semi-contact points
scoring is it. Wow was there some weird decisions or what?
The Taekwondo
Well that refereeing takes the biscuit, Sarah Stevenson might as
well not bothered to kick, these referees only have to follow two
feet with their eyes as the hands do nothing.
The cameras show all uh!
London 2012
Our national sport is football and we haven't even got a team.
That say's it all doesn't it lol!
Thanks to Heath Gait of Falcons Martial Arts south
Wales for bringing his team down to HQ yesterday. The Falcons
went up against the WUMA HQ gang and what a great interclub.
The atmosphere was electric and a great day for all.
The idea of these messages are to give each club instructor ways of
earning extra income and introduce more activity for your members.
Well a lot been happening in the last couple of
weeks within WUMA. The Tai Bo course went well at HQ with some
new Instructors ready to rock the world with their Instruction.
Good way of earning extra cash on top of your classes guy's.
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The Samurai Open was great for the competitors but a nightmare for
me as I had stuck Samurai figures onto marble to make the trophy
bigger and the hot day had melted the glue. imagine my embarrassment
of saying "Oh when you get home glue them together" Nice
trophies though Lol! and the tournament had 4 new clubs attending
that promised to be back.
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Food for thought!
Our fundraising Fun day at HQ raised £700 and finished off our fund
towards a new boxing ring. All we did was Bouncy Castle, Tombola and
games, BBQ, an auction and Bingo. WOW!!!
My team of parents and staff have raised £2,500 in a few months.
"Now what shall we have next"
BlackBelt Grading last weekend!
What a weekend, I have never seen such comradery from 20 people
taking their Dan Grades!
The participants were from every part of Great Britain and I have to
say, damn! did they go through it for the infamous WUMA HQ
BLACKBELT. I am proud to say 3 were sick, 2 asthma attacks yet all
still re-joined the class and carried on. Wow! the martial arts
isn't like it used to be but at least we do our bit.
We now hear of Blackbelts elsewhere being given out after 6 and 12
months and an hour grading, sorry but that is out of order guy's and
not how it should be in my opinion.
I believe one has to earn what they wear round their waist!
"Well done everyone"
The word is that this summer has been great for enrolling students,
I feel at last Instructors are getting it.
What I mean by that is sometimes Instructors expect new members just
to walk through the door.
"Work for it and it will happen"
The English Champion of Champions on June 29th was
packed and a great day for the Semi, Light-Contact and Kata event.
For next year I think i will go bigger and better for all.
World Championships squad is now up to 87 strong so if you intend to
go to Greece with us we need your deposits now!!!!
The Full-Contact went well on the 14th June
click here for the results
These guys deserve your vote!!
You will remember at the 2007 WUMA European Championships Danny Ball
of Doncaster won the Prize Money and the Grand Championship in the
forms.
This week on the Tele in front of 10 million
people
Danny & Liam showed that Martial Arts can match up to it all!
WELL DONE BOTH FROM ALL AT WUMA
GOT YA!!!
ANTHONY FORD
Check this email out guy's, now wonder the novices still don't look
like novices!
email received today!
Hi Dicker, I need to make you aware of something that concerns
me greatly. One of my ex students Anthony Ford from Swansea was
training as a Blackbelt with me, he then left to go back to his old
instructor and i noticed that he is now competing at your
tournaments as a novice and intermediate fighter whereas when he was
with me he competed at your tournaments as a black belt in the
advanced categories. This guy Dicker is a very experienced semi
contact fighter who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the novice or
intermediate categories in any tournament. I just thought I'd let
you know mate it's up to you what you want to do about it.
from a WUMA Instructor who I shall not
mention.
My email back: Hi Ed that’s funny as Anthony Ford even
emailed me after one event as he got beat in the final and moaned
like hell about it, NOW I KNOW WHY LOL!!!
WUMA SC
click to see what
WUMA SC
is, Instructors you won't
regret it!
Full-Contact
The Novice full-contact for June 14th is looking good with many
Instructors training up their up and coming star's.
Can't wait for that one.
click here for tickets or info
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
This turned out to be a great event with a large
Scottish & Welsh team visiting England for this prestigious
European Title.
The Mens prize money went to Damon Sansum of Scotland, the ladies
prize money went to one of his Scottish Team mates.
The
Forms prize money went to Lincolns Pete Cook.
More categories for next year and possible television coverage,
watch this space!!!!
Bobby Hopkins appeared on TV today for being the smallest person to
win the Europeans.
04-04-2008 Well what a day, me and WUMA General
Manager Terry Saxton have just had a private lesson with my old
Lau-Gar Kung Fu Instructor Steve Faulkner.
Steve hasn't taught me since 1989, yes 19 years. When I left
the British Kung Fu Association in 1989 Steve stayed with them, now
he has joined WUMA and going from strength to strength.
We thought we would catch up on our Chinese Broadsword and we both
loved it.
Thankyou Sifu for a good day at the WUMA HQ. from Master
Deadly
YOU ARE
NOW INVITED TO A TRAINING HOLIDAY
AT THE NEW WORLD HEADQUARTERS CLICK HERE
The Greece deposits now need to be in so for the
info
click here
The English Cup was well attended with over 500
competitors
Good day was had by all.
WUMA SC
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WUMA SC
is, Instructors you won't
regret it!
