Issue 22 - Professional Unification of Martial Arts

PLANET P.U.M.A.
Throughout the day we covered patterns, sparring, set
sparring, destruction, knife defence, one step sparring,
semi-free sparring, nunchuck drills and loads more...and
then to end on a coup, Master Gayle presented a seminar
on ‘Preparing for your Black Belt grading’. It would not be
hard to write more about each seminar and what was
taught, but I would much rather issue an invitation to all
students – come to the next one and find out how good
these instructors are for yourself.
For most
of the day I found myself meeting, greeting and taking
the money. I was scheduled to teach but was more than
happy to make way for the wealth of teaching talent supplied
by those who donated their time for free. Besides,
for me, the most important aspect of the day was the
students. Nearly 100 martial artists of all different ages
and grades, and from over 10 different P.U.M.A. schools,
attended and put their hand in their pocket for a great
cause. Many gave more than the requested £10, and
many brought donations from others who were unable to attend.
The seminars
were a great
success and the
day contributed
over £1,030
to the Ghana
Appeal Fund. If
you want to
know how far
that will stretch
in Ghana, try multiplying this figure by 5, and that will give you an idea.
All in all, a wonderful day, a huge amount of money and I'm left
scratching my head wondering what we can possibly do next year to
beat it. Any ideas Ms Elise...?
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