This year, I was given the honour of being made a member of the seminar team for the European Championships tour in May. I was very flattered to have been asked and jumped at the chance. I normally try to make it to as many seminars as possible and always help out teaching when needed but it was different this time.

The tour started for me at JDKJN John Ives' house in Norwich where we (along with SIKJN Sung Jin Suh) took the minibus on a very long drive up to Livingston in Scotland where we picked up Kuk Sa Nim and JDKJN Alex from Edinburgh airport en route. In Livingston we had a black belt testing and seminar followed by the 3rd Annual Scottish Championships the following day. The tournament ran very well and congratulations to PSBN John Edmiston and his team for organising such a great event. On a side note, my student Scott McLaughlin from Glasgow KSW promoted to Kyo Sa Nim and I was proud to walk him down the aisle to receive his certificate from Kuk Sa Nim, congratulations Kyo Sa Nim.

The following day, we boarded the minibus and drove all the way down to Morecombe Bay where we took a seminar at PSBN John Ward's Lancaster school. We then travelled on to Liverpool for another seminar at my old friend SBN Carl Barrie's brand new full time dojang and what a great training facility that is. From there, we continued the long day with a drive to Boston where we spent the night at PSBN Sonny Boyall's house. The next day was a great day of black belt testing and instructor training from the Masters that we all enjoyed very much. The rest of the week was all in the area of my old home town in East Anglia and we took seminars in Ixworth, Lowestoft and Sudbury.

In reflection, it was a very rewarding experience and I have learnt a lot in all aspects. It has also given me even more respect for Kuk Sa Nim and the Masters. The amount of travelling around they do throughout the year is huge and their commitment to spreading the word of Kuk Sool Won is nothing short of outstanding.

Kuk Sool!