Another year, another trip to Spain for the annual tournament! This was the 7th time that this event has taken place and myself and SBN Taff (http://www.ksw-bury.co.uk) have been to every one. This year was no exception and we took along KSN Graeme and JKN Phil from our club and KSN Susie and JKN Brad from SBN Taff's school. Every year we first visit PSBN Jackie Barry in Fortuna before taking the long drive up to Barcelona but this year we did it the other way around and flew down to Fortuna after the tournament which was a much better idea, can't believe it took us this many years to figure that out!
A seminar took place the day before the tournament that all the students seemed to enjoy and then it was on to the tournament itself. Quite a few competitors from the UK made the trip over (mainly from Bury, Ixworth and Lancaster) and were very successful. The evening demo was enjoyable as ever with the added bonus of having a Venezuelan demo team this time. I hadn't met any of the Venezuelan KSW contingent before and found them to be very skilled and nice people. It was the first time I had done anything proper for a while as I was recovering from another operation on my foot and it turned out to be a thorough test as I ended up falling for all 3 JDKJN's!
After the demo, we travelled down to Fortuna where we performed another demo for PSBN Jackie to help promote her school opening in a new venue which went really well and gathered a lot of interest. Overall, another fantastic trip. Thanks again to PSBN Jackie and family for being great hosts as ever.
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