Sempai Graham Truckel
Sempai Robert Brownsmith

It is with great pleasure that we announce the award of Black Belt to SMA students Graham Truckel and Rob Brownsmith.
Both took part in a grueling 3 hour assessment under the watchful eye of Sensei Boh, assisted by Sempai's Paul Matthews and Mia Shirodkar.

Graham and Rob were test on SMA's curriculum of JKD/Jun Fan and the Filipino Arts, followed by numerous rounds of unrelenting sparring against the Sempai's and Sensei himself.

Graham has been training with SMA for approximately 7 years and has showed his support by being a regular attendee of seminars. He has also trained under Guru Dan Inosanto, Terry Barnett, Phil Norman, John Spezzano and Rick Faye.

Rob has been training with SMA for approximately 5 years and is also a regular face at seminars. More recently, Rob accompanied Sensei to Los Angeles where he trained under numerous world class instructors. Within SMA, Rob has trained under Guru Dan Inosanto, Terry Barnett, Phil Norman, John Spezzano and Rick Faye.

Both Graham and Rob have displayed excellent attitudes over the years and this forms an immense part of the assessment.
They now take their place alongside the other SMA Black Belts team members; Paul, Mia, Speedy and Duncan.

Congratulations Graham and Rob.