Alan Smewing
Grade: 1st degree black
Alan started Kung Fu after finishing University and finding that he had
nothing to do in the evening. "I'd spent several years exercising my brain
(& my drinking arm) and I figured it was about time I exercised the rest of
me. When I first started I was terrible, I kept tripping over my own feet.
At times it got frustrating but I kept going because I was absolutely
determined to get fit. Eventually, everything started to click into place. The thing that keeps me training on a daily basis is that I think Kung Fu
is just about the coolest thing on the planet!" Date acheived black sash: 2006.