Annick Van Driessche reports from Belgium about International Instructors Course in Brussels, October 22-24 2004:

For the moment, we have got the application forms of 110 participants from 13 countries to the course, but I think there will be more persons attending, because the forms are still coming in.

For the moment, we have participants from:

• Algeria: 1 1st degree
• Belgium: 27 (a 6th degree, 4 4th degrees, 4 3rd degrees, 2 2nd degrees, 11 1st degrees, 5 red belts)
• England: 4 (2 4th degrees, 1 2nd degree, 1 1st degree)
• Finland: 9 (1 5th degree, 2 4th degrees, 3 3rd degrees, 2 2nd degrees, 1 1st degree)
• Germany: 13 (a 6th degree, 5 3rd degrees, 2 2nd degrees, 5 1st degrees)
• Ireland: 24 (Master Brendan O'Toole, 2 6th degrees, 2 5th degrees, 6 4th degrees, 4 3rd degrees, 1 2nd degree, 1 1st degree, 7 red belts)
• Lebanon: 1 5th degree (the president of the federation)
• Netherlands: 14 (Master James Tjin-a-ton, 2 6th degrees, 2 4th degrees, 2 3rd degrees, 3 2nd degrees, 3 1st degrees, 1 red belt)
• Norway: 1 (1 6th degree)
• Poland: 2 6th degrees, and a 3rd degree (+ 1 spectator, a blue belt)
• Scotland: 2 (1 6th degree, 1 4th degree)
• Spain: 3 (1 6th degree, 2 4th degrees) (I think there will be 1 more)
• Sweden: 8 (1 6th degree, 2 5th degrees, 4 4th degrees, 1 3rd degree)

Preparation to the course are finished: We made a CD-rom with the details of the participants, t-shirts for the event (I got them yesterday) with the logo we use for the course, we are arranging the hotels and transportation for the Masters and officials.

One of the biggest newspapers of Belgium "Het Laatste Nieuws", will come to the course, for some pictures and interviews, and they will already report in advance some explanation about what's going on. We think it will be a busy weekend for the Masters: not only the course, but we heard that a lot of persons/delegations want to talk to them; also, they are arriving on Thursday, and departing already on Sunday evening or Monday morning, because of the course in Italy.

Seminar will be also opportunity to grade for black belts.

Besides Masters conducting the course, Master Hector Marano, Pablo Trajtenberg and Wim Bos ther will be also present Master Trân Trieu Quân, ITF President, Master Tom MacCallum, ITF Secretary General, Master Paul Weiler, ITF Vicepresident, and Grand Master Van Binh, mr. Juan Ferrando, ITF Vicepresident, Tadeusz Loboda, AETF President, Jerzy Jedut, AETF Seceretary General and many other officials.

Report and many photos will be available on our website just after Seminar.

Sincerely yours,
Annick