Welcome to my second newsletter. Hope you are well and the training is going amazing. Still love seeing all the images and videos on the socials. Keep it going! With a blink of eye, it's the end of February already and we've been mega busy. On the mat, there's been recruitment drives, regionals and even a National Brown and Dan course which happened last Saturday. It was a great day with over 30 instructors on the mat sharing some knowledge and demonstrating some high-level jitsu. Then to cap it off, we had the first of our winter dan gradings where Sensei Adam Walker-Watkins successfully graded to Nidan. Brilliant job Adam! It was also a great opportunity to get some feedback so I held a Q&A session. We had some candid conversations and hopefully we all left with some more confidence in our future. If you have any feedback for me or the organisation, please let us know at feedback@jitsufoundation.org' Off the mat, we've been busy too. The major projects I discussed last time are picking up pace. There are some long-term objectives but you should see some progress soon. For example, comms was highlighted as a priority, so we've put a team together that will help us get information out there in a timely fashion. This newsletter is just one example of how we're improving our comms - another one we're introducing is a regular Town Hall session, which we're planning to host every quarter via video call. I'll ask my Management Board and Tertiary Board colleagues to join us for these events, where we'll give you updates and take some questions from the floor as well. We're looking to schedule our first Town Hall for a Sunday night in April - the exact date and time will be confirmed shortly and communicated via email and socials. If you haven't done so, get the 3-4th May for the #Randoris2025 in your diary. More details can be found here. Looking forward to seeing you soon! Eric Law TJJF Chair