As you will all be aware, there have been no updates for a number of months now. This has been the result of a number of circumstances coming together all at the wrong time. However, come the new year the updates will start again, and for those of you who still had time remaining on your subscriptions when the last update was published, you will have the remaining time given back by way of an extension to your membership.

In the mean time we are continuing to look for articles on various aspects of martial arts, for publication on this site, so if you have something that you have been bursting to share with the world for ages, then write it all down, and send it to us.

Many thanks for your patience, and we look forward to seeing you back in 2009 to see the next issue of The Martial Arts Journal.

The aim of the journal is to provide a useful tool for the martial arts community world wide and we would therefore welcome your comments and articles. Please email me at editor@themartialartsjournal.com