Thanks Metatron
The camera is a Canon 20D and it is a superb bit of kit and works well in very low light levels too. The photos were taken by my ex and she did a good job although I was a bit of a hard task master. I got her to take the group one a few times after telling her that feet are an important part of the composition! I guess I am a bit fussy being a photographer by trade.
I actually enjoyed taking some of the photos of the course, it was a shame I couldn't have taken more but it would have interfered with what I was there for. Mjay also did a sterling job taking some of the unarmed combat shots too.
Some examples of low light use are from a recent lunar eclipse as well as comet McNaught all of which ended up in the papers here.
More photos of the course are available at
www.pbase.com/cvger
If anyone wants me to be a course photographer, be it land or water based (in case any course offers underwater knife fighting techniques

), let me know!