MORE Dan Grading Success!

Congratulations go to to Michael and William Selby who have both showed real determination to pass their 1st Dan Black Belt Gradings on Sunday 21st March at Bath University, well done to you both, a real success for the club and the Selby family!

 

Dan Grading Success!

On Sunday 5th December at the latest Black and Brown Belt Training Course and Dan Grading four club members successfully passed and were awarded 1st Dan Black Belt by the JKAE Chief Instructor Sensei Ohta 6th Dan. Also on the grading table were Sensei Ismail and visiting Instructor from Japan Headquarters Sensei Chubachi. A really superb result for the club! Congratulations go to Andy, Bob, Rianna and Rebecca. Well done!

Pictured above from left to right Andrew Selby, Rianna Varney, Rebecca Varney and Robert Weekes.

Guildford

August 2009: Pictured are members of the club who travelled to Guildford to attend the JKA England August 2009 Summer Course. The 3 day course was held from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August at the Spectrum Leisure Centre in Guildford with a JKA Dan grading on the Sunday following training. The course instructors for the 3 days were:

• Sensei Ueki 8th Dan JKA Honbu dojo Tokyo.
• Sensei Taniyama 6th Dan JKA Honbu dojo Tokyo.
• Sensei Ohta 6th Dan JKA England.

Sensei Taniyama (five times JKA Kumite champion) was making his first visit to the course and as usual the level of instruction from all three instructors was of an exceptionally high standard with the three hour sessions broken down into one hour sessions with each instructor. Each day's instruction included in depth Kihon, Kumite and Kata training over the three hours.

Congratulations go to Trevor Van de Velde Smith on passing his Sandan (3rd Dan) grading and Shaz Horaib for passing her Nidan (2nd Dan) grading. Well done!

Also special congratulations go to Hayleigh Hibbs for her excellent success at the National championships held in July, Individual Kumite Winner (13-15yrs) and 4th place in Kata. Brilliant!

Pictured from left to right are: Alan Larcombe, Sensei Glyn Morgan, Sensei Taniyama, Sensei Ueki, Hayleigh Hibbs, Shaz Horaib and Trevor Van de Velde Smith.

Nationals

June 2009: This year our small club will be sending its biggest ever group of students to compete in the nationals, which are happening soon. We wish them all good luck.

Belgrade again

June 2009: Hayleigh Hibbs, our junior 2nd dan has gone to Belgrade to the european nationals, where she did very well in kumite and kata. She is a very talented student and continues to improve.

Sensei Glyn in the JKAE

June 2009: Our club Sensei, sensei Glyn Morgan, is now the JKAE's regional officer for southwest. This means anyone in this region who wants information about the JKAE should email him using the address behind the "contact" link at the top of this page. Glyn is now also a member of the JKAE's excecutive commitee.

Belgrade

May 2009: This month Hayleigh Hibbs, our junior squad member, will be competing in the Junior Championships in Belgrade. This is fantastic news for Hayleigh, best of luck!

Alan Larcombe passes 3rd dan at guildford summer course

August 2008: Alan graded under;

• Ueki sensei 8th dan
• Kurasako sensei 7th dan
• Ohta sensei 6th dan
• Larson sensei 6th dan

The grading was in private, examiners only in the room with the students, Alan's basics (kihon) went well, as did his kumite (sparring), and his choice of kata (chinte) went well. With the above examiners you know for sure you were not passed just for turning up!

The course itself was three days and very technical, with lots of info on how to improve technique, hip and stance work, and on the kata side it was pointed out several times by the senseis over the course that more so for the higher grades, one should find the kata to suit you which may not be the one you like! Very important for gradings.

Well done Alan!

Hayleigh reselected for the English Squad

March 08: Hayliegh Hibbs, our junior 2nd dan has been selected for a second year for the english squad. She is training hard and commuting most weekends to London from Dorset for squad training. She is an inspiration to the other junior members in our small rural club. Thanks go to her parents for their support. Watch this space for her progress this year!

Instructors and referee licenses

March 08: Chief instructor Glyn Morgan passed E referee licence.

Club instructors Trevor Van De Velde Smith passed G instructor licence.

Andrew Auckland passed G instructor licence.

Competing abroad

November 07: Hayleigh Hibbs, our junior 2nd dan who is on the jkae squad, went to France recently and came first place in her catagory for kumite and seccond place in kata. We at the club are proud of her continuing acheivements. Well done.

Black Belt for Nathan

September 07: Nathan Khan passed his 1st dan grading under Sensei Ukei, Sensei Imamura, and Sensei Ohta. Nathan started karate at the age of six in Hertfordshire, and after moving to dorset he tried a couple of clubs before coming to the club in Wareham and trained hard for this recent acheivement.

Well done to him.