After the greetings in Chinese and Japanese for mutual respect, Master Rob Simpson, Director General of the Institute for Chinese Martial Arts, took the senior grades through a kung fu style stretching session geared towards flexibility and strengthening of the joints – this was going to be a seminar exploring “chin na”, or joint locking …
As the year draws to an end we recognise the students who have put the most into their training in 2013 and who have got the most out of it. This year, they winners were: * Lower grade junior – Megan King * Higher grade junior – Omari Asein * Lower grade senior – Aaron …
This was a larger grading with seven hopefulls going for their yellow belts up to 1st kyu brown belts. For the higher grades the grading took three hours so the candidates were really put through their paces. Everyone performed well and passed. Name Grade Belt Class Pass Zara Raja 7th Kyu …
The Luton Lunatics were honoured to welcome Sensei Peter Spanton to the dojo for his annual seminar. We were also very pleased to have guests from a number of other dojos and also from the Rokakai federation join us for the day. We started off with the brown and black belt session. The focus …
The Luton Lunatics had a great time at the HKK Nationals at Brunel University. The day started strong with the juniors winning a number of gold and silver medals in the kata categories. When they moved onto the Kumite they did just as well. After lunch, it was the turn of the seniors to …
Judging Panel: John Hurley (4th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan), Hayley Blagg (1st Dan) This was a smaller grading with a number of students going for their lower and middle grades. Everyone passed and the results are below: Name Grade Belt Class Pass Helen Sodling 7th Kyu Yellow …
Judging Panel: John Hurley (4th Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan), Hayley Blagg (1st Dan) This was a smaller grading with a number of students going for their lower and middle grades. Everyone passed and the results are below: Name Grade Belt Class Pass Helen Sodling 8th Kyu Red 2nd Megan King 8th …
Once again it seems like only yesterday since we were last in Ogwen and preparing for Alex and Hayley to take their next grades. The year has sped by; this would be my 21st year in Ogwen which now makes me feel old as I first attended when I was 20. This year we …
Judging Panel: John Hurley (4th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan), Hayley Blagg (1st Dan) This was a smaller grading with a number of students going for their middle grades. Everyone passed and the results are below: Name Grade Belt Class Pass Charlie Turner 8th Kyu Red 2nd Alicja …
This year we held our adults’ Christmas party at the Bramingham opposite the dojo, followed by drinking until the next day. Well, there was no karate on the Sunday!
