As the end of the year approached, we once again like to recognize the students who have put the most into their karate this year and who have got the most out of it. This year’s winners are: Junior – Nitin Verma Nitin has been training with for quite a while and the have seen […]
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On Sunday 6th December Luton Higashi once again had the pleasure of hosting Sifu Rob Simpson’s annual visit to our Dojo. Whilst attendance was not at the height that it had been on previous years, it was never the less well received by all grades that participated. The higher grades we taught the
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The WKU Open Karate Championships were held in Western Super-Mare. Since registration was at 9.30, it meant that this was an early start for the squad that went down. When we eventually arrived, despite the early start, I wasn’t really tired. Once the fighting categories started around midday, that’s when I started buzzing with excitement
On Sunday 15th November, Luton welcomed Chief Instructor and 9th Dan, Peter Spanton to take our training session. Dan grades and Brown belts had the opportunity to train for an hour, with Sensei Spanton, before the rest of the Luton Karate Kai arrived. It was an action packed hour, starting with a quick run through
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Congratulations to our very own Omari Asein for winning another Bronze medal at the British International Open Championships on Saturday 5th September 2015 in Glasgow. This adds to his Bronze medals won in May at the United Styles Association Open Competition on 15th May and The British Four Nations Karate Championships that took place on
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Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a lower grade grading and all the gradees did well and were duly promoted to their new grades. Pawel Danielewicz performed notably and was awarded a 1st class pass. Congratulations on your promotions!
We have a lot of brilliant guest trainers visit us at the club, we learn and laugh a lot and our most recent visit was from Glen who gave us a small glimpse into Silat. We started with blocking attacks to the head then throwing a counter attack for our partner to block. At
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As Omari and I had recently been accepted onto the Higashi National Squad we thought it would be a good idea to attend a competition or two to try and gain more experience with competition style fighting and prepare ourselves for the long road ahead as we attempt to become champions of our art. The
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When I was told that I was competing in the Emirates stadium in Glasgow, I did not fully comprehend the scale on which I would be fighting. I the sudden realisation hit me when I entered the arena. The sheer size of the hall shook a little at first but my anxiety left almost as
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Well, here we are on the Friday, 2nd day home after returning from Ogwen 2015. I’m sat in Costa with a coffee wondering where the heck those four days went? They always pass so quickly, those days of intense karate training and hard work, when you’re so focused on executing each kick, block and punch
