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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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!
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
It was a somewhat smaller Xmas party this year for the Lunatics as only 10 of us made it to Jimmy’s this time for the annual festive celebration. As so many big events had happened to the club this year is was great to see that the instructors and students could still get together
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It was a great day for the Luton Lunatics as three of its members were upgraded at the December Kata Course run by Sensei Peter Spanton (8th Dan). Following the short kata course, Sensei John Hurley was honored to be awarded his 5th Dan. Then the hopefuls lined up for their grading. Luton fielded Danni
Sensei John Hurley was delighted to be awarded his Godan (5th Dan) at the December kata course run by Sensei Peter Spanton. This is a huge honor and recognition of John’s contribution to Karate in general and Higashi in particular. Since he was awarded his 4th Dan in North Wales in 2005, John has been
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It’s the time of year again where we recognize our students who have put the most into the club and who have got the most out. This year, our two deserving winners are: 1) Stacey Lever – always has a smile on her face and rarely misses a lesson. She is a regular at
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This year marked Luton HKK’s 20th Anniversary and as no-one could remember the exact date we decided on 1st November to go out and celebrate. The Club went out to Jimmy’s in Luton for dinner before heading back to Sensei John Hurley’s house for more drinks and fireworks to mark this milestone event. On the night
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Yet another year had gone by and it was time for the Luton Lunatics BBQ celebrating the birthday of our Chief Instructor and as always, to meet and socialise with old friends that had not been seen be a while, as well as students past and present. Past student Afghan turned up with his bride
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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
