Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) This was a large grading with almost 20 hopefuls. The standard was very high. The white belts put in the best performance I have seen from beginners for years, with full commitment and spirit. The red and yellow belts had the additional challenge of learning […]
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Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan) This was a mini grading. The instructors were very happy with the standard of the students and both passed. Congratulations on your success! Full Results are below Name Belt Grade Gio Red 8th Kyu Darren Red 8th Kyu
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Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a smaller grading to finish the year off. The instructors were very happy with the standard of the students and everyone passed. Congratulations on your success! Full Results are below Name Belt Grade David Red 8th Kyu Alex M Red 8th Kyu Ales
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It was great to have our Kids Christmas Party again as we had to cancel it last year (we aren’t the Prime Minister) due to covid. This was our biggest ever kids party with around 40 children attending from our Power Dragons class (4-7 year olds) and Junior Karate Class (8+ years). We started off
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On the 21 November 7 members of the Higashi Karate club travelled to Essex for a karate tournament. This meant a very early start for waking up at 6 AM. This was the first competition the club had entered for 2 years due to Covid and the team was mostly made up for young students
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Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) We were delighted to be able to conduct our first class grading after the lockdown restrictions had been eased. This was a challenging grading as we expand our syllabus to include more elements from traditional Wado Kai. The hopefuls rose to the challenge and
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As is tradition, club members old and new were invited to Sensei John Hurley’s Birthday BBQ. The weather was good as we celebrated his forty-eleventh birthday. As time goes on and members move away it is always great to catch up with them as they always gravitate back to John’s annual BBQ!
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There was a great turn out for the Peter Spanton Memorial course in Ware, Hertfordshire on Saturday 21st August. Over 60 karateka were training from England and Wales plus visitors and old friends spectating. There was a great atmosphere and different Higashi Senior grades passing on their knowledge and skills. We practiced various aspects of
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Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Eugene Smith (3rd Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Due to the lockdown, this was our fist ever Zoom grading. The students had been working hard throughout lockdown and demonstrated what the had learnt to us remotely. They did very well and were duly awarded their belts.
The Junior Christmas party has been steadily growing over the years which is a great sign as more children join the club and get to enjoy learning karate. Today they were enjoying their pizza and ice cream. This year, the juniors in the club were joined by more of our Power Dragons, our new class
