The Lunatics’ and guests met again to celebrate making it through to the end of the year! We had a great dinner in a relaxed atmosphere with students past and present. Sensei John Hurley made presentations, including giving Jeff his 40th birthday present – a katana!
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The party had to be put back a week due to the heavy snow the previous Sunday but 9 of the juniors made it to Pizza Hut in Luton this year as well as a couple of their parents for their annual “date” as well. After making the most of the salad bar, pizza
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As another year is rapidly coming to a close and 2018 looms ever closer, 2017 has been a very challenging year for the club. This year has been a tough one for our dojo as we have had a number of high grades out due to injuries and personal/work/academic commitments which has meant that
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Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) This was a solid grading with good spirit from the grading hopefuls. It was quite a large grading and all the grading hopefuls passed. The standout performances were: Ethan Lane who showed very high levels of focus and determination, especially considering
It was a cold and windy October night in Luton. It was a special night. The night the demons and ghouls come out to play and make mischief in the world of mortal man. It was Halloween at the Luton dojo and we had a special guest make an appearance – a skeleton wearing a
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This year, the Luton delegation to the Ogwen summer course, was just three veterans – John Hurley, Jeff Archer and Simon Mills. But what we lacked in numbers we made up for in insect bites! I’m fairly certain John’s tally alone would have equalled everyone else’s added together! Putting the antihistamines aside for one
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a solid grading with good spirit from the grading hopefuls. We welcome Carl Garner who assessed across from Shotokan to be awarded his Purple Belt in Higashi. The performance of the day went to Liridona Spahija
It’s hard to believe that another year has gone by so swiftly and that time of year had come around again. This year the Lunatics chose The Jolly Milliner for their annual Xmas Party with a record 18 in attendance including Luton’s newest, youngest and yet somehow most vocal member of the club, who
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As is tradition in the Luton dojo we like to do a presentation and gift for the most improved, dedicated and motivated students. Often this is a very difficult task choosing who should get the awards as most of our students give it their all when training. This year however was easier as two
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It had come to that time of year when Luton’s junior students got to celebrate Christmas with some of the clubs instructors. With previous year’s having suffered from low attendance, (one year only one student braved it and was out-numbered by the instructors 3 – 1) this year over a dozen junior grades descended
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