Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) We had another small grading to round the year off. The students showed good spirit and effort and were duly awarded their new belts! Congratulations to the students who graded! Name Belt Grade Josh Wise- Sharp Yellow Belt […]
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) We had a small grading which included some students taking their first grading. They quickly found out that gradings are not like ordinary lessons! Congratulations to the students who graded! Name Belt Grade Ethan Fisher Red Belt 8th Kyu Riley Carnell Red Belt
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was another large grading with 13 hopefuls. Unlucky for some, but not for them as they all passed! The standout performance of the day was from Jasmine who showed great poise and focus and she was duly awarded
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Our last grading of the year was pretty large with 10 hopefuls ranging from students taking their first belt all the way up to brown belt. The standard was very high with all the students showing excellent spirit. Everyone passed and performances of
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a lower belt grading and all the candidates passed with good passes. They showed a lot of energy and we look forward to seeing them develop their skills. Congratulations again to everyone who graded!
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was another large grading with a lot of effort and spirit shown by the students. The standout performances were: Ethan Kiernan who showed excellent form coupled with outstanding energy and effort. He was showing as much effort
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
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
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Simon Mills (1st Dan) This grading was of a very high standard and all the hopefuls passed to get their new belts. Performances of note went to: Ethan Kiernan – who put 100% power and effort into his whole grading. He did
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) We had one of our larger gradings with 20 hopefuls. After the intense training building up to the recent HKK Nationals, the judges were hoping for a high standard and were not disappointed. Many of those who scored gold
