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
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a larger grading with 15 hopefuls. The overall standard and energy were very high from start to end and the judges were very impressed. Performances of note were George Palmer who really shone and showed a lot
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!
Judging Panel: John Hurley (4th Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a lower grade grading and it was good to see so many students off the starting blocks with their first belt! All the gradees did well and were duly promoted to their new grades. The performance of the day went to Stephen
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
Grading Panel – John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Danni Noble (2nd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan), Omari Asein (1st Dan) This was a small grading with only four hopefuls. They all impressed the judges significantly to be awarded their new belts. The performance of the day went to Stacey Lever who,
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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Judging Panel: John Hurley (4th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan), Hayley Blagg (1st Dan) There were no novices in this grading and it was suitably tough. The advanced grades were tested on everything they knew over three grueling hours. We are very pleased to welcome our new higher grade
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
