Wado Ryu

Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), John Barrie (1st Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. Full Results are below: Eliana 8th Kyu – Red Belt Zach 7th Kyu, part 1. Yellow and White Stripe Belt Sophia 7th Kyu, part 1. Yellow and White Stripe Belt Ifrah 5th Kyu, part […]

Congratulations to John Barrie on achieving his black belt! John has worked tirelessly for years to achieve his brown belts, both at Northampton Karate and at Luton Karate and he was finally ready to take his big test at the Higashi Karate Kai Seminar in Swindon. After the three-hour seminar, his grading took another hour

Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading.  Full Results are below: Pretesh 7th Kyu – Yellow Belt Isaac 5th Kyu, part 1 – Green Stripe Belt Christopher 5th Kyu, part 1 – Green Stripe Belt Sean 5th Kyu, Green Belt

Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading.  This was a combined grading for the Luton and Northampton Higashi Karate Kai clubs. Full Results are below: Zach 8th Kyu – Red Belt Sophia 8th Kyu – Red Belt Harry 7th Kyu – Yellow Belt Casey 7th

Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading.  We normally mention standout performances but, in this grading, we saw an excellent performance across the board. Everybody passed and the purple and brown belt grading were exceptional! This was a combined grading for the Luton and Northampton

Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading.  Full Results are below: Red Belts Freyer 8th Kyu Daniel 8th Kyu Yellow Belts Szymon 7th Kyu Mya 7th Kyu Jude 7th Kyu Anthony 7th Kyu Orange Belts Maya 6th Kyu Sean 6th Kyu Purple Belts Deji 4tn

Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. The standard was very high.  The red belts had the additional challenge of learning extra techniques as we incorporate more Wado Ryu techniques into our gradings, and they met the challenge well. Congratulations again to the 9 students

Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. 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 belts had the additional challenge of learning extra techniques as we

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

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