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 […]
Grading – May 2025 Read More »
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
Grading – May 2023 Read More »
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
Grading – December 2022 Read More »
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
Grading – September 2022 Read More »
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
Grading – June 2022 Read More »
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
Grading – March 2022 Read More »
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
Grading – December 2021 Read More »
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
Kids X-MAs Pizza Party Read More »
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
Yamaguchi Goju Kai INVITATIONAL KARATE TOURNAMENT Read More »
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
Grading – September 2021 Read More »
