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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Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan), Simon Mills (1st Dan) This was a predominantly lower grade grading with nine students passing. Three students excelled and were awarded first class passes: Stefan Varghese – going for his yellow belt, Stefan showed excellent form and determination.
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
The Luton Lunatics had a great time at the HKK Nationals at Brunel University. We had another strong showing with over 20 competitors. Everyone worked hard in the months leading up to the competition with longer training sessions as well as extra sessions. We would see if it would all pay off! The day
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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
As the end of the year approached, we once again like to recognize the students who have put the most into their karate this year and who have got the most out of it. This year’s winners are: Junior – Nitin Verma Nitin has been training with for quite a while and the have seen
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The WKU Open Karate Championships were held in Western Super-Mare. Since registration was at 9.30, it meant that this was an early start for the squad that went down. When we eventually arrived, despite the early start, I wasn’t really tired. Once the fighting categories started around midday, that’s when I started buzzing with excitement
On Sunday 15th November, Luton welcomed Chief Instructor and 9th Dan, Peter Spanton to take our training session. Dan grades and Brown belts had the opportunity to train for an hour, with Sensei Spanton, before the rest of the Luton Karate Kai arrived. It was an action packed hour, starting with a quick run through
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Congratulations to our very own Omari Asein for winning another Bronze medal at the British International Open Championships on Saturday 5th September 2015 in Glasgow. This adds to his Bronze medals won in May at the United Styles Association Open Competition on 15th May and The British Four Nations Karate Championships that took place on
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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!
