Free Trial Lessons
January 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
TWO Free Trial Lessons
2011 Awards Ceremony and Party
January 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
Congratulations to the following students of 2011:
Jason Lepley – Best Male
Linda Duan – Best Female
Gareth Evans – Best Boy
Sophie Skinner – Best Girl
Oscar Ryland – Outstanding Effort
Amongst all the fun, we were also able to raise £180 going to three charities: E.A.C.H, SANDS and St Helena Hospice. THANK YOU!!
Dan Grades Success
December 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
Congratulations to the following on their Dan gradings at Loughborough University in December:
Callum Lepley – Shodan (1st Dan)
Ernst Theron – Nidan (2nd Dan)
Ricardo Piper - Nidan (2nd Dan)
Well done also to Harry Theron who passed his Coaching Assessment.
FOUR medals for Colchester
November 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
JKAE London & S.E. Regional Competition Results
GOLD for Ernst Theron in Kumite,
GOLD for Harry Theron in Kata,
SILVER for Amy Walsh in Kumite and BRONZE in Kata
Well done team!!
November Club Course and Kyu Grading Results
November 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
We were pleased to welcome Sensei Roy Tomlin 5th Dan JKA for the first time to our club.
Special Course & grading with Sensei Y. Ohta
July 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
It was the third year chief instructor Sensei Yoshinobu Ohta (7th Dan JKA) visited us. Over eighty karate students attended the popular training session by JKA England’s Chief Instructor.
Over the years Sensei Ohta has build up a reputation as a very popular and technically brilliant senior instructor. He teaches at all JKAE national courses, abroad, as well as at his own clubs in Covent Garden and Chelsea. He has also recently appeared in the first episode of “Ninja Warrior” on Challenge TV.
Thirteen medals – JKA England National Championships
July 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
Well we certainly didn’t go home empty handed – taking THIRTEEN medals for various individual and team categories. At the end of the competition, the Japanese Ambassador’s Cup was awarded to Ernst Theron for “Best Junior Male” by Chief Instructor, Sensei Y. Ohta.
For the first time, JKA-England hosted both the Black and Brown belts and Kyu Grade Championships on the same day. With around 600 competitors entering and over 300 spectators, the K2 sports centre was the venue for the event which had earlier in the year also hosted the Junior European Championships.
The Kata and Kumite events were first with some excellent displays in the elimination rounds by all competitors. The standards increase year on year but this was a particularly high standard on all fronts.
