Congratulations to Alfie Beresford – now a brown belt. Graded tonight by Sensei Tony Conroy – great spirit and a good performance!
Author: Sensei Ginny
Orange Belt Success!
Congratulations to six of my students who have gained their orange belts. They are Georgie and Alicia Atkins, George Cousins, Sienna and Scarlet Smith…
…and Emma Borrasow
Student of the Month – June 2018
Congratulations to Emma Borissow who is Student of the Month for June 2018. No push-ups for a whole month – well done!
Purple and White Belt Success!
Congratulations to (from left to right) Eva Perry, Alfie Beresford, David Bindewald, Ethan Wade, Keira Perry and Jessica Atkins for achieving their purple and white belts.
Sensei Tony Conroy (pictured in the centre) visited the club and graded them and was really impressed with their performance and spirit.
Video: Synchronised Heian Yondan
Here is our first attempt at synchronising a group kata – it needs a bit of work but not bad for take one!
Ruby Flounders is a Purple Belt!
Congratulations to Ruby Flounders who achieved her Purple Belt in the grading on 28 March after having a 5 year break from karate. She’s come back all guns blazing!
Yellow Belt success!
Five Red Belts were put under pressure tonight but they all did really well and all achieved their yellow belts – congratulations to all!
They are (left to right) Allessio Alonzi, Naydan Sidhu, Thomas Wenlock, Jonas Bindewald and Thoralf Klein.
Student of the Month for Feb 2018 is…
…Isla Jones!
Well done, Isla – lots of great spirit and energy. No press-ups now for the whole of March as well!
4 weeks in and already Student of the Month, Isla is a star!
Christmas fun session and Awards…
Our Christmas session was really great and featured two teams pitting themselves against each other in a series of challenges and games.
It was Team Santa (in red) versus Team Rudolf (in green) and in the end it was an honourable draw.
At the end of the session, were our first ever awards for the year. They went to:
Jonas Bindewald – Best Kick
Alfie Beresford – Dodgeball Master
Jade Waltham – Ichi, Ni, San Master
Joey Millward – Most Improved
Bradley Savidge – Greatest Spirit
Lily Flounders and Thomas Wenlock – Joint Student’s Student of the Year Award
Well done to all, and thanks for a great year of karate!
Blackbelt success!
26th of November saw a tough grading in front of a large panel of judges but I’m proud to say that my students (pictured below) rose to the challenge and got their belts!
From left to right (next to me) is Ali (who achieved her 2nd Dan), Jade and Raie (who got their black belts), Lily and Maud (who got their 2nd Dan) and Marcus (who got his black belt).
Well done to them all, I’m really proud!!