Sensei John Gardiner and Helen Marsh were selected to represent WUKO-Great Britain at the 8th WUKF European Karate Championships being held in Montichiari, Italy, John in the mens senior shotokan kata and open style kata, and Helen in the women’s veterans categories A and B with Sensei Ady Gray coaching.
After flying out to Italy on the Wednesday and registering for the event, Helen was competing on the first day at the impressive stadium.
After qualifying for the ...
Sensei Ady Gray and Sensei John Gardiner joined forces again to teach at this years 3K’s Karate course (3K’s being Kihon, Kata and Kumite the three main components of Karate).
A great turnout once again as Karateka came from not only all of three of the JKG Karate clubs (Westcliff, Brentwood and Chelmsford) we also had visitors from Sensei Ady’s Dojo all the way from Ripon, North Yorkshire, Meopham in Kent, Ipswich and Kazen Kai in Chelmsford.
The first class covering Kihon ...
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A #JKGKarate squad of 5 made the trip to the university of East London to compete in the UK Open championships, a big event that attracts teams from all over the UK as well as Europe.
The squad consisted of John Gardiner, Helen Marsh, Amy Marsh, Kate Green and Sebastian Lambert.
First up was Helen competing in the Women’s veterans kata event where she secured a well earned bronze medal with katas Bassai Dai and Gojushiho Dai.
Congratulations to those who passed the grading today at the Brentwood dojo:
9th mon (red/white):
Lewis Grayland-Wignall
Joshua Lock
Samuel Lock
Matthew Davis
Thomas Wood
9th Kyu (Red):
David Wignall
Ross Ford
8th Mon (orange/white):
Oliver Hipperson
Max Flower
George Foley
8th Kyu (Orange):
Charlotte Wilcock
7th Kyu (Yellow):
Donna Clarke
Sebastian Lambert
The next grading will be on Saturday 19th November at the westcliff dojo.
Very successful grading today (11/6/16) with 19 attempting the grading and all 19 passing.
An award for “outstanding grading” was given to Oliver Hipperson for showing great effort and attitude, with Sarah Gardiner very close showing her extensive preparation and readiness for the grade.
All deserve congratulations though as vast improvements have been made across the board.
Grading results:
• 9th Mon (Red/White belt):
Abigail Galazka
Ben Wilkins
Ross Ford
• 9th Kyu (Red):
Charlotte Wilcock
Kelly Gibson
Maria Matthews
Oliver Hipperson
Max Flower
Harry Chandler
George Foley
• 8th Kyu (Orange):
Rachael Wilkins
Terry Ford
Sam Ford
Davis Matthews
• ...
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