Thursday 25th July 2013 saw a an equally sad and happy day for the Club as it marked Rachel’s last lesson at the Club before her move to Japan. Rachel has been with the Club for the past 4 years, making rapid progress through the Kyu grades before passing her Read more…
Seishinkai Shotokan Karate International sent six competitors to join forces with our friends from SEKU to once again create a joint Team England to compete in the WJKA World Championships in Remscheid, Germany. Team England came home with seven World Championships and each competitor achieving a placing, which is an Read more…
At the SSKI Squad training session on Thursday 25th April 2013, Sensei Adam Cockfield was awarded his 5th Dan grade by Sensei Malcolm Phipps 8th Dan and Sensei Tony Bunting 6th Dan, in front of a packed audience of squad members and instructors from nearly all the clubs in SSKI. Read more…
Congratulations to Nigel, Terry, Luke and Harvey who all successfully passed their respective gradings: 4th Kyu- Harvey 8th Kyu- Luke 9th Kyu- Terry and Nigel This was an excellent start for Terry and Nigel on their first grading, with performances that bode well for the future.
On the 9th of March a large SSKI squad including Chris sensei and Rachael from the London dojo, Gabriel Van Rel sensei (who teaches in Kentish Town), and led by Adam sensei as Association Coach, attended the annual Legends Open Karate Competition in Bracknell. It was a fantastic day, with some Read more…
I hope everyone had a good Christmas break and is itching to get back in the dojo. Training will start again on January 7th, usual times and location. See you there!
On Thursday December 20th, the London Dojo hosted Simon Staples Sensei for the 2nd annual Christmas course. The first part of the course was an eye-opening approach to Shotokan karate, moving away from the formal stances, pulled hikitae and long fighting distance, and including the evasive movements and take downs Read more…
The London Kyu grading took place on Thursday December 13th. The standard was high throughout and congratulations to Luke, Harvey and Joydeep who were awarded the following grades: 9th Kyu- Luke Oxlade 5th Kyu- Harvey Perkins 1st Kyu- Joydeep
The SSKI Dan grading was held at the Honbu dojo in Hemel Hempstead on December 1st. Chris Sensei and Rachael were successfully graded to Sandan and Shodan respectively, in front of an examiners panel consisting of Malcolm Phipps Sensei, Tony Bunting Sensei, Adam Cockfield Sensei, Jeff Carson Sensei and Daniel Read more…
The London dojo sent a select team of Adam sensei, Chris sensei, Caspar sensei, Peer and Rachael, to the SSKI Nationals at the Honbu dojo in Hemel Hempstead. Despite our small number we performed well and came home with a very respectable haul of medals: 1st Men’s Senior Kata (Adam Read more…