Welcome to
East London JKA Karate Club

National Championships 7th July 2012

All brown and black belts must bring gum shields and mitts
Montem Leisure Centre,
Montem Lane,
Slough,
SL1 2QG

Please note a coach will be in hand to go to the Championships places are up for grabs. students competing and volunteers will get first choice. Cost of seats will be £10 return. (please note that coach fees are subsidised by the Club).

There are  49 seats on the coach so please hurry and let the Instructor or coach know if you are coming, usual invitations apply please look for the list of names for the squad.

Coach will pick up 6.30 am Becontree Heath Leisure Centre and 6.45am Harold Road Centre approx, back for 8 -8.30pm approx

Volunteers   Thank you….

Mrs S Storey, Mrs M Barrera. Ms N Malik

East London JKA Squad 2012      Congratulations…

Stuart Bastidas, Stanislav Ryadinskiy, Amirah Akhter, Jitesh Chandegra, Vishal Chandegra, Georgia Mayland, Aaron Storey, Ryan Storey, Leah Leadley, Lauren Leadley, Jade Adjei, Sameena Amla, Marsuq Hussain, Prottoybyn Farhad, Malcom Espenella.

Good Luck to all those competing.

Club Committee

Please note

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY

NO CLASS MONDAY 4TH JUNE BOTH SESSIONS CANCELLED..

ALL OTHER CLASSES REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK …OSS

Note from Harold Road Centre

Big Lunch Sunday 3rd June…

Everyone is welcome to attend, there will be Hot and cold food on offer on the day…

We have been unable to help as a Club on this activity do please attend if you can and show your support to Harold Road Centre.

Have a nice weekend ….

Club Committee

2nd June Inter Clubs Competition   KATA & KUMITE Competition.

Clubs participating South London, Chikara, Lewisham, Alfa, East London, Saikyou Karate Club.

Venue Sydney Russell School Leisure Centre, Parsloes Avenue Dagenham,London, RM9 5QT

Over 100 competitors took part in the first London Interclub Championship on the 2nd of June .

Six JKA England Shotokan Karate clubs from London and Essex gathered together for students to compete against each other.

For many of the competitors it was their first taste of a competition and fighting for a medal.

The championship included Kata and Kumite rounds, from three step sparring (Sanbon kumite) to free style (kumite).

All 203 Photographs are in Interclub2012 under timetable2012 .

The Competition ran smooth and all the competitors enjoyed themselves enormously. We have already been asked to prepare another one for next year, keep looking in this space..

Thank you for your Kind support with all Club activities. 

Club Committee

KATA COURSE 

Thursday 17th May

Sensei Adel Ismael 5th Dan JKA

We are very pleased to comment that the KATA course was a complete success and that student attendance was adequate. Newham Leisure Centre gave us  plenty of space to do the drills that were required.

All three sessions were well atended, though the traffic in the surrounding area was difficult due to some road closures.

Sensei Ismail was excellent and we all enjoyed the KATAS and BUNKAI (applications) that were shown.We had excellent comments on the last session, Brown belts and above enjoyed the Katas Kanku-dai and Hangetsu.

All students went away with  lots to remember and study for future grading.

Thank you all for your incredible support.

Club Committee

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The note below is no longer valid as fron January 2013… OSS

Please note

From this week we have  introduced a £1 additional charge to renewals and new licenses.

This charge is to cover the stamp and envelope duty required to acquire the documents, this is a reflection on stamp prices being considerable higher than four years ago.

(The Club has tried to cover this hidden cost for a long time and it now no longer sustainable as we have more overheads).

Thank you for your understanding

Club Committee.

We bring to your attention for 2012

May International Course Friday 4th to Monday 7th

September Autum International Course  Friday 28th to Sunday 30th

We ask  all students to attend and support these events, Instructors will be from JKA Headquarters and only come on these two ocassions, as a Club we are expected to fully support these events.

We would advice students to attend at least the weekend if you cannot attend the whole course.

Please note that we will be taking names plus a £5 deposit for a weekend coach to do Saturday and Sunday for both courses, the only way this will happen is if we have a full coach. If interested please see the Instructor. We will work on a first come first served basis.

Please be aware that once you have paid your deposit, in the unlikely event that you can not attend, you will be expected to pay the full amount for the fare, we will try our best to find a replacement student, but if it is not possible then you will need to pay.

For  a ball parker figure the cost for travel be £20 for two days for the coach plus daily cost of two days training £55 ( last years prices ). Total cost £75 – £80  to attend the course Saturday Sunday.

 Please note your license will not be stamped if you only attend two days. The cost of the training can be paid on the day, this will be done by the instructor after collecting the fees for everyone.We will also need to fill in a Disclaimer for everyone, under 18,  parents will need to sign this, again no disclaimer no course.(Disclaimers will be available two weeks before the course ask Instructor)

The cost is quite high but there again so is the standard of tuition, we have given plenty of warning so that we can all save up and try to get to these events that happen twice a year.

ALL STUDENTS NEED AN IN-DATE JKA LICENSE TO ATTEND ALL JKA ENGLAND COURSES NO LICENSE NO COURSE!!

All brown belts must attend if they are to attempt Shodan grading in the future, do note that brown belts need to have two full sessions stamped on their license before grading for shodan.( if you have not attended two courses before hand we cannot put you forward for black belt grading even if you passed your assesment with the Club, these are regulations from the Association). One of the sessions can be the one attended on the day of your Shodan exam.

There are also regional courses which all of us can attend, again we would organise something if there are sufficent students/parents to fill the coach minimum of 45.

Thank you for your support with the Club

Club Committee

Please note the following

Sensei Martin Dobson 3rd Dan JKA Regional Officer for London and the South East will be at our Dojo in Newham Leisure Centre on Saturday the  11th of February.

Please note there will be no class on Saturday morning due to this event.

Classes will run from 1.30pm to 2.30pm and 2.40pm to 3.40pm depending on grade.

Pleasse support this event by participating.

Thank you for your understanding.

Club Committee

We would like to welcome back all our students for 2012

Our Dojos will be open from the 9th of January, usual times.

We wish everyone a happy new year and encourage all students to continue training and grading as we did in 2011, we look forward to 2012, we will try to have as many activities as we did this year.

Thank you all for your incredible support and understanding.

Club Committee

We would like to thank all the staff at Sydney Rusell School Leisure Centre particularly Mr Brian Roberts Sydney Russell School Sports Development Officer for inviting us to host a six week Karate taster course.

We are very happy to report that the course was a total success and it was well attended all six weeks.

Below the final lesson, where students received their well earned Certicates and medals from Mr B. Roberts and Mr C Bastidas Head Instructor for East London JKA Karate Club.

 

All indications are that the majority of the students that have attended will join the Club on a regular basis.

Thank you once more to Sydney Rusell School for allowing us the privilege to host such an event.

Club Committee

East London JKA

Please note the following.

We are inviting everyone at the Club for a get together at Harold Road Centre on the 18th December at 7 pm.

We will be giving an account of the club’s affairs for the year. We will also be giving recognition to some of our students for their fantastic efforts this year.

We will be meeting in the Carpet Hall at Harold Road Centre. You are welcome to help out with foood and drinks donations.

Hope to see everyone there, parents do come with the chidren as we had some without the parents last year.

Also note that  the club will be closed for a period of approximatelly three weeks.

All Dojos are to close on the 19th December 2011 and resume on the 9th January 2012.

Thank to everyone for your fantastic support and understanding.

Club Committtee