Welcome to
East London JKA Karate Club

Merry Christmas & Happy New year to all students and families.

Firstly welcome to our new students from all 3 of our training location we hope you have been encouraged to train hard in order to fulfil your full potential.

In May with congratulated Elle Behari 11 years on her Shodan pass along with Sensei Claire and Mcvin with Nidan grading pass. Image

In October we took a small squad to the JKA open competition images

In November a number of student attended the JKAE International winter course @ K2 Crawley, We would also like to congratulation to Sensei Claire on her completion of the JKA Coaching Test which by all reports was a very hard test for all taking part.

In early December the club was invited to attend and provide a demonstration of karate to at the Rainham Christmas Fayre 3^rd Dec, I would like thank Joe, Elle, Neha and Andrew with their participation on the day we think it went well considering the constraints of the location. Images from the afternoon

Our Winter Grading with Stratford Karate on Sunday 11^th December With examiner Otha Sensei 7^th Dan JKA England Chief instructor. We had two training & grading session to accommodate the number of students wishing to grade on the day.   Otha Sensei was happy with the organisation of the days sessions and was happy with the overall karateka standard of both clubs.   

Looking forward for 2023, I think the club has 7-8 students with 1st Kyu grades, I would advise all of you to attend as many JKA courses as possible before attempting your Shodan Grading.

Club Kyu grading dates for your 2023 calendar

All dates will have 2 sessions to accommodate the number of student applicable to grade on the dates.

• Session 1 Beginner to Yellow belt
• Session 2 Green to Brown belt.  

Saturday 18 March 9:30 AM – 4 PM

Saturday 8th July 10:00 AM – 4 PM

Sunday 10th December 10:00 AM – 4 PM

Results

Open Championships 2022 Results from our small group

1. Blake – Kata 🥇Kumite 🥉
2. Mili – Kata Semi Finals, Kumite Semi Finals
3. Yunus – kata 2nd Round; Kumite 🥉

Well done to everyone who compete today. The categories were tough, but all our students gave 110% and did the Club proud.

Special mention to Mili who compete for the 1st time and a tough category to boot (brown and Black belts)

Sunday, 2 October 11:00  JKAE Instructors Course – Hatfield

Ist Kyu and above 18years and above can attend this course

Saturday, 29 October 10:00  JKAE Open Championships – K2 Crawley

Orange belts and above can take part in the competition, please contact sensei ASAP

International Course and Dan Grading

Friday, 2 December 2022 17:00 JKAE International Course and Dan Grading – K2 Crawley

Saturday, 3 December 2022 JKAE International Course and Dan Grading – K2 Crawley

Sunday, 4 December 2022 » 18:00  JKAE International Course and Dan Grading – K2 Crawley

This course is open to all grades I would suggest that Green belts and above to attend a Saturday or Sunday lesson

Ist Kyu you need to have completed to course before attempting your black belt.

I would advise that 1^st kyu should attend the Sunday lesson and then stay behind to watch the Dan grading.

Club grading  Sunday 11th December at Castle Green Leisure Center this will be an earlier start 930 AM, further details to follow

Well done to all of our competitors today representing the club, for some of you it was the first time at a JKA competition event, please remember Karate is the practise of continuous improvement of oneself. for which I note a couple of you have improved since your last attempt, so if you were not lucky enough to progress this time, then hopefully next time you will get a bit further, never stop trying to improving yourself.

!!!!!!! Congratulations !!!!!!!

Blake (Boys age 6-9)Kata Kumite

Elle (Girls age 10-12)Kata Kumite

Denisa (girls 13-15)Kumite

Yunus (Male age 19-39)Kata Kumite

Claire (Female age 40+)Kata (final) 4th Place Kumite (Qtr Final)

Lilly (Female age 16-18)Kumite (semi final)

Andrew (Male age 40+ Brown & black Belt )Kata (round 2)

Anis and Melissa participated for the first time in children Kumite

We are happy to announce that we have 3 new black belts who attained the required level at the JKA International Course at The K2 Crawley, Elle 11 years achieved Shodan, Mcvin 2nd Dan & Claire 2nd Dan. congratulations.

Please take note of the following dates

The club will be Closed for short period directly after the Grading event 2nd April at all of its training locations. Our first lesson back will be Monday 11th April @ Given Wilson Institute

Monday 18th (Bank Holiday Monday) please contact sensei if you wish to train otherwise the lesson will be cancelled from the booking site.

April 30^th JKA K2 International Course all students are welcome to attend. please note both locations will be closed on Saturday April 30th

We are open at all locations

Please note there will be no Lessons on Saturday 29 Jan as Sensei will be at the JKA England AGM in Nottingham.

Please update you calendar’s for this year’s Grading dates below

2nd April 2022 from  9 45 AM until 4 pm

16th July 2022 from  9 45 AM  until 4 pm

11th December  2022  from  9 45 – 3:30 pm

Finally 1st Kyu thinking of grading this year I would advised you to look at the JKA calendar to work when you think you will be ready to Grade. Set your goals!!!

Dan Grading

When  Sun, 27 February, 11:00 – 17:00

JKAE National Course and Dan Grading – Guildford Spectrum

Where : Guildford Spectrum, Parkway, Guildford GU1 1UP, UK

Description : 11am-1pm Training, 2pm-5pm Dan Grading