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SMA Sports Day 2011 - 14-08-2011 |
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Last Sunday 28 students plus assistant marshalls Yasmin Lee and Tony Dix met at the STR dojo for the annual Sports Day fundraiser. The 28 participants were divided into 4 teams of 7.
First event was an hour kata class on kata Jitte which included some fun exercises and bunkai.
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IV KSE INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - 27-03-2011 |
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145 competitors from 10 clubs attended this years KSE Invitational Championships at the GL1 Leisure Centre, Gloucester. Clubs travelled from Bristol, Hereford, Worcester, Portishead, Ross on Wye, Tewkesbury and the Forest of Dean among other towns.
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IV KSE INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Prt 2 - 27-03-2011 |
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More Photos from the day courtesy of Mr P Angel.. |
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Tewkesbury Dojo Report - 14-01-2011 |
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Below is a brief report on our new Tewkesbury Karate Club by dojo chief instructor Sensei Penny Kent. |
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KS-T Dojo Demonstration - 14-09-2010 |
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Last night 14 SMA members met at Sensei Penny's new dojo at Tewkesbury High School as part of the demonstration team.
Sensei Brian led the team through some basics and various drills followed by partner work. Bella Jarvis and Cody Miller then performed kata Bassai Dai and Josh Barlow demonstrated defences against Sensei Brian's attacks. Kathryn and Christopher Lodge then performed kobudo weapons kata using Nunchaku and Sai afterwhich the kids demonstrated their sprarring skills. A knife defence by Chris Lodge and Sensei Brian was well received by the spectators, the demo then finishing with board breaking and Sensei Penny who thanked the team for their efforts and presented them with karate kid posters and DVDs in recognition of their hard work.
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Bella's BKF Debut Success! - 13-09-2010 |
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Bella Jarvis travelled to Edinburgh last weekend to take part in the British Karate Federation Championships. It was Bella's first time to the BKFs and she made the long journey, which took 5 hours by train, with mum and coach, Sensei Dona. |
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Sensei Penny Williams to Open Tewkesbury Dojo - 16-08-2010 |
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Sensei Penny Williams, 2nd Dan will be opening a new Shito-kai dojo at Tewkesbury High School in September. Penny, who has been training since 2002 is a qualified instructor in Shito-ryu. She is CRB certified and has been assisting Sensei Brian at Cheltenham dojo for the past two years. Penny is also a nationally qualified Kata and Kumite judge and is now pursuing her referee's licence. |
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SMA Sports Day - 01-08-2010 |
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28 students and 3 instructors met at STR dojo for a day of friendly sportsmanship and fun. The 28 were divided into 4 teams and competed in a number of disciplines including karate, swimming, soft ball and football. Though the weather wasn't brilliant we managed to dodge the showers and enjoyed a great day.
Thanks to my assistants Dona and Dani. Also, to the team captains Robert, Chris, Morgan and Luke who was celebrating his 15 birthday that day! Thanks for sharing your birthday cake Luke and well done to everyone who took part and did their best. |
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Shitokai England | SMA Summer Tournament - 04-07-2010 |
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42 competitors attended the SMA Summer Tournament last Sunday, accompanied by parents and family members. The event started at 11.30am with Junior grade kata events followed by their Kumite events.
The senior grade events started at 1.00pm and follwed the same format. The events were overseen by the SMA black belts who did a great job of judging and administrating the 12 events. |
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Shitokai SMA Summer Tournament pt.2 - 04-07-2010 |
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More photos of the day courtesy of Mr. Pete Angel. Thank you Pete! |
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