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Sayonara to Ivy Lai - 21-08-2007 |
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Ivy has been with us at the Cheltenham Dojo for the past 4 months or so and has become a real part of the family.
Sadly her time here is coming to an end this week and Thursday wil be her last class before returning to Hong Kong.
Please join me in wishing her a safe journey home and a happy future in whatever she does.
Sayonara Ivy from everyone at SMA - Shito Kai England. |
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AMA Eastern Championships 2007 - 19-08-2007 |
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A team of 10 SMA students attended the AMA Eastern Championships last Sunday at the Harvey Hadden centre in Nottingham.
The team consisted of Morgan and Finley Winstanley - Jordan Dyer - Dominic Alden - Rory Ford - Josie Reynolds - Melissa Clayton - Naomi and Natasha Marshall and Alex Legal. The team were coached by Senpai Dona while Sensei Brian joined the officials. |
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1st SMA Summer Camp 2007 - Part 2 - 15-07-2007 |
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Soon after it was time for training and everyone was keen to get in doors anyway. The course started with kihon followed by kumite drills and lastly kata Sochin which Sensei Brian demonstrated before teaching the various segments. The class was split into groups each with a black belt or two whose job it was to coach the junior grades through the sequence of moves. Finally each group show cased their kata to the applause of their peers before the seminar came to an end and sensei Brian thanked everyone for their support. After some departed and some stayed to enjoy the indoor pool - sauna and hot showers before leaving but all seemed to enjoy the camp and vowed to return next year.
Enjoy the photos. |
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1st SMA Summer Camp 2007 - 14-07-2007 |
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The location for the first SMA summer camp was the beautiful Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The event was supported by 45 students, parents and friends of the academy sharing 15 tent pitches in the idyllic Whitemead Forest Park, Parkend Lydney. Our first port of call was the Pedal-a-Bike-Away cycle centre where many chose their transportation for the sponsored bike ride. Having got our bikes helmets bicycle clips shades and puncture repair kits we felt ready to hit the trail. Yep with vigour the teenagers were out of the cycle centre first and on the road while the rest of us followed as best we could until someone who actually studied the map we were given shouted wrong way! |
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Kobudo Course with Sensei Moledzki 7th Dan - 17-06-2007 |
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Its always a joy to welcome Moledzki Sensei back to the UK. His experience in all things Budo is truely extensive and his charasmatic approach to teaching students of all ages and ability is second to none.
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Shitokai Murayama UK Spring Course 2007 - 23-05-2007 |
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This was to be Sensei Murayama’s second visit to the UK to meet and teach his British students. His visit followed sensei Moledzki’s Iwata Cup Championships in Toronto.
Murayama sensei was the guest of honour there and our Shitokai Murayama UK team were also in attendance. see seperate report.
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Seminar with Ishimi Yasunari Sensei - 12-05-2007 |
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Ishimi Sensei was born in 1943, Hyogo, near kobe, Japan. His first taste of karate was in Kushin-Ryu under Master Matsukazi. He later studied Goju-Ryu at high school before eventually meeting Tsuzikawa Sensei, a student of Ken-ei Mabuni, son of the founder of the Shitoryu system. It was the start of a study of Shitoryu that continues to the present day. Ishimi Sensei competed and captained his Kobe university team during the first half of the 60’s before arriving in Madrid in 1967. By now he had attained 3rd dan from JKF and was teaching at several gymnasiums around Spains capitol before setting up his own dojo. Later he was called upon to coach the Spanish team and was awarded 5th Dan by the Spanish National Governing Body and later received the same award by the JKF on one of his regular return trips to Japan. In 1980 Ishimi earned his World Kata Judge licence and in ’85 was awarded his Kyoshi teaching licence from Ken-ei Mabuni. In 2005 he was awarded his 9th Dan by the Spanish Governing Body and holds the rank of JKF 8th Dan.
I met Terry Connell at Glasgow airport after receiving an invitation to attend Shitokai Scotland’s annual seminar under Master Yasunari Ishimi. After a bit of a false start (Ishimi Sensei was heavily delayed in Madrid) Terry and I finally welcomed Mr. Ishimi to Scotland nearly 3 hours after he was due to arrive. On first impressions you could quite easily mistaken Ishimi Sensei as a typical middle aged Japanese tourist (less camera). Dressed tidily in slacks, blazer and polo shirt yet somehow he managed a casual look of complete nonchalance. We left Glasgow airport and headed straight for the dojo as the seminar was due to start in 15 minutes time (talk about hitting the tarmac running!). |
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III SMA Kyu Grade Club Chapmionships 2007 - 01-04-2007 |
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This, our 3rd kyu grade club championships was well attended by 84 competitors as well as parents friends and family. The tournament is simply to offer a chance to gain tournament experience for the lower grades in a bid to build a little confidence and to gain an insight to the sporting side of karate. |
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III SMA Kyu Grade Champs...photo's part 2 - 01-04-2007 |
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A few more photos from the day...enjoy. |
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III SMA Kyu Grade Champs...photo's part 3 - 01-04-2007 |
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The last lot of photos...honest! |
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