Provisional Grading Date

So I provisionally booked Sensi Steve for Tuesday August 13th but now we have moved to Towyn and are not training on Tuesday's the grading is now provisionally booked for Monday August 26th, thi s grading will be for the lower grades. It is a bank holiday Monday so I hope that this is okay for everyone as I really don't want to go into September as the next grading for everyone will be November to give the senior grades enough time to get ready for their black belt grading in May.

Club Changes

Due to a majority vote we are moving back to Towyn. We are also switching day's so we will now be training Monday's and Fridays' instead of Tuesday and Friday.

As from Friday August 2nd we will be training in Towyn Community Center same time as we currently train (you can check here for more details). 

Christmas Party

 The Christmas party & awards night on Friday night, hope your all looking forward to it,

Browns Bar & Grill Towyn Road 7pm

See you there

 

Christmas Party

Hi all, well done to everyone, over the last few weeks you have all defiantly made big improvements.

 

So Friday is party and awards night, as I said in class, not everyone will get an award, this does not mean you aren’t as good as someone who gets one, there are several factors to each award given, it’s been especially hard this year to select students fort the awards.

 

You’ve all done yourselves and parents proud.

Dates to Remember

A few dates for your calendar:

 

Friday 1^st December

Class 6:30pm to 7:30pm only

 

Friday 8^th December

No Karate but having the Christmas Party doors open at 7pm

 

Tuesday 19^th December

Last training session of the year

 

Friday 5^th January

Training resumes

Welsh Open Championship Competition

Great day at the Welsh Open Championship Competition yesterday, well done to all who took part.

 Well done to Paul who received Bronze in his kata.

Everyone did really well for a first competition and gained some valuable experience being up against different students on the mats.

 

Gook Luck

First club competition tomorrow at the Welsh National Open.

Good luck to all competitors, especially Riley, Paul, Frankie, Jack F, Jack, M & Kayden from our club

 

Grading

Thank you to Sensei Steve Buckley for hosting the grading tonight at Llanddulas Shukokai Karate Club. It was a great turnout from both clubs. Congratulations to Paul & Eloise on a successful grading.

 

Well done to the purple & brown belts who weren't grading for turning out and doing a shift.

Student of the Month

 

Student of the month for October goes to Jack and Garry. Well done to you both keep up the hard work

Student of the Month

 

Students of the month for September was Kayden & Jack well done to you both

October Grading

Successful grading’s last night, very well done all,

Massive thanks as always to the students & parents for making the club a success and thank-you to Sensei Steve Buckley for taking the grading.

Date Change

Hi all, Slight change to the grading date, grading will take place on Wednesday 18^th October.

 

If anyone has anything specific they want to go through for grading then tonight is the night to ask as we are closed next week.

 

The minimum requirements for the grading are 20 lessons and 3 months for the coloured belts and 40 lessons and 6 months for brown belt.

 

Purple belts and above are asked to attend even if they are not grading this time, this doesn’t cost them anything to take part but it gives them chance to keep on top of their training and a good way of knowing what to expect when taking a senior belt.

Competition Training

Hi all, as mentioned last week I asked about the community centre availability for the Wednesday night during October and it’s available; the class would be for competition stuff only, so concentration on Kata and Kumite. I need your spurt on this and regular commitment as the community hall isn’t free.

 

If you are thinking of entering the competition in November and what to do an extra class please let me know ASAP. There needs to be a minimum of 7 students to do the class each week and it will be £5 per student per class, let me know by Friday the latest so I can either book the room or not, thank you Steve.

Reminder

Just a reminder that Karate is on this evening and starts at 6:30pm for kids and 7:30pm for adults, all students to wear full Gi from today onwards, only exception are the new students.

Getting Ready for Competition

 

The focus will be changing soon to the upcoming competition. You need to decide if you want to just do Kata, Kumite or Both .. I would recommend you do both where possible to gain valuable experience for the future!

 

This is where FEAR may creep in, and you may decide not to do this comp or any other because FEAR tells you that you are not good enough, you will lose, you will make a mistake, you may not be as good as you think you are, people may laugh at you!! Ultimately FEAR will keep you in your cosy comfort zone and you will never know if you were or are good enough!

 

However all is not lost, FEAR has two meanings depending on which way you want to look at opportunities and your mindset :-

 

Face Everything And Run :-

Isn’t the way to go through life in any measure, life is to be lived, enjoyed and learned from at every opportunity that crosses your path.

 

Face Everything And Rise :-

Maybe there will be losses, injuries, disappointments but you will have faced your FEAR and had amazing memories, victories, enjoyment and sheer joy of putting yourself out there and a feeling of accomplishment.

 

It is up to you whether FEAR rules you or you rule FEAR!

 

Words borrowed from Sensei Steve Buckley 4th Dan