Southern England Karate Championships

Second comp of the new season was at Clacton for the Toyakwai Southern Championships and another good result by the Uechi fighters, 9 fighters & 7 of them picked up a trophy:

Willem Marais Gold in the Champions Cup

Kirsty Reid      Gold
Elise Williams Gold

Billie Costa     Silver
Lucy Costa      Silver
Tianee Harvey Silver

Joe Denham     Bronze

Students being graded.

2nd October grading for students notified by Sensei Dean and here is the syllabus in case your not sure what you should know:

10th Kyu, Jukyu White belt: all students start at this level no test necessary.

9th Kyu, Kyukyu, Red belt: Sanchin warn up exercises; must know how to tie their belt without help.

8th Kyu, Eachikyu, Yellow Belt: Sanchin; Hojundo.

7th Kyu Sichikyu, Orange belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kurnite 1.

6th Kyu, Rokkyu, Purple belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kumite 1; Konshiwa.

5th Kyu, Gokyu, Green Belt: Sanchin Hojundo (in Japanese); Kumite 1; Konshiwa; Konshiwa; Bunkai; Arm rubbing and pounding (Katicki-Tai); sparring.

4th Kyu Yonkyu, Green Belt with 2 Inch Brown Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese); Kyu Kumite; Daini Seisani; Konshiwa Bunkai; Katicki-Tai; Sparring.

3rd Kyu Sankyu, Brown BeIt with I Black Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kurnite; Seichin; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

2nd Kyu, Nikyu' Brown BeIt with 2 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kunite; Seisan Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

lst Kyu Ikkyur Brown BeIt with 3 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Eojundo ( in Japanese) t Dan Kumite (Ten Point) Seisan; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

Ist Dan, Shodan, Black Belt: Sanchini Eojundo ( in Japanese) ; Katicki-Tai; Dan Kumite; Seisani; Seisan Bunkai Questions (General 'and History of Uechi-Ryu); Sparring.

Fundraising night

What a great night 140 odd people turned up including Wayne Otto and Ian Cole let the pictures do the talking:

 

Or let the drink do the talking ( i think thats what the pictures are saying)!!!

EKKA East England Open Championships

The new competition season is now under way and the first competition was the EKKA open where we had some new up and coming talent in the Uechi kumite squad:

Tyler Flemming Gold
Holly Mole Gold
Olivier Griffiths Silver
Monique Pauley Silver
Ellie Hooker Bronze

Hopefully big things from these in the future.

The more experienced fighters also got in the medals and it was a good warm up for them for the up and coming season:

Jamaal Otto Gold x2 Special mention to Jamaal who also fought in the adults section and one Gold (Jamaal is only 15)

Tianee Harvey Silver

Billy Towler Silver

Jack Hooker Silver

Joe Denham Bronze

Tom Lowe Bronze

 Billy Towler in his first competition as a Uechi fighter gets a silver keep up the hard work in training and they will turn to Golds.

Bring on the next comp!!!

Grading Syllabus

Sensei dean has added the Uechi-Ryu grading sylabus to the blog so all the new starters can see what they need to learn.

 

GRADING SYLABUS

UECHI-RYU KARATE-D0 ASSOCIATION (GB)a member of OKIKUKAI GRADING SYLABUS

10th Kyu, Jukyu White belt: all students start at this level no test necessary.

9th Kyu, Kyukyu, Red belt: Sanchin warn up exercises; must know how to tie their belt without help.

8th Kyu, Eachikyu, Yellow Belt: Sanchin; Hojundo.

7th Kyu Sichikyu, Orange belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kurnite 1.

6th Kyu, Rokkyu, Purple belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kumite 1; Konshiwa.

5th Kyu, Gokyu, Green Belt: Sanchin Hojundo (in Japanese); Kumite 1; Konshiwa; Konshiwa; Bunkai; Arm rubbing and pounding (Katicki-Tai); sparring.

4th Kyu Yonkyu, Green Belt with 2 Inch Brown Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese); Kyu Kumite; Daini Seisani; Konshiwa Bunkai; Katicki-Tai; Sparring.

3rd Kyu Sankyu, Brown BeIt with I Black Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kurnite; Seichin; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

2nd Kyu, Nikyu' Brown BeIt with 2 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kunite; Seisan Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

lst Kyu Ikkyur Brown BeIt with 3 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Eojundo ( in Japanese) t Dan Kumite (Ten Point) Seisan; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

Ist Dan, Shodan, Black Belt: Sanchini Eojundo ( in Japanese) ; Katicki-Tai; Dan Kumite; Seisani; Seisan Bunkai Questions (General 'and History of Uechi-Ryu); Sparring.