Wado UK News 2012

February 2012

Jessica Newton from the Shinken Dojo flew out to Azerbaijan on Tuesday 7th February. Jess was selected to represent England in the Junior European Championships in Baku. Jess will be in action on Friday 10th in her Cadet Kumite division. We wish Jess every success and will bring you any news we receive as soon as possible.

The updated information for the squad as a whole can be seen on the EKF website as reports and photos are being added on day to day basis.

 

 

The latest session in the Northern Regional training programme took place on February 5th. It took place in Wigan at the Hindley Dojo, on a very cold, foggy and snowy Sunday morning. The trip over saw our Wado UK group brave -9 degree temperatures in an attempt to arrive at 9.30am, for a 10am first class. Fortunately everything went to plan and Oliver Dearing along with Charlotte Pinder attended their first EKF training course. The course was run by the Northern Regional coach Ian Swain, along with his assistant in the role, Gavin Foster. Presumably because of the weather, numbers were down on previous sessions, but it was still a hard and rewarding training session never the less.

Charlotte and Oliver are seen here with
 Ian Swain, Regional Coach

January 2012

The English Karate Federation held it's inaugural Kyu Grade Championships on the 22nd January. Wado UK member clubs entered competitors at the event and came away with eight medals. To see how the day turned out and learn of those in the medals, (click here).

The first Karate 1 Premier League championships took place in Paris on Saturday and Sunday 14th/15th January. Tony Dent was selected along with seven other English Officials to assist in the officiating of the championships and he had an enjoyable weekend. The standard of the competition was first class, as you would expect for a World Karate Federation event and Tony gained a lot of experience at this level. A bonus for Tony was a photo opportunity with World Champion Raphael Aghayev.

 

17 members of Wado UK will be competing at the inaugural English Karate Federation Kyu Grade Championships. The competition takes place on the 22nd January at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. Good luck to Oliver Dearing, Charlotte Pinder, Teerth Dhesi, Charan Dhesi, Amrit Dhesi, Joe Rose, Gary Stevenson, Ellis Miller, Andrew Parker, Amie Newton, Brandon & Hayden Greenwood, Jessica Bates, Toby Ashwoth Tom Haylock, Lauren Horner and Lauren Foster.

Click here for the January Newsletter