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New Kumite Rules Demonstrated at 2012 Paris Open
The Paris Open, held in January, showcased the new WKF Kumite Rules (see here for download of full 2012 rules).
Essentially, bouts are now conducted with FOUR corner judges and one referee, and a minimum of TWO judges' flags are needed for a point or warning to be awarded.
See the video below for highlights of WKF world champion Rafael Aghayev's matches in the -75kg category. Superb!
Karate - the Best Sport for the Elderly?
Further evidence has recently emerged about the benefits of Karate training for the elderly - see this article by the World Karate Federation for details!
EKF Kyu Grade National Championships 2012 -
9 Medals for Kenshinkan Team!
Ponds Forge International Sports Centre played host this weekend to the first ever English Karate Federation Kyu Grade National Championships, which was attended by several hundred high-class competitors.
Representing the Shindo Kai Karate Assoication, the Kenshinkan team of Jacob Aldore, Jude Aldore, Justyna Howden, Kasia Klepajczuk, Kris Klepajczuk, Emma Makin, Lisa Milnes, Max Milnes, Thomas Nielsen, Finley Pickard, JB Pickard, Nolly Pickard, Kian Robinson and Thomas Swannie brough back a tremendous haul of four Golds, one Silver and four Bronze medals!
Everyone put in superb performances, and should be very proud of doing so well at such a high-level tournament!
Medal results were as follows:
Jacob Aldore - Bronze - Boys 12-13yrs 5th Kyu and Above -45kg Individual Kumite
Justyna Howden - Gold- Ladies Senior Team Kumite
Silver - Ladies 5th Kyu and Above -61kg Individual Kumite
Emma Makin - Bronze - Girls 12-13yrs Team Kumite
Bronze - Girls 12-13yrs 5th Kyu and Above -45kg Individual Kumite
Lisa Milnes - Gold - Ladies Senior Team Kumite
Nolly Pickard - Gold - Ladies Senior Team Kumite
Gold - Ladies 5th Kyu and Above -61kg Individual Kumite
Bronze - Ladies Veterans Open Grade Kumite
Well done to all competitors on these great results!
Ladies Self-Defence Seminar - 15th January
We will be covering a wide range of topics, including the all-important Awareness and Assessment skills that are often missed out, as well as practical physical techniques.
The cost of the 4-hour seminar is just £15, so let all of your friends know too! Places can be booked by calling Damian on 01943 968002, or by using the contact form.
For more information, click here for the flyer!
Grading Success!
We had a very successful grading recently, with senior grades having to perform continuously for almost four hours, yet still schieving a superb 100% pass rate!
Results:
9th Kyu Red Tab - George Carter, Jack Hartshorn, Laura Hartshorn, Ben Lofthouse, Tom Midwood, Mark Reader, Blossom Sabel, Viv Sabel, Vu Sabel and Euan Walsh
8th Kyu Yellow Belt - Jack Hanson, James Hanson and Nye Pickard
6th Kyu Green Belt - Job Robinson
5th Kyu Blue Belt - Kris Klepajczuk, Lisa Milnes, Max Milnes, Thomas Swannie
2nd Kyu Brown Belt - Kasia Klepajczuk, Finley Pickard and JB Pickard
1st Kyu Brown Belt - Jacob Aldore, Jude Aldore, Justyna Howden, Emma Makin, and Nolly Pickard
Congratulations to all!!!
Art of Kata classes - designed as slow, stretching and strengthening excercises for the over-50s based on classic Karate forms - will be starting this January at a new venue, Otley Health and Martial Arts Centre. First lesson will be on Wednesday 4th January, with Sensei John Howden, who first started karate back in 1969!
Click here to enquire about further details, or to book your place!
Dates for Your Diary!!!
December 4th - EKF Northern Squad Training
Your chance to train with the top karate coaches in the north of England!
Schedule: Kumite Registration (10-13yrs) - 9.30am
Kumite Training - 10.00am-12.00pm
Kata Registration - 11.30am
Kata Training - 12.00-2.00pm
Kumite Registration (14+ yrs) - 1.30pm
Kumite Training - 2.00-4.00pm
Location: No.1 Fitness Centre
Unit 2 Skelton Park
Riparian Way
Crosshills
KEIGHLEY
BD20 7BW
You need to register by Thursday 1st December, click here for link to registration page on EKF website.
December 18th - Grading and Christmas Party
End of year Kyu grading and our famous annual Christmas Party!
Grading = 12.00-4.00pm (please check your licence is up to date!)
Party = 4.00-6.00pm
Please bring any item of food and drink with you to the party, as usual there will be plenty of activities for all the family! Full details to follow!
January 22nd - EKF Kyu Grade English Championships
A great chance to compete for an English title without having to go up against black belts! Plenty of categories, and close to home at Ponds Forge in Sheffield too, so no excuse for not getting there to either compete or lend your support!
Entries need to be in by Friday December 17th, see Sensei for entry forms!
Shindokai National Championships
Great showing from Kenshinkan at the Shindo Kai National Championships this weekend, well done to all!
Results as follows:
Jude Aldore - Bronze - Team Fighting
Damian Howden - Bronze - Individual Kata
- Bronze - Individual Fighting
Justyna Howden - Bronze - Team Fighting
Kasia Klepajczuk - Bronze - Team Fighting
John Longstaffe - Bronze - Pairs Kata
Mark Longstaffe - Pairs Kata
Emma Makin - Team Fighting
Lisa Milnes - Bronze - Team Fighting
JB Pickard - Bronze - Individual Fighting
- Bronze - Team Fighting
Nolly Pickard - Bronze - Individual Fighting
- Bronze - Team Fighting
Kian Robinson - Bronze - Individual Kata
Well done also to those competitors who performed well but unfortunately did not medal at the event - Jacob Aldore, John Howden Max Milnes, Frank Nielsen and Thomas Nielsen.
Fourteen medals in all from a team of sixteen competitors! Now we just need some gold ones!!!
Black Belt Grading Success!
Kenshinkan Karate Academy put forward three students for their 1st Dan Black Belt grading last weekend (16th October 2011) - Oliver Butterworth, Frank Nielsen and Josh Dean.
They first had to pass a two-hour pre-grading assessment two weeks prior to the event, and then had to train for three hours of Kumite and Kata on the day of the grading itself.
The grading then took a further two hours, including almost half an hour of fighting.
All three students did tremendously, and all passed to Shodan (1st Dan) Black Belt.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!!
4th Yorkshire Open Championships
Congratulations to all those who competed and did so well at the recent Yorkshire Open Karate Championships!
The Kenshinkan team earned seven Bronze medals! Results were as follows:
Jacob Aldore - Bronze - Team Kumite
Kasia Klepajczuk - Bronze - Individual Kata + Team Kumite
John Longstaffe - Bronze - Individual Kata
Emma Makin - Bronze - Individual Kumite + Team Kumite
Finley Pickard - Bronze - Team Kumite
Jude Aldore, Oliver Butterworth, Justyna Howden, Kris Klepajczuk, JB Pickard and Nolly Pickard also performed very well.
WELL DONE TO ALL!!!
Check out Galleries for more pictures
Grading Results!
We had a very successful grading recently, with a 100% pass rate!
Results:
9th Kyu Red Tab - Jack Hanson, James Hanson
6th Kyu Green Belt - Emma Blunstone, Lisa Milnes, Max Milnes, Thomas Swannie
3rd Kyu Brown Belt - Megan Haneskog, Kasia Klepajczuk, Thomas Nielsen, Finley Pickard, JB Pickard
2nd Kyu Brown Belt - Jacob Aldore, Jude Aldore, Emma Makin, Nolly Pickard
Congratulations to all!!!
Shindokai National Kata Championship
Congratulations to those who competed at the recent Shindokai National Kata Championships!
Results:
3rd Place - Adult Brown Belt Kata - Frank Nielsen
2nd Place - Adult Black Belt Kata - Damian Howden
Everyone else also did very well - Jacob Aldore, Jude Aldore, Justyna Howden, Kasia Klepajczuk, Emma Makin, Lisa Milnes, Max Milnes, Frank Nielsen, Finley Pickard and JB Pickard.
Next competition is the Yorkshire Open on the 7th August!
New pictures
Student of the Year
With great difficulty we have elected our Student of the Year!!! It was a hard choice because so many of our students deserved it. Nevertheless the award has gone to Max Milnes for his commitment, effort and hard work. Last year's winner Jacob Aldore was very happy for his colleague to win but sad to see his title go.
We also presented a special award for Attendance to Robbie-Joe and Regan Downer.
Well done!!!
Successful Grading
We had another successful grading just before Christmas, and the following students passed to their next grade:
Passing to 7th Kyu Orange Belt: Lisa Milnes, Max Milnes, Zoe Porter, Job Robinson and Thomas Swannie
Passing to 6th Kyu Green Belt: Danya Ali, Alistair Porter and Kian Robinson
Passing to 4th Kyu Purple Belt: Megan Hanneskog and Kasia Klepajczuk
Passing to 3rd Kyu Brown Belt: Jacob Aldore, Jude Aldore, Regan Downer and Emma Makin
Passing to 2nd Kyu Brown Belt: Justyna Howden
Passing to 1st Kyu Brown Belt: Oliver Butterworth and Josh Dean
Everyone performed extremely well, with the senior belts grading for a gruelling four hours! Highest mark of the day was achieved by Jacob Aldore - congratulations!
Christmas Party
Our annual Christmas Party was held straight after the grading, and was a great success! We had more competitions this year, with the following results:
Individual Kata 1st Place = Max Milnes, 2nd Place = Jacob Aldore
Team Kata 1st Place = Jacob Aldore, Jude Aldore and Emma Makin
Creative Kata 1st Place = Max Milnes
Individual Kumite 1st Place = Jacob Aldore, 2nd Place = Emma Makin
Thank you to all competitors, and a special thank you to Kian Robinson for suggesting the Creative Kata event - it was most entertaining!
Thanks also to Robbie-Joe for providing music for the party!
New pictures and video
Check the new Action shots from our latest Karate competition in Competitions Gallery and also our new video for Urban Combat Method!!!
Shindo Kai Nationals 2010
Congratulations to the following students who took part in the Shindo Kai Karate Association National Championships this Sunday:
Richard Blackburn, Oliver Butterworth, Josh Dean, Justyna Howden, Kasia Klepajczuk, Emma Makin, Max Milnes, Frank Nielsen, Thomas Nielsen, Finley Pickard, JB Pickard, Nolly Pickard and Thomas Swannie.
There were some really great performances, and everyone should be very proud of themselves!
The following medals were won:
Max Milnes - Bronze Medal - Pairs Kata
Thomas Swannie - Bronze Medal - Pairs Kata
Bronze Medal - Individual Kata
Justyna Howden - Silver Medal - Individual Kumite
Richard Blackburn - Silver Medal - Pairs Kata
Damian Howden - Silver Medal - Pairs Kata
Bronze Medal - Individual Kata
Bronze Medal - Individual Kumite
Well done to all, hopefully will have even more people competing next time, and maybe bring back some golds!!!
Dacre Banks Demonstration
Kenshinkan Karate Academy put on another successful demonstration recently at the annual Dacre Banks Fun Day. Thanks to the following students who helped out: Emma Blunstone, Megan Haneskog, Kasia Klepajczuk, Max Milnes, Alistair Porter, Zoe Porter, Job Robinson, Kian Robinson and Thomas Swannie.
Please click here for more photos of the event!
Competition Success!
We recently took part in the 3rd South Yorkshire Open, an English Karate Federation-approved all-styles open Karate competition in Sheffield. Jacob Aldore, Kasia Klepajczuk, Max Milnes and Thomas Swannie all competed, and performed brilliantly. Jacob Aldore fought exceptionally well and got a Bronze medal in the fighting event, narrowly losing his semi-final by a single point in the very last second! Congratulations to all!
New Classes
Click here for more information about new classes.
Please keep checking for more information coming up soon!!!!
