Sensei Bell has announced there will be a kyu grading for selected karateka in June. All students who wish to grade are reminded of the importance of regular club training and practice at home. Dates and time will be confirmed closer to the time.
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Easter training break
Due to holiday closure at our dojo, there will be no training on Easter Sunday, 19-Apr-2014. The centre is open until 2pm on Saturday, so the Saturday morning class will be on as usual.
Training break for July Holidays
As the Robinson Centre will be closed over the July holiday weekend, there will be no training classes on the following dates:
Sat, 13-Jul
Sun, 14-Jul
Sensei Bell reminds all karateka who wish to grade in August of the importance of regular training and kata practice and encourages all students to keep it up at home over the break.
June training break
Sensei Bell has announced that he’ll be away for 2 weeks in June and so the following weekend training classes have been cancelled:
Sun, 02-Jun
Sat, 08-Jun
Sun, 09-Jun
Training reminder
Aside
All students are reminded that there is no club training this weekend, as Sensei will be at the spring seminar. Also, the following Sunday will be the monthly Kata squad training session, and all federation karateka are welcome.
Spring training course
Newtownards, Bangor and Downpatrick Wado Ryu Karate clubs have announced they are delighted to host a special spring training seminar at the end of this month. The special guest instructor will be Sensei Eleni Suzuki (6th Dan), the wife of the late Japanese Master, Prof. T. Suzuki.
Sensei Eleni can lay claim to first class technical and teaching credentials having trained intensively with her husband for many years. Additionally, she has travelled to many countries, participating and assisting with hundreds of black belt seminars.
Training and grading sessions as follows:
Date: Sat, 27-Apr-2013
Time: 12:30 to 14:30
Venue: St. Patricks Hall, Newtownards
Training will be followed by a kyu grading session for all qualifying karateka.
Date: Sun, 28-Apr-2013
Time: 14:00 to 16:00
Venue: Ballymote Leisure Centre, Downpatrick
As Sensei Bell will be attending both sessions, there will be no regular club training that weekend. All students are invited to attend these special training events.
Easter training schedule
The good news is that there will be training as usual on Saturday. Unfortunately, The Robinson Centre is closed Easter Sunday so there will be no class. Pls remember (while consuming huge amounts of chocolate) that Sensei Bell has indicated there is a grading session coming up soon and everyone is reminded of he importance of training at home, especially when regular classes are off. Happy Easter!
Easter training:
Sat, 30-Mar-2013: On
Sun, 31-Mar-2013: Off
Training on St. Patricks weekend
The Robinson Centre will not be open on Sunday, 17th March so there’ll be no be no Sunday training next weekend. Saturday’s class will take place as normal tho.
As there is currently a lot of renovation work going on, it’s not yet clear if classes the following weekend can take place yet. More info will be posted here as we get it.
UPDATE: The Robinson Centre is going to be open on Sunday after all, so the regular training class is back on. We’ve also been told that the building works should not affect next week too.
Kyu grading results
Congratulations to all the Kiryoku students who took part in todays grading session and successfully achieved their next belts:
9th Kyu (Red)
Rebekah S
8th Kyu (Yellow)
Nathan C
7th Kyu (Orange)
Megan M
Neville C
Kyu grading success
Congratulations to our newest club members on successfully achieving their first coloured belts:
9th Kyu (Red)
Nathan C
8th Kyu (Yellow)
Neville C