Welsh Bushi-Kai Karate Association

Course and Grading Report:

Yesterday was a busy day for the Welsh Bushi-Kai as we held our Autumn Kyu Grading, Brown Belt Course and a re-arranged Dan Grading at the Cwrt Herbert Sports Centre in Neath.

The Kyu Grade Course and Grading was a great success, and it was great to see the determination and attitude of our Junior Grades, particularly the novices ( some as young as 5 yrs old! ). We are pleased to report that a 100% pass rate was achieved and would like to thank the Club Instructors for all their efforts in preparing their students. – well done everyone.

With the Brown Belt Grading taking place next weekend, it was the last chance for our Purple and Brown Belts to fine tune their preparations. As expected, the numbers in attendance was excellent, with several students who are not due to grade until next year taking the opportunity to train with our Senior Grades.

Dan Grade News:

In addition to our scheduled Course & Grading, we also conducted a Dan Grading yesterday for one of our students who was injured in the preparations for the Dan Grading a few weeks ago. We would like to congratulate Julian Thomas on successfully passing his Shodan Grading.

Finally, yesterday was a landmark occasion within the Association as Natacha Coleman, Instructor of our Neath Bushi-Kai Club, became our first female karate-ka to be promoted to 4th Dan. This long overdue award was made by the WBK Executive in recognition of the dedication, skill and commitment that Natacha has shown over many years. – well done – thoroughly deserved.

Both Natacha and Julian were presented with their Dan Grade Certificates by Sensei Percy Brown, 6th Dan.

The Welsh Bushi-Kai would like to thank all of our Dan Grades who were present yesterday and assisted the Senior Instructors. We couldn’t have done it without you! …
Many thanks also to the Families/Friends of the students who attended yesterdays event – we appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you all at the next one.

Congratulations to Holly Carey for winning the Gold medal at the British International Open Championships.
Becoming Senior +68kg Champion for the second consecutive year is a great achievement and follows on from the Bronze Medal she won at the Lagnano Italian Open 2 weeks ago ….. well done

Holly is pictured below being presented with her Gold Championship medal.

The Dan Grade Course is as follows:

MONDAY 16th September
Baglan Karate club,
Baglan community centre
7.30pm – 9.00pm

TUESDAY 17th September
Gilfach Goch Karate Club
7.00pm – 8.00pm

WEDNESDAY 18th September
Neath Karate Club
Ysgol Hendre, Bryncoch
6.00pm – 7.00pm

THURSDAY 19th September
Cwmavon Karate Club
Cwmavon Community Centre
7.30pm – 8.30pm

FRIDAY 20th September
Baglan Karate Club
Baglan Community Centre
7.00pm – 8.30pm

The Dan grading will take place on
SATURDAY 21st September in Cwmavon Community Centre
Doors open at 9.30am
Grading commencing at 10.00am

Liz will be in Baglan karate club on the Friday evening to collect licences and fees

Amended Notice from WKGB :Squad Camp

Date: Sunday 15th September
Venue:  Dojo, WIS, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Times:
10.00 – 12.00 hrs:  Juniors 6 – 15yrs all grades – Special Talent spotting session. Split into age groups
12.00 – 16.00 hrs:   Over 16’s Senior squad. 6th kyu and above

All attendees to have a current WKGB licence slip with them and Instructor’s & Association Chief Instructor’s permission.

All welcome.

Cost £5 per person.

Notice for all Students attempting their Dan Grade in September:

The Dan Grade Assessment will be taking place on Friday August 30th at the Baglan Club. Training will commence at 7 pm until 8.30pm.

All Dan Grade candidates need to attend the Assessment and, if possible, their Blocks partners. The Assessment will be conducted by the WBK Dan Grade Panel.

The Dan Grading itself is less than two months away and to finalize their preparations, all candidates are invited to train at the Baglan Club with the WBK Senior Instructors for additional tuition.

WKGB AGM and Appointment Info

The WKGB AGM called for the 27th July 2013 was inquorate and was adjourned.
The Board have taken into account feedback that during the summer months Saturdays are inconvenient days
for many members.
Therefore in accordance with its Articles of Association the WKGB will reconvene an AGM, which will take place at 12 noon on Sunday 18th August 2013 in Sophia Gardens Cardiff.

Given that the AGM has been adjourned until 18th August and that a WKGB Squad Training Camp is imminent, the Welsh Bushi-Kai are pleased to announce that the WKGB Board have appointed Mark McMahon as Interim Assistant National Coach, working alongside the Coaching Panel. This appointment will take immediate effect … Congratulations Mark, well done.

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BRITISH OPEN Karate Championships

Emirates Arena
Glasgow,
Scotland
Saturday 7th September 2013

For further details and to download the official BKF Championships Bulletin please visit the BKF Website below.

http://www.britishkaratefederation.co.uk/

REMINDER N. WALES SQUAD TRAINING

Please note that the next N. Wales Squad training is taking place on:
Date: Saturday 10th August 2013

Time: 10.00 – 12.00 hrs

Venue: Plas Madoc Leisure Centre,
Llangollen Road
Acrefair
Wrexham
LL14 3HL

All WKGB members over 10 yrs of age and 6th Kyu and above welcome.
All squads Junior/Senior/ Kata & Kumite same time.
Please bring your current WKGB licence slip as the office is not open on weekends to check.

Any queries please Tel: Alwyn Heath, Squad Manager: 07974 650274

The Welsh Bushi-Kai Summer Kyu Gradings took place on Sunday 7th July at the Cwrt Herbert Sport Centre in Neath.
Around 60 students attended the course and grading,which was presided over by Senior Instructors Percy Brown and Nigel Taylor plus our Club Instructors.

On what was an incredibly hot day we were delighted to see everyone give 100% effort, and the standard of Karate was very good.
We would like to congratulate everyone who passed their grade examinations – well done.
Our thanks, as always, to our Dan Grades for assisting the Examiners throughout the day and to the friends and families who attended as spectators.

Passes by grade were as follows: Red 10, Yellow 7, Orange 5, Green 14, Blue 5 and Purple 3.
It was also pleasing to see the Senior Course supported so well.

The next Kyu Grading is scheduled for Sunday 3rd November ……. when it will be considerably colder!
We look forward to seeing everyone there …. thanks for your support.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

In an effort to simplify our channels of communication and assist our information archiving, the WBK would like to inform all of our members, friends and families plus, of course, our many friends and associates in the karate world that the WBK Admin Office & Administrator should only be contacted via the Email and Postal Addresses listed below:

WBK Admin Office
16, Pentre Afan
Baglan Moors
Baglan
Port Talbot
SA12 7RL

email: welshbushi-kai.karate@sky.com

Note: Private email / phone communications are no longer accepted

Yesterday, in Glasgow, the Welsh Bushi-Kai had a squad of fighters competing at the British 4 Nations Karate Championships.
This championships is one of the top events on the domestic Karate Calendar and attracts the best fighters in the UK. We are delighted to report that once again our squad demonstrated their ability to compete at the highest level and returned home from Scotland with 1 Gold, 3 Bronze and a Top 5 Finish.
Our congratulations to everyone who represented the Welsh Bushi-Kai.

Morgan Phillips – Gold & British Karate Champion
Mark McMahon – Bronze
Jordan Harris – Bronze
Holly Carey – Bronze
Amy Nicholas – Top 5 Placing

Great achievement, well done!