Welsh Bushi-Kai Karate Association

The WBK would like to congratulate all of our Kyu Grade students who passed their Grade Examinations held earlier today at the Cwrt Herbert Sport Centre, Neath
The standard of Karate displayed on the course and grading was very good across all of the grades and all of the hard work done in preparation was much in evidence.

There was also an excellent turnout, the best for several years, of Purple and Brown Belts for the Senior grade course.
The Senior Instructors put this group through there paces for over 2 hrs and were very pleased with the effort put in by everyone.
We will be arranging more courses for those attempting Brown Belt Gradings ….. details will be announced soon.

We would like to thanks all who attended earlier – from the Grade Instructors & assistants, students , parents and supporters.
This was the first WBK Grading attended by our Llandeilo Club and we appreciate you travelling down to Neath from West Wales.

Well done to all …

WBK Tournament Info
The next Association competition, The Welsh Bushi-Kai Invitational Championships will be Held on Sunday 26th May at the Recreation Centre in Bridgend. Full details, further info and the Sport Data link will be posted later this week.

 
Junior Tournament
We are hoping to hold a Junior Karate Tournament sometime in April. Full details of this event will be posted as soon as we confirm the venue.
In addition to this Tournament, we will be arranging a Squad Training session for both Kata and Kumite.

 
WKGB Coaching Certification
With a view to obtaining your Coaching certificates, the Governing Body will be holding a Child Protection course in Cardiff on the 17th March.
If anyone is interested please Contact the WBK Admin Office as soon as possible as limited Spaces are Available. Fee of £20 for the course. 10am – 1pm

All WBK Members who have registered with Admin, (Liz),  for enrolment in the Coaching program, could you please email Liz and provide your Full Name, Grade, Age / D.O.B by Friday 8th March.

Squad Training Update:

The Next WKGB Squad Training session will now take place on Sun 3rd March.

Venue: Wales National Sport Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

Registration is at 9.30am, Training session from 10 am til 12 noon.
This session is open to all WKGB Members 6th Kyu and above, 10yrs and over.

Those attending should bring along their up to date WKGB Licence and protective equipment. ( Pads, Mitts etc)

Senior Dan Grade Promotion:

On Saturday 12th January at the Welsh Bushi-Kai “Fight Night” event, one of our most loyal and dedicated Instructors, Mark McMahon, was awarded his 5th Dan Black Belt.

5th Dan Certificate presentation.

The presentation ceremony was conducted by Nigel Taylor 5th Dan, on behalf of the Welsh Bushi-Kai Karate Association, and by Senseis’ Alan Flook  and Andy Gunton ( both 7th Dan karate-Ka ) of the Western Karate Union.

Mark with Andy Gunton 7th Dan & Alan Flook 7th Dan

The award of 5th Dan to Mark was thoroughly deserved and very hard earned after countless years of dedication to Club, Instructor and Association in addition to his attributes as a Karate-Ka.

The Welsh Bushi-Kai is pleased to announce the opening of a new club in West Wales, the Llandeilo Karate Club.

Dave Powell 1st Dan
Llandeilo Karate

The Instructor for this new Club is Dave Powell, 1st Dan

Club Details:

Llandeilo Karate Club
YFC Hall
Bethlehem road
Ffairfach
Carmarthenshire
SA19 6SY

Training nights are every Thursday
6 pm till 7 pm for Juniors  –  7 pm till 8:30 pm for Seniors

For further details or information, please contact:

Dave Powell 1st Dan – email
WBK Admin Officer – email

The Welsh Bushi-Kai would like to congratulate Ryan Phillips on successfully passing his 2nd Dan Grading earlier this week.
The Grading was held on Thursday 3rd January at the Cwmafan Dojo.  Grade examiners were Nigel Taylor 5th Dan & Mark McMahon 4th Dan.

Nigel Taylor, Ryan Phillips & Mark McMahon

The Welsh Bushi-Kai would like to pass on our best wishes to Ryan as he prepares to embark on a career with the R.A.F.

The Welsh Bushi-Kai are delighted to announce that 3 of our students have been selected to represent Wales at the Junior European Championships, to be held in Turkey in February next year.
Our congratulations go to Jordan Harris, Amy Nicholas and Tom O’Leary. All three train at our Cwmafan Club under the tutelage of our Kumite Coach ( and WKGB Assistant Coach ), Nigel Taylor.

Well done to Jordan, Amy & Tom, who thoroughly deserve their opportunity to compete at the top level after a successful year on the Kumite circuit.

Last weekend the Welsh Bushi-Kai sent a small squad to the WKU Invitational Championships held in Weston-Super-Mare.
As we have come to expect, our fighters gave a great account of themselves, putting in some terrific performances on the mats.

We are pleased to report that our Squad returned home to Wales with 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.

Our medal winners were:
Gold: Amy Nicholas & Iestyn Williams
Silver:  Becky Hole, Morgan Phillips & Kasey Williams
Bronze:  Megan Taylor & Katie Megan Davies

Well done to everyone who competed and many thanks, as always, to our hosts, the Western Karate Union – Headed by Sensei Alan Flook 7th Dan

REFEREE COURSE
The Association Competition is being held on Sunday 2nd December and we require referees, judges and table officials from within the Association to help out on the day.
Would all those interested in refereeing and judging please attend the refresher course on:

FRIDAY 23rd NOVEMBER in Baglan Community Centre   7.00 – 9.00pm

TABLE OFFICIALS
Date and venue to be confirmed.
Could all those interested please give your name to Liz asap.