Welsh Bushi-Kai Karate Association

CONGRATULATIONS
What a morning for our Association, our first Dan Grading since pre Covid-19 and our candidates couldn’t of made us more proud.
You have been dedicated to your training over these difficult times, listened to us instructors and saved your best karate for today.
Many congratulations to all students this morning, there was excellent karate on display throughout all Gradings. In particular the 3rd Dan Grading was exemplary and has set the highest of standards for the Welsh Bushi-Kai.

The new WBK Dan Grades:
Shauna Holley – 1st Dan
Caitlin Chesterman – 1st Dan
Helen Banham – 1st Dan
Andrew Williams – 1st Dan
James Stanton – 1st Dan
Robyn Davies – 2nd Dan
Ruby Davies – 2nd Dan
Morgan Phillips – 3rd Dan
Thank you to all spectators that attended the grading. We hope you all enjoyed and appreciated the quality of karate produced by the WBK. A massive thank you to all instructors for your coaching, dedication and support.
The future is very bright for the Welsh Bushi-Kai and Ritchie would be extremely proud!

Dan Grading – Sunday 10th April

Baglan Bushi-Kai Karate Club
Baglan Community Centre
Hawthorne Avenue
Baglan
Port Talbot
The Grading will start promptly at 9.30 am – no one will be permitted to enter the dojo once the grading has begun. Reminder grading fees and your licence need to be submitted this evening.

Doors will be open from 9 am for the candidates to get warmed up and prepared for the grading.

Spectators are welcome to attend the grading. Spectators are welcome to enter the dojo from 9 am.

Any questions or queries, please contact me.
Thanks,
Jordan

WKL 2 Karate Event – Neath

WKL 2 – Report 

Congratulations to all medalists:

Cassie Davies – Gold – U12 Girls

Freya Wilson – Silver - U12 Girls

Daniel Morgan – Silver - U14 Boys – 1st Competition

Ruby Davies – Silver – U16 Girls

Mackenzie Aitchison – Silver - U16 Boys

A massive thank you to our coaches ( Jordan. Morgan & Anthony), parents, and to our friends and students from across the association for your support once again today.

Dan Grade Assessment – Fri 18th March

Well done to all candidates that attempted the WBK Dan Grade Assessment last night.
We witnessed some outstanding karate and saw some vast improvements from previous weeks. Those students who were successful are to progress on to the weeks course and the Dan Grading,
There is still plenty of work to do and some fine tuning to work on.  – Keep up the hard work over the next three weeks.
For those students who were unsuccessful, be proud of what you have achieved so far and your journey up to this point. The Senior Instructors strongly believe that with a few more months of additional training you will get there. – As many of the instructors said from personal experiences, you do not want to be entered and fail on the day.
Keep up your hard work, commitment and support to your peers and instructors. We look forward to working with you to achieve your goal of becoming a Dan Grade.
More details will be released over the coming week in regards to the Dan Grading Weeks Course.

University Tournament News:

This past couple of weeks has seen members of the Swansea University Karate Club competing at the K.S.E in Gloucester & the B.U.C.S karate Championships in Sheffield.
Well done to everyone who represented the club at each event and congratulations to our medallists.

K.S.E Championships:
Congratulations to @robynthedr and @khyany_vanessa for getting bronze medals

B.U.C.S Karate Championships – Ponds Forge, Sheffield
Well done to the whole Swansea University squad, great performances at BUCS again this year. Congratulations to our medallists Yan Yan (silver in female novice middleweight kumite) and Khyany (bronze in female intermediate kata) You can see more from the university club on their Facebook page Swansea Uni Karate Club,@swanseauniversitykarate on Instagram and new from last week, TikTok @karate_swanseauni

WBK Black & Brown Belts Blocks Course
Thursday 17th February, Cwmafan Karate Club, 6:15pm – 8:30pm
The course will mainly focus on Ohyo Gumite and Kihon Gumite. All Dan Grade candidates should make every effort to attend the course. Any other Black and Brown Belts are welcome to attend the course.
Please ensure you confirm your attendance via the form below:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx…

Reminder – only 30 participants can attend the course, therefore please confirm your attendance as soon as possible.
Course Fee = £5
Please ensure you have your licence and Training Record Cards (Dan Grade Candidates).
Any questions or queries, please get in touch.
Thanks,
Jordan