News 2011
November 2011
Congratulations on the following brown belt successes: Alex Bitner and Raymond Montgomery 3rd Kyu. Thomas Fox, Odhran Lawless Quinn, Peter Quinn, Joseph de Perycave and Brendan Richards 2nd kyu.
November 2011
April Kingman won gold at the recent Wado Ryu national championships in Bristol in her first ever tournament.
Haslemere club student April Kingman, won a gold medal at the recent Wado Ryu national championships in Bristol, in her first ever tournament. April competed in the mixed kata section and despite her nerves, performed exceptionally well. Well done to her from all at the clubs.
Special mention should also go to Marcus Frontera who gained silver medal in the kids kata section, narrowly losing out on gold in a split decision tie break. Marcus competed in a field of over 60 students, so must take huge credit. Marcus is also a great fighter, although again just missed out on the kumite medals on the day.
Another mention goes to Ollie Fox, who won 4 of his first 5 fights, but once again, lost out on a bronze medal in a split decision tie break.
August 2011
New kids class starts at Farnham on Sunday 11th Sept at 9.30am. All welcome from 6+ years; contact 07876 577675 for more details.
August 2011
Students from the clubs recently attended the Wado Academy summer course in August in the New Forest. Sensei’s Shiomitsu and Arthur Meek led the six day course, with training lasting for 4 hours a day, plus early morning runs. The course was superb and all students are encouraged to attend these seminars.
July 2011
The latest Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy national squad training took place recently in Farnham, Surrey on Sunday 17th July. Around thirty members attended from all over the country and it was really good to see Joe Bale of Budo-Juku back with the squad after his considerable time in Japan.
After the warm up with head coach Peter Hill 6th Dan, assistant coaches Matthew Soanes 4th Dan and Riaz Ahmed 3rd Dan took over and put everyone through their paces with the kata Chinto. After a short break all three assistant coaches Leeroy Ellis 5th Dan together with Matthew and Riaz taught various kumite skills and drills.
To finish the session quite a number of practice matches were held and this also allowed for some referee and judges practice.
Click here to view the images »
Forthcoming: July 17th 2011
National Squad Training at Farnham
We are hosting the next National Wado Ryu squad training session at Farnham on Sunday 17th July.
July 3rd 2011
25 students trained with Shiomitsu Sensei 9th Dan Hanshi, on Sunday 3rd July. The seminar was an inspiration to all who attended and Sensei will be back at Farnham hopefully later in 2011.
June 2011
Sensei Shiomitsu, 9th Dan Hanshi, is teaching at the Farnham club on Sunday 3rd July at 10.30am. This 2 hour seminar is open to all serious karate students who want to learn from a real expert.
June 2011
The next national squad training is being held at the Farnham club on Sunday 17th July between 1-4pm. Please see flyer for more details.
Click here for the flyer.
May 2011
Shiomitsu Sensei 9th Dan Hanshi brought a special guest with him to Haslemere on his recent visit to the club.
Sensei Hajime Takashima 9th Dan was one of the 3 Japanese instructors, along with Sensei's Tatsuo Suzuki and Toru Arakawa, who gave the first demonstrations of Wado karate across the UK and Europe in 1964.
May 2011
Aldershot club instructor, Graham Hopkins, was recently awarded his 5th Dan by Shiomitsu Sensei.
Graham has been training since 1975 and obtained his 4th Dan in 2004, from a grading panel headed by Wado Ryu Grandmaster, Hironori Ohtsuka. All associated with the Surrey Karate clubs would like to congratulate him on his achievement.
