Gradings
Black & Brown Belt Course and Grading – Sunday 10th May
Congratulations to all those who passed their Dan grading. New SKCE shodans (1st Dan black belt): Miles Bentley Rebecca Hobbs Katharina Muller Louis Sudre
Read MoreBrown and Black Belt Course and Dan Grading – Sunday 30th November 2025
On Sunday 30th November 2025, SKC England held the winter Black and Brown Belt Course and Dan Grading at Willesden Sports Centre. Two courses were held separately for the brown and the black belts where the examiners, who would later test them, took students through basics, kata and kumite. The focus was on detailing exactly…
Read MoreBrown and Black Belt Course and Dan Grading- Sunday 11th May 2025
On Sunday 11th May the first Dan grading session of the year was held at the Willesden Sports Centre. Attended by students and Senseis from clubs all over the South and East of England, the grading day provided a welcome opportunity for members of the association to reunite and catch up. Especially noteworthy was the…
Read MoreBrown and Black Belt Course and Dan Grading – 1 December 2024
On Sunday 1st December 2024, SKCE held a Brown & Black belt course and grading at Willesden Sports Centre. The first hour was full of enthusiastic Brown belts, mainly 1st Kyu’s, followed by another session for seasoned Black belts, all of whom had trained consistently and diligently to attempt a grading later in the day.…
Read MoreBROWN & BLACK BELT COURSE & DAN GRADING – 19 MAY 2024
On Sunday 19 May 2024, SKC England hosted a Black & Brown Belt Course at Willesden Sports Centre, followed by a grading. All students training and grading showed great enthusiasm. Chairman & Chief Instructor Sensei Eric Pich and Senior Instructors led the course. Advice was given to all students to improve their technique. The Sensei-gata…
Read MoreBrown and Black Belt Course and Dan Grading – 3rd December 2023
On Sunday 3 December 2023, SKC England hosted a Black & Brown Belt Course at Willesden, North West London, followed by a Black Belt grading. The students enjoyed the training led by Chairman and Chief Instructor Sensei Eric Pich and SKCE’s senior Instructors. Technical advice was given to students to aid them with their forthcoming…
Read MoreBROWN AND BLACK BELT COURSE AT WILLESDEN SPORTS CENTRE ON SUNDAY 23 April 2023
The first National Course of the year was held on 23 April 2023. The course was well attended. Chief Instructor and Chairman, Sensei Eric led the course alongside with his team of Senior SKCE Instructors. After a very exhaustive examination, a total of 14 successfully achieved Shodan (1st Dan), 3 Nidan (2nd Dan) and 2…
Read MoreBrown & Black Belt Course and Dan Grading- 4 December 2022
The course led by Chairman and Chief Instructor, Sensei Eric Pich, was well attended. Students displayed a good standard of karate during the course and grading. To obtain their grade, students have to produce and show sufficient and appropriate skills for each of the disciplines, kihon, kata and kumite to the satisfaction of the panel…
Read MoreLondon and Regional Kyu Grading – 26th June 2022
Sunday 26th June 2022 saw our second coloured belt (Kyu) Karate grading of 2022 in the London region. The grading led by Chief Instructor and Chairman, Sensei Eric Pich was very well attended. A great turn out of new students grading and all examiners were generally very pleased with the high standards and spirit shown…
Read MoreSKCE Brown & Black Belt Course & Dan Grading
Sunday, 15 May 2022 saw our first black and brown belt course and grading of the year. It was a highly successful course and grading in all respects and Chief Instructor Sensei Eric Pich was pleased with the effort, commitment and standard shown by those who took part. Commiserations to those who were not…
Read MoreSKCE Brown & Black Belt Course & Dan Grading
Sunday, 5 December 2021 saw our final black and brown belt course and grading of the year. Congratulations to the following people who secured new Dan grades today Shodan: Mischa Nicolas Vinaya Shah Yasmin Rana Judit Kiss Denis Barna Eli Gilbert Lina Tayeb Shyla Williams Durkin Diya Senghani Nidan: Kyroe Carrington McKenzie Romeo…
Read MoreSKCE Black & Brown Belt Course & Dan Grading
Sunday, the 27th of June saw the very welcome return of our black and brown belt courses, followed up by a Dan grading for those hopeful Karateka looking to make the next step in their karate journey. The course served as a nice (and timely!) reminder of the standard expected by Sensei Eric, not just…
Read MoreLatest Update on SKCE Dan and Kyu Gradings
Following the latest government announcement that 21 June will be pushed back, please note the SKCE Dan grading will go ahead on Sunday, 27 June. The SKCE Kyu (colour belt) Grading scheduled for Sunday, 11 July will now take place during that week with your instructor at your usual SKCE club venue.
Read MoreNEW BLACK BELTS AT BLACK AND BROWN BELT COURSE AT WILLESDEN SPORTS CENTRE ON SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2019
The event started on time at midday when Sensei Gerry and his team of senior officials of SKCE began registration and collection of licences for those who were eager to grade. In all in excess of 100 registered for the training courses taken, split in 2 groups of kyu grades and Dan grades, under the…
Read MoreIMPORTANT NEW DAN GRADING STRUCTURE FOR SKCE HIGH GRADE 5TH DAN AND ABOVE
After due deliberation it has been decided to change the 5th dan and above grading examination requirements. This is in order to bring SKCE in line with other major Shotokan associations worldwide. In future only candidates who have been approved by the Chairman and Chief Instructor will be invited to attend a detailed grading and…
Read MoreNEW BLACK BELTS AT BLACK AND BROWN BELT COURSE AT WILLESDEN SPORTS CENTRE ON SUNDAY 19TH MAY 2019
Congratulations to all the following Students who successfully achieved their Dan grades at the above course. SHODAN PASSES BOYS GIRLS Finlay Sokal Eva Kenny Elliot Kot Jaskiran Kaur Sandhu Veer Pawar Milica Kostic Marcus Micallef Molly Tapster Tru Sith Lucy Tapster Abishaan Saravanabavan Nadeen Abdelwahid Vladimir Kostic Judy Abdelwahid Daniel Lurie Megan Advani…
Read MoreNEW BLACK BELTS AT BLACK AND BROWN BELT COURSE AT ASHMOLE ACADEMY ON SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2018
Congratulations to all the following Students who successfully achieved their Dan grades at the above course. BOYS GIRLS Jack Grainger Amreen Dhillon Aditya Bhagavatula Bianca Todorut Htoo Wei Nyah Glandfield Jinusan Kunasegaran Ahanu Sasikumar Yuvi Dhillon Naila Kaingu Fedi Michael Takhtay Sageena Thavarajah Joel Han Hanna Szczeklik Rishi Singh Seahra Ellie Grainger Kuvalayan Kanthan…
Read MoreNEW BLACK BELTS AT BLACK AND BROWN BELT COURSE AT ASHMOLE ACADEMY ON SUNDAY 20TH MAY 2018
Congratulations to all the following Students who successfully achieved their grades:- SHODAN PASSES BOYS GIRLS Ethan Stronach Lenz Prina Makani Amartya Selvaradjou Ishanee Kulkarni Ramkissoon Chailujan Piratheepan Grace Hales Shankar Nimalathuan Sofia Dimperio James Moffatt Lauryn Griffiths Hibbert Tharun Sutharsan Arya Patel Aryan Makani Erin O’Sullivan Tyler Docherty Olivia Barr Kushul Jai Patel Arnau…
Read MoreNEW BLACK BELTS AT BLACK AND BROWN BELT COURSE HELD AT ASHMOLE ACADEMY ON SUNDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2017
Since its formation SKCE have produced 2 Black and Brown belt courses each year all with dan gradings. Standards have always been high and typically each grading provides about 50 or so new dan grades. Last Sundays course was well attended with about 180 or so karateka taking part and probably as many parents. As…
Read More50 NEW BLACK BELTS AT BLACK AND BROWN BELT COURSE
SKCE’s first Black and Brown belt course of the year produced a total of 50 black belts awarded. Ashmole Academy was again the venue where 100’s of karateka gathered for the training course which preceded the grading and was given by SKCE’s Senior Instructors, Sensei’s Eric Pich, Peter Welsh, Darren Welsh, Graham Mercer and Sue…
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