NEW 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 usual the grading was preceded by a training course arranged in 3 groups according to grade with the SKCE Senior Instructors rotating so that each can observe the quality and standard of those who would be taking their respective grades later in the afternoon.
Students displayed a good standard of karate and consequently when the grading took place later in day 62 new grades were achieved. 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 of 9 Senior SKCE Instructors.
Particularly impressive were the mainly young students who achieved Nidan (2nd dan) level.
In addition two of SKCE Instructors were awarded their Rokudan 6th Dan gradings Sensei’s Graham Mercer and Darren Welsh.
Needless to say with so many grading for Shodan there were some disappointments but the examiners explained to all these individuals what they need to concentrate on to help them improve and hopefully enable them to retake and achieve their grade after more training for at least 6 months more. It is not just a question of the length of time spent training as some people believe, and, each person has to achieve the required standard before a grade is awarded by the examiners.
The ages of those who passed this time ranged from a 7 year old girl to a 66 year old man which is very satisfactory as it indicates that SKCE philosophy to teach all ages and genders is proving correct and beneficial judging by the high achievements at international and world level competitions. Several of SKCE students have become world champions over the past few years.
The next black and brown belt course with grading has been set for Sunday 20th May 2018.
Congratulations to all the following Students who successfully achieved their grades:-
SHODAN PASSES
| BOYS | GIRLS |
| Christian Ganev | Sophie Khaddaj |
| Preston Prins | Safa Naja |
| Ismael Rashid | Leanne Kotob |
| Ajand Sasikumar | Catherine Ogurok |
| Sartaj Sandhill | Ria Dimperio |
| Alex Barratt | Tara Rashid |
| Mehrzad Raad | Randa Hisham Dowidar |
| Yusuf Ismarai | Rhiannon Till |
| Adam Balmer | Tijana Karan |
| Zakim Kaingu Fedi | Dujeanaye Louisy Julienne |
| Dante Griffiths Hibbert | Meher Sandhill |
| Aaron Manning-Osborne | Rawan Naja |
| Yusef Harb | Latasha Jackson |
| Omar Hamza | Zainab Dowoud |
| Alexandru Stoichici | |
| Nasan Somasundararajah | |
| Jamie Rashid | |
| Daniel Ferreira | |
| Rakes Yogarajah | |
| Haadi Aamit Yusef | |
| Tahmid Ahmed Choudhury | |
| James Baxter | |
| Thijanishan Thanarajah | |
| Enoch Hitchioch |
| MEN | LADIES |
| Jordan Kemp | Catherine Takhtay |
| Peter John Dunn | Mia Grainger |
| Spencer Tracey | Lucy Aldous |
| Blas Yaselli | Liezelle Pagala |
| Christopher Brook | |
| Andre’ Malta | |
| Kelvin Forrester |
NIDAN PASSES
| BOYS | GIRLS |
| Mikhail Hashim | Jaime Harris |
| Jodie Harris | |
| Imaan Mirza | |
| Thara Dean | |
| Ellen Lewis | |
| Brianne Pinkney | |
| Zainab Bogle-Dawoud | |
| Beth Hannah Loveridge |
| MEN |
| Steven Pinkney |
YONDAN PASSES
| MEN | |
| Nehal Mahendra Shah |
ROKUDAN PASSES
| MEN | |
| Graham Mercer | |
| Darren Welsh |