Posts Tagged ‘karate’

More Pictures From Our National Championships

Some photographic wizardry from Adrian Bouvier capturing the days action.

NEW 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…

IMPORTANT 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…

SKCE INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 – SUNDAY 3rd NOVEMBER

The SKC England invitational Championships were held on Sunday 3rd November 2019 at Brunel University. The following invited associations attended: FSKA ISKF RIVERSIDE SKC TSK KE/UKA RENGOKAI SKDUN KANKU SASORI With a total of 452 individual entries and 30 teams, the competition started at 9.30am and finished soon after 7.00pm. With the…

NEW SHOTOKAN CLUBS IN THE ANGLIA REGION

SKCE Wellingborough are pleased to announce a new club, starting in June 2019. Commencing Friday June 7th at 7pm to 8pm for children, followed at 8:00pm to 9:30 pm for adults at the Gold Starz Dance School, Denington Rd industrial estate Wellingborough, NN82QH (contact Gerry 01933 678077) Another new club opens every Saturday mornings 10:00am…

YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD EVEN AT 74!!

Following the death of his wife Mahendra Shah was persuade by Sensei Eric Pich to take up Karate as a pass time persuit. Aged just 74 Mahendra did just that and at the weekend passed his first grade. Our heartfelt congratulations goes out to Mahendra who is probably our oldest orange belt to date and…

Squad Selection For 2019

Squad selection for SKCE 2019 Squad will be held (after the SKCE 2018 Championships) on Sunday, 9 December 2018 at Gurnell Leisure Centre, Ruislip Road, London W13 0AL from 2pm until 5pm. Instructors to please notify Tami Wilmot of any student(s) they wish to send to selection by Thursday, 6 December 2018. Please can instructors ensure…

Middlesex Open Karate Championships 2018

SKCE Results: Individual events: Alice Wright 1st – girls (9-10yrs) individual kata Daisy McQuaid 2nd – girls (9-10yrs) individual kata Judy Abdelwahid 3rd – girls (9-10yrs) individual kata Ben Whiteman 2nd – boys (9-10yrs brown and black belts) individual kata Krizzh Sriskantharajah 4th – boys (9-10yrs) individual kata Max…

ANGLIA CLUBS KATA COMPETITION – SATURDAY 5th MAY 2018

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS RESULT Girls & Boys 4 to 7 yrs 1st Bibi Henson (open grade) 2nd Rares Barna 3rd Chloe Master Girls 8 to 11 yrs 1st Alice Wright 3rd Kyu (brown) & above 2nd Hannah Jacques 3rd Daisy McQuaid Boys 8 to 11…

Bracknell Legends Open 2018

The weather was so awful that many of those on SKCE 2018 Squad entered for the competition could not get to Bracknell on the day. However, our results were great: Individual Kata under 12yrs up to 4th Kyu Daisy McQuaid – 1st t Max Bentley – 2nd Nadeen Abdelwahid – 3rd (joint) Individual…

SKCE Special Spring Course

Willesden Sports Centre – 25th Feb 2018 Some photo’s of our recent ‘all grades’ course, courtesy of John Deehan. Enjoy. …and check the diary for the next event

Joshua Han – SKCE 2017 Squad Member – Four Times Individual Kata World Champion

Joshua has now won a World Champion title in Individual Kata four times since 2015. SKDUN 2015 SKDUN 2016 IJKA Word Championship 2017 FSKA World Championship 2017 He also has a World title in Team Kata with two other members of the SKCE 2017 Squad – IJKA World Championship 2017

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…

FSKA World Championships

Images from the SKC England Squads exploits at the FSKA World Championships

IJKA World Championships 2017

The SKCE 2017 Team selected by Squad Coach Leon, travelled to Cork, Ireland on Saturday, 8 July to compete at the IJKA 2017 World Championships. We didn’t spend a long time in Cork but it was sunny (not what we were expecting!) and the locals were friendly, so a very nice location for these Championships.…

50 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…

British Open Karate Championships – 30th April

Girls Team Kata Bronze: Ellie Lewis, Jaime Harris and Jodie Harris Girls Individual Kumite Silver: Jaime Harris Male Cadet Individual Kumite Bronze: Oliver Hood Mens Individual Kumite (Shobu Sanbon) Bronze: Leon Gordon Mens Individual Kumite (Shobu Ippon) Bronze: Curtis Wilmot Junior Male Team Kumite Bronze: Adam Doukha, Marwan Dowidar and Sam Hubbard Male Cadet Team Kumite Bronze: Aron Davis, Joshua…

17th Legends Open, Bracknell March 2017

SKC England Results Best Male Competitor – Warren Tetsola 1st Men’s Individual Kumite – Warren Tetsola 1st Junior Boys Kumite 12 -13yrs – Marwan Dowidar 1st Junior Kata 12-15yrs – Joshua Han 2nd Girls Kumite 12-13yrs – Rawan Naja 3rd Children Sanbon Kumite Under 12yrs – Sophia Malte…

World Championships 2016

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 BOURGAS, BULGARIA REPORT – By Chairman Gerry Grey We experienced an unexpected and disappointing start to these Championships when at the very last minute 3 of our Senior male competitors had to withdraw. As you can imagine apart from the effect this had on their individual events there were major consequences for…

Thank You To Everyone Who Sponsored Hannah!

Hannah Mercer did a sponsored Katathon last year and raised £600 from SKCE students and parents for young Ryan. Contributions went towards his new trike and a special walker. Both of which you can see in the clip. We just want to say a huge thank you to all who sponsored Hannah. Please take a…