Grading 5th Sep 2007
 
The grading held on Wednesday 5th September 2007 was once again very successful.
All students did very well and put in plenty of effort. Well done to one and all with
congratulations to the following successful students: -
 
5th Kyu   (Purple belt)
Bradley Anstee
 
6th Kyu 3 Mon   (Blue belt with Black stripe)
Jonathan Anstee
Aaran Fraser-Hitchen
 
6th Kyu 2 Mon   (Blue belt with Red stripe)
Daniel Anstee
Harry Davies 
 
6th Kyu   (Blue belt)
Richard Evans 
 
7th Kyu   (Green belt)
Luke Elson
Georgia Harcup
 
8th Kyu   (Orange belt)
Kathryn Styles
 
9th Kyu 2 Mon   (Yellow belt with Green stripe)
Jake Wilson
 
9th Kyu 1 Mon   (Yellow belt with White stripe)
Connor Fraser-Hitchin
Rees Thomas
 
9th Kyu   (Yellow belt)
Elliot McCarthy
David Styles
 
10th Kyu 3 Mon   (White belt with black stripe)
Siân Elson
 
10th Kyu 2 Mon   (White belt with blue stripe)
Victoria Anstee
Finlay Barber
 
10th Kyu 1 Mon   (White belt with Yellow stripe)
Zain Chohan
 
Student of the Month
Once again for this newsletter we need to nominate two students for the Student of the
Month award. Taking into account overall performance in the dojo and at the recent
grading the nominations are: 
 
September student of the month is: 

       Aaran Fraser-Hitchen
 
Congratulations to Aaran, who put in a great performance at the recent grading and will
no doubt achieve a lot more from his karate because of his character and determination.
 
October student of the month is:
 

           Aqeel Hussain
 
Congratulations to Aqeel, because we know he has not found karate easy but continues to
try very hard and we are beginning to see things click into place. As one of our original
students it is good to see Aqeel progressing slowly at his own pace and just enjoying the
classes. Well done Aqeel keep it up.
 
Tesco Sport Vouchers
We know it is a late request again as we were in Okinawa when the promotion started,
but if anybody has any of the Tesco Sport vouchers left then please hand them in to us
because as a club we are able to cash these in for sports equipment.
 
Okinawa
Thank you for all the positive support given to us on our trip to Okinawa. Holiday, who
said holiday, as we trained or preformed every day for three weeks! We competed in our
first Okinawan Kobudo tournament, was asked to demonstrate at a traditional Okinawan
wedding, trained with our icon Morio Higaonna Sensei whom in September 2007 was
recently promoted to 10th Dan and we were also graded to Nidan (2nd Degree black belt)
in Kobudo. When we have a few moments spare we will post an account and photos on
the web site.
 
Dates for your Diary
This newsletter comes at the end of an extremely busy couple of months. First we had the
grading, then we went to Okinawa and upon our return we have been very busy with first
aid courses for SECAMB. We still need some dates for your diary:
 
GKI Winter Gasshuku
The GKI winter Gasshuku will be held from Friday 30th November to Sunday 2nd
December 2007. All students are welcome and details can be found on the GKI web
site www.gki.org.uk.

Monday December 10th 2007
Don’t forget this is the next grading date and it is approaching fast. Junior grades will
grade between 5 and 6 pm, with senior grades between 6 and 7 pm.  To grade you will
need a current licence and the proper attire. The examination fee is £10.00 for exchange
belt and certification. For eligibility please see Sensei Andre or Sensei Daphne.