Cape Crusaders 
At the end of September / early October both Sensei Andre and Sensei Daphne attended the GKI
Goodwill Festival in Cape Town, South Africa. This event was to commemorate the 40th year of
our Chief Instructor Shihan James Rousseau in Karate. Our main training was with Sensei Teruo
Chinen in Goju Ryu Karate and Sensei Hennie De Vries in Ryukyu Kobudo. This culminated in a
tournament in which Sensei Daphne got six golds and a silver, while Sensei Andre got four golds
and three bronze medals.
 
Ryukyu Masters Visit 
During October the Dojo had a very special visit from Kaicho Akamine and Shihan Kuniyoshi
from Okinawa in Japan. The Sensei’s are from the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai (our
traditional Okinawan weapons association). The visit was a two week tour of the UK and Israel.
There were two seminars organised in Liverpool and Camberley Martial Arts organised the
seminar in the South in Farnborough. We also had Yui San and Manami San stay with us during
the two week tour and we hope most of you met them while they were here.
 
Recent Grading
A very special grading was held on Tuesday 17th October 2006 because of our visitors. We asked
Kaicho Akamine and Shihan Kuniyoshi to attend and see our students in action. All the students
rose to the occasion and passed - so well done and congratulations to the following: -
 
8th Kyu 1 Mon   (Orange belt with white stripe)
Bradley Anstee
Steven Brown
Aaran Fraser-Hitchen
 
8th Kyu    (Orange belt)
Jonathan Anstee
Daniel Anstee
 
9th Kyu 3 Mon   (Yellow belt Black Stripe)
Harry Davies
Kyle McManus
 
9th Kyu 1 Mon   (Yellow belt White Stripe)
Richard Evans
 
9th Kyu   (Yellow belt)
Heather Gambon
 
10th Kyu 3 Mon   (White belt with black stripe)
Daisy Taylor
Rees Thomas
Jake Richardson-Harvey 
 
10th Kyu 2 Mon   (White belt with blue stripe)
Thomas McAteer
Joshua McAteer
Thomas Walton
Jake Wilson
 
10th Kyu 1 Mon   (White belt with Yellow stripe)
Daniel Corr
Travis Taylor
Isabelle Radford
Louise Radford
Harry Walton
 
Please note we are trying to recycle old belts in order to reduce costs to the parents. The first
graded belt will be given free within the grading fee of £10.00. Thereafter if you recycle your old
belt there is no cost for the next belt, but if you prefer to keep your old belt then the cost of a new
belt will be charged at £4.00.
 
Activity Mornings
Apologies for not being able to hold the activity morning during the half term but the hall was 
decorated during that time. Never mind Christmas is coming! We plan to hold these during the
Christmas holiday so if you are interested please contact us as this will release some of you for
extra Christmas shopping trips in peace!  
 
Tesco Sport Vouchers
If anybody has any of the Tesco Sport vouchers then we are able to cash these in for equipment.
 
Advance Warning  
JUST on Tuesday 28th November the lesson will be moved from a 4 pm start to a 5 pm start and
finish at 6 pm.
 
Kids Christmas Party  
To end the karate year we are planning to organise a Kids Christmas party on Thursday 21st
December between 4 and 6 pm.
 
Dojo Closed
The dojo will be closed on Wednesday 20th December 2006 for the Christmas & New Year break
and will reopen on Tuesday 2nd January 2007.