2014 - Year of the Horse
Well what a very busy and successful 2013 for the Dojo, EGKA, IOGKF & RKS. Quietly looking back at all that has gone on personally throughout the year I am...
2013 - Year of the Snake
It has been a very busy and successful 2012 for the Dojo, EGKA, IOGKF & RKS.
Looking back we have all achieved throughout the year from the passing onto...
2012 - Year of the Dragon
I am overwhelmed with the generosity of all the students in these difficult times and thank you one and all for the lovely gifts, wishes of support and kind words for Christmas...
2011 - Year of the Rabbit
As advised in recent classes there is now an on-line membership tool on www.egka.org.uk.
Please could all members sign up...
Stratford Nationals Competition Results, 15th & 16th October 2011
Congratulations to all those who participated in the National Championships at Stratford Leisure Centre...
Unfortunately the extra session for the childrens Master class on Tuesday has been cancelled for the rest of the summer holidays due to the lack of student numbers...
The EGKA held an adult kata competition in Bournemouth on Sunday 3rd July and 4 students entered from the dojo:
Jonathan McClleland, Charlie Leake, Richard Evans...
A new childrens Master class is starting on Tuesdays from 21st June to enable our more advanced students to concentrate at a more senior level on their kumite techniques and...
We have just finished another Summer Gasshuku in Bournmouth where excellent training was had by all, as usual.
Four students, under the age of 18 yrs entered...
The EGKA London Regional Tournament was held in Chessington on Sunday 22nd May. We had 15 children entering into all three categories: kata, kumite and group data...
Congratulations to all those who participated in the Junior Competition ran in Chessington last weekend.
The results follow and all the named competitors automatically win...
It has been a busy 5 weeks since the last newsletter. We have had a children’s and an adults grading and two competitions – one in Liverpool and one in Bournemouth.
On top...
Congratulations to all those who participated in the Southern Regional Competition ran last weekend at the Littledown Centre, Bournemouth.
The results follow and all the...
29-Apr-2011: Come Dine with Me Wedding Special
One of our adult students Michael Howard has had a Come Dine with Me Wedding
Special staged at his home in...
Apologies – the end of the first quarter of the year is nearly upon us and this is the first newsletter for 2011. Our day jobs seem to be getting busier and busier and there has...
2010 - Year of the Tiger
It has been a busy couple of karate months with more to come before the end of the year. October saw the National Championships in Liverpool and the World Championships...
The holiday period is well and truly over now and we are back in business with full classes again. It is good to see you all back and ready for another term of dedicated training...
We are already half way through the year and the busy karate agenda continues. On Monday 2nd June we held a white belt only grading as we have so many young juniors...
The Summer Gasshuku held at Littledown Sports Centre in Bournemouth dated 12th & 13th June 2010 was indeed a very special event for us all round.
After 4 years 3...
We have had an adventurous April and May. We had the EGKA Regional Junior Tournament, with 9 students attending, in Bournemouth on Sunday 18th April, a very...
We are now well into the first quarter of the new year and a number of students have attended EGKA courses. Sensei Andre and Sensei Daphne have also taken part in all...
Happy New Year to you all. Sensei Andre and I have just arrived back from our annual trip to Okinawa. These visits are essential to ensure that our karate remains up to date...
2008 - Year of the Rat
Student of the Month
March student of the month, taking into account overall performance in the dojo, the general attitude towards karate and that of the other...
Student of the month, taking into account overall performance in the dojo, the general attitude towards karate and that of the other students the nomination is...
It is time to nominate the first 2008 student of the month.
Taking into account overall performance in the dojo, the general attitude towards karate and that of the other...
Sensei Andre and Sensei Daphne would like to wish all our students and their families a very Happy New Year 2008. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and looked...
2007 - Year of the Pig
Don’t forget the most important event of the year - the Kids Christmas party - on Wednesday 19th December between 5 and 7 pm. This is free of charge to all our karate...
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...
We hope you all had a very nice summer holiday and that you actually found the
sun somewhere! Unfortunately our GKI Summer Gasshuku was not to be as we were
unable...
On Sunday 8th July the children demonstrated their skills at the Frimley Green Carnival.
It consisted of a 15 minute slot where we let the members do the talking with their skills...
Dates for your Diary
Apologises for this late newsletter but we have been waiting for our programme time at the Frimley Carnival Demonstration...
What a great day and thank you to one and all for the support given to Paddock Hill Dojo. The students were fantastic, with nerves jangling but always ready to help each...
This special newsletter is to acknowledge all of our students who entered the 13th GKI annual championships on Sunday 29th April 2007 to proudly represented Paddock Hill...
On Monday 26th February the Dojo completed a sponsored 2007 karate techniques. This was to raise funds and make a donation to the Peter Lynham Memorial...
Last year we introduced most improved student over the course of our 1st year. This year we are going to
acknowledge student effort all year round with a student of the...
First things first, Sensei Andre and Sensei Daphne would like to wish all our students and their families a very
Happy New Year 2007. We hope you all had a wonderful...
2006 - Year of the Dog
We are all saddened by the death of Peter who was a member of the Wessex Karate Academy (Portland dojo) for about eight years and achieved 1st kyu status...
Don’t forget we have arranged three-activity mornings for the school holiday week
just before Christmas. The dates are set as follows: -
Monday 18th December...
Some students were unable to grade when we held a special grading in October 2006 with
Kaicho Akamine and Shihan Kuniyoshi. To rectify this we held a couple of Dojo...
Andre and Daphne Leister won a remarkable 14 medals at the Goodwill Festival In Cape Town.
A husband and wife from Frimley have returned from an International martial arts...
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...
We had 10 activity mornings in August, which were very successful. The mornings were sports
orientated without involving the karate discipline, so there was something for...
First of all a big thank you to all our students who supported Camberley Martial Arts with the
demonstrations at the Grove School Fete, the Frimley Green Carnival and at...
How times flies, here we are nearing the end of school term and in the summer months getting
ready for a number of summer events: -
Saturday July 8th 2006
The first is...
This special newsletter is to acknowledge three of our students Andrew Brown, Steven Brown and
Connor Goldson who started with the dojo at its inception. With only a few...
Welcome to all of our new members and of course all of you are new. This is our first ever club
newsletter, so it is a great feeling writing this one. Following a year touring...
