On Monday 4th December Steve “Dibs” Doubfire, 3rd Dan and Ben Ambrose, 1st Dan, were jointly awarded the Paul Hoye Memorial Award. The trophy was donated to Colchester Traditional Karate Club by Paul’s Dad, Charles, following Paul’s tragic death in a motorbike accident in May 1999. Paul was a dedicated 1st Dan Black Belt, long […]
WKU held the 2023 Winter Dan Grading at Bristol Karate Club dojo on Sunday 3rd December 2023.Congratulations to the following all who were awarded Dan grades. SHODAN – 1ST DANBen Ambrose SANDAN – 3RD DANBecki FranklynStephen Doubtfire YONDAN – 4TH DANMichael Dean – AWARDED Dan Grading image gallery – click images below for larger view:
A big thank you to go out to Ryan Lambotte and his Jersey club for looking after all of us that travelled to Jersey for training and course. Everyone really enjoyed the time with you all. On Thursday the 5th Instructors and students arrived at Jersey airport prior to the Saturday training. Ryan organised transport […]
Congratulations to all the 14 Brightlingsea Karate Club students who worked hard and graded successfully.
WKU Bristol Karate Club Summer Course 2023The WKU Bristol Summer Course 2023 was held at Bristol Karate Club Dojo on Saturday 01 July. On Sunday 02 July, there was the summer Dan Grading. Notable among the awards was the presentation of 9th Dan to our Chief Instructor, Alan Flook by WKU President, Dave Wheatley. Congratulations who […]
Essex & Great Tey held an had an awards night last week. The awards included:Best Beginner AwardAward for Most Improved StudentWarrior AwardMartial Artist Of The YearClub Voted Martial Artist Of The YearMost Improved FighterPlus three recipients of Achievement awards. Congratulations all nominees and winners. Here they receiving their awards:
Brightlingsea Karate Club send everyone season’s greetings and best wishes for a happy 2023.
Congratulations to Great Tey karate students who graded succesfully: One yellow belt, one green belt, three purple belts and two brown belts.
On Tuesday 20 December 2022, at WKU’s Jersey Wado Ryu, David Louis, represented Western Karate Union and Sensei Alan Flook in presenting Roku Dan (6th Dan) to Sensei and Chief Instructor of Jersey Wado Ryu, Ryan Lambotte. Ryan has trained for 42 years, 34 of those as a Black Belt. His dedication the art, the […]
