
Latest News |
Updates |
Pre grading course |
At the last of the pre-grading courses to be run before our chief instructor takes over we had about twenty five students attend. Many thanks to the Bristol club for allowing us to use their dojo, it added the extra punch required giving the students a taste of what was to come. Hard work was the order of the day and they all gave what they could. One hour and ten minutes with very little time off, they were pushed all the way. At the end of the course feedback was given from Ivor Thomas, Chris Summers and myself. Alan will be starting the Bristol courses from the 26th May, I expect it will be as always 17.00 - 18.00 but will keep you all informed. I would like to thank everyone for their support and all who have helped along the way. |
|
WKU Event |
Check out our competition page with the report for the WKU event, all our students page for the students of the month. |
Duke of Edinburgh Award |
Congratulations to Luke Jefferies on his bronze D of E award, he is now working hard for his silver. |
|
Dan grade training course |
Our last session this morning the 28th April before our chief instructor Alan Flook starts his Sunday sessions. |
Clevedon Grading |
Sunday 14th April it was the turn of the Clevedon students to grade. Lots of very nervous faces but at the end of the day many happy ones! Again a good showing from all concerned, lots of effort and enthusiasm. Paul Green in training for his Dan grade was up amongst them giving himself an extra work out, that after his normal attendance three times a week. Congratulations also to Paul on gaining his table officials badge at a recent WKU course. |
|
Virgin Active Grading |
Saturday 13th April was the grading day for our members at the Virgin Active club in Bradley Stoke. Nineteen students were up for grading and all were made to work for their new grades. The lower grades who are also the youngest members were the first up to grade, in fairness to them they set a good standard by their effort, what may be missing at this early stage in their technique, they more than made up for with the effort that they gave. Overall it was one of the best grading's at the club and shows that the standard is steadily rising, well done to all of you and many thanks to those who came along to help us on the day. |
|
Pre-Dan Grading Course |
Maybe the last of these courses, all have been very well attended but our chief instructor will be soon starting his sessions on a Sunday afternoon and they are a very important step towards those grades. Our next course is to be held at the Bristol dojo on April 28th, times are 11.00 - 12.300, cost as always £1.00 towards the cost of the hall hire. |
Check out our "Students" page and our "Competition" page for the latest news. |
February Course |
Sunday 17th February and we again were at Tickenham Village Hall for another course aimed at helping prospective Dan grades and others who wish to progress further than their current level. |
|
Student of the Year at Virgin Active |
Isobel Holloway has been awarded the "student of the year" award for 2012, Izzy has been putting in a lot of extra training and the improvement is begining to show. |
|
Clevedon & Virgin Active Gradings |
On the first weekend of December grading were taken at both Clevedon and Virgin Active clubs. Numbers were down but the standard was certainly up! A good grading session from both clubs. |
|
|
Clevedon Awards |
At the annual Christmas party held in Clevedon Triangle Club our students of the year awards were presented. Peter Fortune was given the senior student of year, whist louis Williams was awarded the junior student of the year. Well done to both members and many thanks for all of those families who attended the event. Once again for the tenth year running Hudson Engineering sponsored our raffle, over these years there must have been some £1,500 raised for the club, thank you also to Pauline for getting this sponsorship, we gather this has to be the last year but we are very grateful for all they have achieved for the club. |
|
|
British Award |
Congratulations go to Nigel Langson for attaining his British referees award in Glasgow last weekend, well done mate. |
Welsh Open September 2012 |
Chelsie was today in action at the Welsh Open, I believe she was the only WKU entrant as the British event is only next weekend and the kumite squad do not need injuries a week before that event. |
|
Camera Club Visit |
We recently were visited by a camera club who wanted to get some action shots of our members, I only wish I knew how to take pictures like these? We decided also that it could not be just the youngsters in the pictures so we let Pete and Tony have a go, Pete did have to have a lie down though during shooting! |
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Dan Grade |
Congratulations to our latest Dan grade Tony Filer, the 15th July was his day at last! |
Tickenham |
No training at Tickenham on the 18th July, there is a drama night, sounds just like our training at times!!!! |
Grading |
Good results at both Virgin Active and Clevedon for the grading's, well done to all who took part, I shall post some pictures ASAP. |
May 2012 |
We started off May with the WKU competition, both Clevedon & Virgin Active (Esporta) were there many for their first competition, I shall add a small report and some pictures to the competition page. |
March 2012 Grading at Clevedon |
March was the time for the first grading of the year at Clevedon club, again we held it at the Tickenham Hall, a nice large space to make them work all the harder! The effort as always was there, mistakes can be forgiven when someone is trying so hard and everyone from the most junior grade gave their best. I have lots of pictures but cannot yet work out how to get a thumbnail programme onto our website! Anyone with knowledge of this please contact me and I will add a lot more photographs. |
|
|
|
Back to training Esporta 7th January, Yatton 9th January, Tickenham 11th January and Clevedon 13th January. |
Check out our Students page for the Clevedon students of the month for October, November will follow shortly. |
Our latest 2nd Dan |
|
Esporta Student of the year |
|
Sweets Night at Clevedon |
|
Esporta Student of the Year |
Congratulations to Joe Murphy the Esporta student of the year, always listens, tries so hard and has a very good attendance , well done Joe. |
WKU Competition Nov 2011 |
Check out the competition page for the report on our latest WKU event. |
Clevedon Grading 04/12/11 |
I shall try to get around to adding a full report but here are a couple of pictures to go with what was a very enjoyable grading, lots of hard work and effort from all of our students. |
|
|
Party Night |
What more could we have asked for? Maybe around 150 attendance, families everywhere, food galore. |
Esporta Grading July 2011 |
Our recent Esporta grading, a very good effort from all concerned. We said "Goodbye" to Abaan Butt at this grading, his family are moving up north but I am sure that whichever club Abaan joins they will benefit from his smile and hard work. |
|
Clevedon Grading July 2011 |
A good attendance and a very good effort from all of the students. This was the first grading in the new venue at Tickenham village hall, it may well have also been a bit of a culture shock for some of the more senior grades, a longer area to work in and more time available, this all made for a nice long, hard grading! |
|
|
| The WKU event report and pictures are now posted on our competition page. |
Competitions |
A report on the Scottish open is up on the competitions page. |
Esporta Grading |
Picture from our recent grading at the Esporta club |
|
Fotopic |
It looks like the server "and company" Fotopic have gone belly up! This means that all of the links to the gallery pictures will not be there anymore. Sorry about that but I shall see if we can use another server/company. |
March Grading |
Twenty nine members of Clevedon and Yatton club were at this grading, more than we have had for some time. We started as always with an hour of light training to run through anything that the students may have had a worry over, many thanks for all the help from the Clevedon Dan grades. Throughout the grading there was a noticeable effort, everyone gave the best that they were capable of and the spirit helped to keep everyone going. |
|
Kata Course |
20th February 16.00 - 18.00 we will be holding a kata course at Gordano school, cost is the same £5.00 per student. Please support this as they are not held too often and we do normally have a good attendance. Wado kata will be taught to kyu grades, senior grades will also have the chance to learn kata from different styles. Any instructors wishing to attend and offer their help please give me a call on 01275 877811. |
Dan Grading December 2010 |
Congratulations go out to Camilla Hutchings and her son Matthew who alongside of Luke Jefferies all gained their Shodan grade on the weekend. The "Old Codger" of the club, Nigel Langson was also awarded his Godan grade. Congratulations to them all. |
Club Grading 2010 |
A good standard at our recent club grading, all of the students worked very hard and nice to see such effort from some of our youngest members. |
|
Clevedon Party 2010 |
What a night, a great turn out of families, a great disco and beer at a fair price, what more can we ask for? Oh yes and lots of food and even more cakes! Thank you to Pauline for supplying the raffle prizes and Chelsie for doing such an outstanding job at selling them, she even got more money out of me! |
Welsh Open |
Check out our competition page for a report and pictures of the Welsh Open 2010, best results for years for Clevedon and the WKU. |
APOLOGY |
Sorry I have had to revert to an old front page but due to a glitch the up to date one was removed, I shall try to update this page in the next couple of days. |
Clevedon Students of the Year |
|
|
Esporta student of the year |
|
Dan Grading November 09 |
Once again the club moves on, Charles Vaughan is our latest Dan grade in the club. After the disappointment of not making it at the last grading, Charles has knuckled under and proven that he has what it takes to wear that black belt, congratulation Charles, now the hard work begins! |
Steve LeFevre |
Congratulations go to Steve on attaining his 3rd Dan in Ju Jitsu over last weekend. Steve would have been put through a very tough grading I am sure as I know his chief instructor Chad Sidaway, a man with a lot of knowledge and who "takes no prisoners". Well done Steve from all at Clevedon and certainly those friends within WKU. |
| Check out the students page for our latest Students of the month. |
Esporta Grading |
Saturday 31st October yet another bunch of worried faces, the students were ok, it was just the panel! To be honest this was one of the best grading's that we have seen at our Esporta club, to give our younger members a chance to see what was to come, we started with those attempting the senior grades. One green belt, six purple and one brown belt were called up and in all fairness to them they all worked really hard, showing the younger junior grades what was expected from them. We were very pleased with this group, they all gave their best and that is all you can ask for. The next group was the younger and junior graded students, again those around them who had already been through a grading helped keep a good standard going throughout. It was nice to see so many of the parents sitting in and supporting their youngsters, they are always welcome and it gives those memories that you will never forget, just like the Christmas panto at school with the T towels on the shepard's heads! Well done to all, shouting from me is over for a little while, lets get some names in for our Christmas competition and show that Esporta have a good club. |
|
|
|
October Grading |
Sunday 25th October was to be our last grading for the year 2009, twenty two nervous students warmed up for the coming session. After out one hour of training to get the minds and bodies into gear we were off with the grading. The usual nerves were visible as even some of the more experienced struggled to make their bodies do what they wanted them to, some as always surprised us with their best ever efforts, so master Edward Green there can be no excuse when training on a normal night after the display that you put on! Overall a very pleasing grading, all gave their best which is all that we can ask for. |
|
|
|
Great News From The Welsh Open |
Check out our competition page, news of Clevedon's Chelsie Ware in action at the Welsh Open. |
Promotion |
Congratulations to Ann Barrett on her promotion to Sandan. |
Open Kata Course |
|
Clevedon and Portishead clubs are holding another open kata course on the 27th September at Clevedon Community School Sports Hall, times are from 14.00 - 16.00. Gordano was unavailable but again the location of this hall is not to hard to find. At the last course we had over 64 students training and many instructors giving their time to help. The format as before will be working through Pinan kata and of course some various senior kata for those who are ready for it. Contact Kevin on 01275 877811 for more details and directions please. |
Students of the month |
|
Look to our students page for the latest news on students of the month, this will now also include members from our sister club Esporta. |
Dan Grading 19th July 09 |
|
A very successful grading at the bristol Dojo, a lot of hard work has gone into getting ready for this grading and the results showed on the day. Michael Dean, Chelsie Ware and Christopher Green all attained the grade of Nidan (2nd Dan), whilst Grace Ball and Mark Christie attained Shodan (1st Dan). I do not normally mention anyone who misses out but I feel I must on this occasion, Charles Vaughan by the narrowest of margins did not make the grade this time, he was so near and we could not have asked for any more effort than he gave, I have never seen Charles put as much energy and power into his training as he did on that day, I gather when he arrived home he started to practice his kata again, good effort and first class attitude, he is getting himself ready for the November grading. |
|
|
Esporta Grading |
|
July 11th and the summer Esporta grading was upon us, lots of worried faces but all with a gleam in their eyes looking forward to earning that next belt. |
Kata Course |
|
Sunday 14th June on a glorious sunny day 68 students and instructors gathered for a kata course in Gordano School Sports Hall. Clubs attending were Clevedon, Portishead, Esporta, Broadwell and Shinwa, with a wide range of grades from the students. We broke into groups, and trained for about forty minutes with different instructors, thus giving the students a change from their own school of learning. When the fire escape doors were opened we also found there was a large flat grass area out the back, so some lucky grades were able to be in the sun, though not having brought sun tan cream or hats we alternated between the groups who were outside. Somewhere two hours was gone like a flash but I think that also shows what an enjoyable day everyone had. Many thanks to Vito for arranging the venue, In would certainly be happy to train there again, also to all of those who attended, without their support we could not have had such a great day. |
March Grading |
|
Successful candidates from our March grading, glad it is all over and they can relax for a day or two. |
![]() |
Birthday Boy! |
|
Would I really be nasty and put a picture of the birthday boy on the web? Yes, Yes, Yes! Happy 60th Nigel, enjoy the free bus travel. |
![]() |
|
Updates to our competition page and also the calendar, check them out. |
Clevedon Grading |
|
Sunday 8th March and yet more nervous faces arriving at the dojo, after an hour or so of revision we started into the grading. The first group were our newest members, we were pleased with their effort and overcoming the nerves. Second up was a small group but did they ever have heart? This group set the standard for the rest of the grading, they were going for it, all were hungry for that next grade, Thomas Moss, Ellie Casey, Michael Yeatman and Paul Green all had a grading they can be very proud of. As the grading progressed the heart and enthusiasm stayed the same, all those that followed knew what was expected and everyone of them gave their best effort. At the end of the day it was a pleasure to come away knowing that we could not have asked for more. |
![]() A now more relaxed group of successful students |
Esporta Grading |
|
Saturday 28th February was a day for grading at our Esporta club, although not too many of the more senior grades were up for their next grade, the few that were had also managed some extra training at our Clevedon club, this did show. With training once a week at Esporta it is very hard to get to the required standard for those higher grades, so please try during the holidays to come to Clevedon. Lots and lots of the juniors up for their next belts, I must say they did work very hard, a lot of that also goes to the help that young Zara Thomas has been giving them, I don't think she scares them as much as I do! Overall it was a good grading with lots of effort, well done to all of you. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Clevedon Grading |
|
Congratulations to those members who graded on Sunday 28th September, a very good effort and a lot of new belts to show for it, well done. |
![]() |
Esporta |
|
A busy weekend of grading with the Esporta club also moving along. I do not remember seeing so many worried faces but they all did very well on the day. |
![]() |
New Boy! |
![]() New boy in year 7 |
Grading |
|
Sorry for the late arrival of the grading news, I did manage to edit the many photo's that I was given and then promptly went and mixed them all up and lost them. Here we go again with the re-edited photo's. As always we only allowed about half of the club to grade, we believe that it is better to have the quality rather than the quantity, also although it still hurts for our younger members to be told they are not yet ready, it hurts far more to fail! It is a pleasure to see the standard improve overall, there will always be differences between the grades, some find it easy to do certain things while others give their heart but still struggle, giving of their best is what we are looking for. |
![]() |
Sudbury Visit |
|
Down for a week from Sudbury was Symone Bromley, not only did she attend the England kata squad training session in Reading, she came along to two of our Clevedon sessions. Training at a different club is always a culture shock, we all teach in different ways, personally I think it a good thing to train under other instructors, that is with the permission of your own instructor first. Symone fitted in well, helping out at the first session and having a good workout in the second. There must be more like her over in the east of the country, she was a credit to her club and a pleasure to teach. After a week with Chelsie I expect she would have though she had gone deaf on her long journey home! |
![]() |
Michael "Dino" Dean |
|
On the weekend of 28th June, our very own Dino gave up his time and energy in support of the "Help for Heroes" fund. Dino managed to get out of training with the juniors at Esporta to go for a 5k jaunt on a treadmill, I am not sure what it was, getting away from the tiddlers or walking alongside of some very nice women, well come the end he did also raise some £120.00 for a very good cause. Well done Dino, we shall make you suffer more with the little ones now! |
![]() |
Dan Grading |
|
Congratulations to our new Dan grades, Jenny May and Simon Rudge, their hard work has finally paid off, also to Eddie Emmanuel on attaining his 3rd Dan. A hard day in windy and occasionally wet weather on Saturday must have taken it's toll on the stamina, though from the forecast I believe that we were very lucky with the lack of rain that had been forecast for us. Sunday morning and under starters orders the kyu grades were first up, all of the lectures, shouting and generally being horrible seemed to have paid off. Jenny now knows what it is like to sweat perhaps we shall see a little more of it in the club, we do have pictures to remind her. Simon held his nerves together, whilst Eddie did get out of his sick bed to give what stamina he had mustered. Over all a very good result for Clevedon club, it shows that these things may not come first time but if you persevere, you will get there. |
![]() |
Competition Results |
|
I am now compiling the results from our WKU national competition, it will shortly be on our competition page, also I shall add a small report about Chelsie and Shaun weekend in Edinburgh at the Commonwealth Open event |
Donations |
|
Our thanks to those many members of the clevedon club who gave donations to the WKU fund for those attending the Commonwealth Games "elite"competition in Edinburgh. Donations from just our club have amounted to just under £1,000.00 a fantastic achievement. Simon Bunker a member of our club donated a very large cheque on behalf of his company Samba Consulting, so if you need any IT work done, he is the man to get in touch with. Hudson Engineering of Nailsea have also been very supportive, our thanks to one and all, no matter how large or small, all donations make a difference. |
|
|
Kyu Grade Competition @ Bristol |
|
A full report for Clevedon and Esporta clubs is available on our competition pages. |
Jersey Course |
|
October 2nd-6th is the last course where Liam will still be on the island, he is due to retire back across the water to Ireland. Calling all of those who have tasted the hospitality of the Jersey club and who will also know the work and effort Liam has always made to make our trips so enjoyable, let us return the compliment and show up in force for this course. Many of our members have met Liam and his wife Joan when they have visited, coming on this course would also be a good chance to meet Ryan and Steve, they will be running the club after Liam leaves Jersey and I know they will keep up his legacy of fun, madness with a little training to go along with! Contact Kevin for details of flights and accommodation. |
Clevedon Party Night |
|
And what a night it was? Members and families from the clevedon club took over the upstairs of the Triangle Club, a great venue for any party. Nigel, Pauline and myself were up there in the day setting up the tables and adding the helium filled balloons for that extra touch. The disco arrived from Nailsea, this another good choice for the night, we were on our way to party time. Our thanks to all of those who gave their time to make it such a wonderful night, the disco Steve Burley can be reached on 01275 880427. If you liked the venue have a word with the steward or his wife at the Triangle club, very good value, the best venue we have ever had, and a well stocked bar, well it was until you lot got to it! If I have missed anything let me know and I will add it, also any pictures you want added please send them to me. I have a link now for the pictures that we have so far, have a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. Kevin & Nigel |
New Dan Grade |
|
Congratulations to Zara Thomas who on November 18th became our latest Dan grade in the clevedon club. After what turned out to be quite a grueling pre-grading course Zara had earned her black belt. |
![]() |
|
Latest Opening! Clevedon club are expanding and will be running a club at Yatton Junior School on a monday evening. The start time is 19.30 until 20.30, this the only hour until the club is established and we can see if the second senior session is required. Please pass the word around, it is the best form of advertising. |
|
Have you looked at our "students of the Month" pictures? Don't forget the kata course Sunday 4th November 14.00 - 15.30. |
|
Check out our competition page for the latest results. |
Officials Course |
|
Sunday 11th November there was an officials course held at the Clevedon Dojo. A lower than hoped for attendance from the association but still some good support from our club, this was to be rewarded with presentations to three members of our club. Michael Dean, James Brooks-Hulin and Zara Thomas all gained their table officials qualifications on the day. |
![]() |
Kata Course |
|
November 4th started off to be a kata course for those approaching grading from the Clevedon club, it turned out to be a very well attended course with visitors and instructors from Clevedon, Shinwa, Esporta and Bristol. With 49 training we soon managed to warm ourselves, we broke into groups and this gave each grade their own personal instructors. With a Dan grading on the horizon it was good to see six students who are all hoping to go for their Dan grade on November 18th, their standard was impressive. Our thanks to the instructors who gave their time and also to the students for their support. |
![]() |
Clevedon Training |
|
Just a few snippets from a recent training night, we seem to be making more time for Ippon techniques and self defence, I feel it showed in our recent Dan grading where Chris Green and Shaun Langson showed their skills to the panel. |
Badminton Glory |
|
Grace Ball has again been showing her prowess away from karate, she has won silver in a recent badminton event, well done Grace. |
![]() |
Clevedon's latest Dan Grade Success |
|
The weekend of July 7th & 8th was booked for the summer course and Dan grading, not only was the pressure of training on in the weeks before, the weather was not looking as if it was going to play ball! I had booked the sun a long time in advance but even I was getting worried about my connections above. Still as would prove out, the sun shone, the wind dropped to a nice level and all who attended had a great time. Valuable knowledge from many instructors was lost by a rather smaller than normal attendance from our club, we do not carry out many courses during the year and all effort should be given to attend these. The Sunday brought the day of the grading, many nervous faces trying to concentrate on loosening up. The students attempting Shodan were first onto the floor, seven with our own Chris green being not only the eldest but nearly twice the age of his nearest compatriot. Still he gave it all he could, the sweat was pouring from him as he carried out the basic techniques, kata was next in line, a good strong performance. The icing on the cake for Chris came when Shaun partnered him for his Ippon techniques, the first strike on Shaun turned a few heads on the panel, that was setting the bench mark. The time that both of them have put in on this section and the help from the likes of Steve and Eddie proved to be very worthwhile. They were the only two carrying out take downs and very effective they were. The connections they made sounded hard and I expect a few were but the control that they have learnt together meant there were no injuries, this just as well as it was Shaun's turn to get up next, he was attempting his Sandan grade. Eight Dan grades in all going for a higher qualification. From the start the atmosphere was electric, here we had a group of established Dan grades who knew what was wanted from the and they were all determined to prove just what they could do. The standard that was shown throughout their grading was a good benchmark of what we in the WKU expect from our students, Dan grades and instructors. At the end of the day three of those attempting Shodan were successful, Chris being one of them. All eight of those going for the senior grade passed, Shaun amongst them. A point from being an instructor and also on that panel, the time and effort that Chris and Shaun have put in proved their saviour, a minimum of twice a week, most times both sessions and supporting of all courses and competitions that they could, it is their commitment that saw them through, once a week and not attending courses does not gain a black belt around your waist. Well done to both of them and thank you to those others as mentioned who have helped to get these two to the standard they are at. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
March 31st Club Grading |
|
About a third of the club were graded and as always our younger members pull something extra out of the hat on a grading. The standard of effort was set by those attempting their 8th kyu, lots of heart and effort was very evident. Some of the seniors I am sure will have found it a little painful to move on Sunday morning but again they gave everything that they could. |
![]() |
Christmas Party 06 & Club Report |
| I have not a clue where the year has gone, not a bad one for the club with three new Dan grades through the system. New members have arrived, lost members will be missed but they will always be welcome back. A fair attendance at the party and many thanks to all who came along and hopefully enjoyed themselves. Our thanks also to Pauline for her help and all of those raffle prizes, the funds will be well spent on the sweets for the last couple of nights fun and games. A big thank you also to Jill Adams, you see her wandering around at competitions, courses and parties with her camera, what you do not see is the hours that she spends after editing the pictures and her work for us on the web sites. Tomas and Ruth did us well with the bar, I did not see anyone go thirsty on the night. As always there was plenty of food and a nice variety of it for all to choose from. The disco was all that we could hope for and with luck we shall certainly be asking them back for our next party. Thanks also to Gary, Sindy and family, when Nigel and myself arrived to set the place up they had it done already, saved a lot of stress and as you all know I get a little of that until after the presentations. On that note congratulations to Daniel Williams and Michael Dean, our latest junior and senior students of the year. We have three new 1st Kyu's that now will be giving it their all heading for that Dan grading next year, Charles and Grace our latest 3rd kyu's have a lot of hard work ahead of them but I know they can both go all the way to achieving their Dan grades. The latest grading was a pleasure to watch, everyone gave all that they could, it must have been good as it was commented on that I did not shout at anyone! We look forward to seeing you all in the New Year, so please as always, keep drinking but please NO DRIVING. |
Dan Grading November 2006 |
| Congratulations to our latest Dan grade in the Clevedon club. A very nervous Daniel Williams held it together and gave a fine display to be awarded his black belt by a panel of senior instructors at the bristol dojo on Sunday 19th November. Daniel was the only student from the Clevedon club and also the only junior attempting their Shodan. Well done Dan from all at the club. |
![]() Daniel with Dave Wheatley 7th Dan Vice Chairman WKU |
Jersey Course |
|
What a wonderful weekend in Jersey for all those that made the trip! We had sun, lots and lots of that strange yellow ball in the sky. Who would have thought that it was warm enough in October to go walking along the beaches and there are plenty of beautiful ones to walk along over there? |
![]() |
|
I have many more pictures of which I am in the process of editing, these will be displayed ASAP |
AMA Portishead |
|
Report on our competition page. |
AMA Nottingham |
| Look on our competition page for a report and a picture of our kata star! |
Tough Guy Competition |
| On Sunday 31st July Shaun Langson from “Clevedon” and Ben Hughes from “Portishead”, traveled to Old Perton South Staffordshire to participate in the Tough Guy challenge. 2300 entrants stared the race off these only 1701 made it to the finish line. Both Shaun & Ben work at the Corus Hotel Spot & Leisure Centre, Failand. |
Dan Grading Success |
| Congratulations to Jessica Adams and Michael "Dino" Dean on achieving their Dan grade. On a muggy weekend course, the Saturday spent outside training and the Sunday indoors being the final part of the grading, they gave everything they could. The result was two well deserved extra black belts at the Clevedon club. |
![]() |
Clevedon Club Grading |
| A total of nineteen students graded on Sunday 16th July. A fine hot day, just the type of weather to make them work that little harder! A great atmosphere and some very welcome help early on from our new Dan grades ensured that all of the students were put through their final session and ready for what was to come. Many thanks to Jill Adams for her photographic talents and lots of patience, in the last two weeks she must have edited and posted over two hundred pictures on both of our website's. Well done to all of those successful students, keep up the hard work. |
St Nicholas Chantry Fete |
| Again another busy weekend at yet another school, a very hot day but still a fair attendance seeing as this was the second weekend in a row that we were asked to give a display. A very appreciative crowd seemed to enjoy everything, plenty of takers for the sparring and a few who strutted their stuff at individual kata. Well done and thank you all for your support. |
Tickenham School Display |
| On a very hot summers day we were invited to carry out a display at Tickenham school. About 25 students came along to support and most got up and strutted their stuff be it individually or with a partner. The crowd enjoyed it and showed their appreciation with many rounds of applause. Well done to all of those who supported, these events are a showcase for the club and can be a good boost to the students own confidence. |