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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

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

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.
I would like to thank all of the clubs and their instructors who have supported these courses, we have not tried to change the teachings of individual clubs but to give an insight of what students can expect when going for their Dan grade and also those wishing to progress further. I intend to run a "dummy" Dan grading, this just to put the pressure on and to let them all know what we should expect of their stamina. All students of 3rd kyu and above are welcome but as always must have the agreement of their own club instructors to attend, likewise if any instructors who may have students nearing their Dan grading wish to come along and have an input their thoughts would also be welcome.

Check out our "Students" page and our "Competition" page for the latest news.
Our Sunday course for prospective Dan grades also went down well again, many thanks for the support from Yeovil and Portishead. Keep a look out for news of the next course.

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.
Again there was support from Yeovil, Portishead and both Clevedon and Esporta clubs, this time it was also good to see old friends from the Bristol club attend.
I shall look into the next available date and let everyone know ASAP.

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.

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.

Chelsie went through all of the rounds in her kata comfortably, she ended up in the final against the Welsh champion and lost out 2-1 on the flags.

This has been a good run out for Chelsie before she is again in action with the WKU squad in Glasgow next week.

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!
Tony started training some 27 years ago with Pete Fortune, the original "Clevedon Karate Club" instructor. Times moved on and so did Pete, Nigel and myself started Clevedon club again twenty years ago and Tony came back to try and work his way through the grades, Tony showed he had the ability then but as with many of us personal life and work took over and we lost him. The third time of him getting back into the fold, some twenty four years later Tony again joined Clevedon Karate Club, during this time an old friend also came back to training, Pete Fortune. Tony was hooked, the bug was there, this time nothing was going to stop him, the finale to the circle was Pete partnering Tony in his pair work on Tony's Dan grading, Pete will ache for a week or so as Tony threw him him around but the end result was that Tony has at last gained his Dan grade. Well done Tony and many thanks to Pete for his support in helping Tony achieve this goal.

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.

Angels or Devils after a grading?

A group picture of the Clevedon club

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

Peter Fortune 2nd Dan at last! Well only took him 25 years, well done from everyone in the club.

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

Party Night

What more could we have asked for? Maybe around 150 attendance, families everywhere, food galore.

The night would not have done so well if it was not again for Pauline and Chelsie and their efforts at the raffle. Pauline's firm "Hudson Engineering" again looked after us and donated a large amount towards the raffle prizes, I promise that this will be spent on the Christmas sweets for everyone.

Steve and his Disco/magical tricks kept the youngsters amused so that the parents had a chance to have a drink or three! Look out for Steve and his "Disco Company" on Facebook please, give him some support, he has looked after us for many years.

I have lots of pictures and must write more of a report but not at this time of night, too many spelling mistakes, the keys are in the wrong places!

Kevin

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

Competitions

A report on the Scottish open is up on the competitions page.

Esporta Grading

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

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

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

Camilla Hutchings Senior Student of the Year 2009

Chelsie Ware Junior Student of the Year 2009

Esporta student of the year

Luke Jefferies Esporta Student of the Year 09

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.

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.

I know the kids were puling funny faces but Dino did not have too also!

Leah was "over the water" at the time of our grading but she did very well a week later.

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.

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!

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.

Families started to arrive about 19.30, the tables set aside for food were soon full as always, this year thanks to the new venue we had plenty of room to cope. Steve the Disco man was in charge, he did magical tricks involving the children and parents, party games followed giving a fun start to the evening. A short break for the food was followed by the raffle and presentations, topping the presentations was the awards for students of the year. First to be called to the stage was Tom Chorlton, Tom has trained for nearly four years, Tom always has that smile on his face, a very well deserved junior student of the year. For the senior student of the year, I do not think I have ever seen a look of such shock and surprise, Jim Brooks-Hulin stayed sat down for what seemed an age until something clicked. Jim was a third kyu in another style but due to work commitments he moved to us as our training days were better suited. Jim started at the beginning again at his own request, he worked his way back through the grades, getting back and passing his old grade. Jim is another, like so many of you, that are a credit to the Clevedon club. Presentations were also made for the fancy dress, nice to say that a big majority had joined in and tried something, I know it is not everyone's "cup of tea". Olivia May won the junior prize, whilst my son (do I have to admit to that?) won the senior. Presentations over it was back to partying. The disco started up again with a good variety of music, the dance floor started to fill, Jo Tully cajoled everyone she could to get up and shake. Dancing went on until more games were introduced, Limbo dancing brought out some sights to see, bodies being dragged under and over the bar, a little, well a lot of cheating was going on. Gary and Cindy seemed to be the biggest children of the night, or at least they certainly were leading them along!

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

Dan Grading November 2006

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?
Oh well onto the training, over twenty students and families went from just the Clevedon club, this must have been our highest number yet. Those who arrived on the Thursday traveled along to Bel Royal school where the Jersey club meet, it was a relaxed session, well for those of us out the front, maybe not for the students. The intention of the senior grades was that with so many of our British/English squad out there we should give the local club a taste of the stamina training that is a regular occurrence at the Bristol dojo. I have a lot of respect for our juniors, including the likes of Olivia May, who at only 8 years old carried on until I had to stop her, well done all of you, yet again you showed that you have the spirit to go all the way.
Friday we trained for two hours, this session was to be the main kata session. With a good attendance we decided to get everyone onto Bassai Dai, let them all have something a little different and those who knew it could tidy up on stances. The senior grades then went into a session on Seienchin, lots of nice thigh aching stances in that one!
Saturday we went back to the speed and stamina training that help to make our squad one of the most respected and successful association squads in the country. Little did Nigel, Liam and myself know that we would suffer for our participation over the next few days. I shall have to think of some ways to get my own back on Andy Gunton for that! Our senior squad then showed the group techniques and drills that have helped to bring in a total of 32 titles at national level to just those five members. It was an inspiring display and one I know that will give the local club and the visitors something to remember. For the final session off the training on the Saturday, we broke into groups, some carrying on with drills, some getting more sparring practice in and another group moving onto kata. Here on the kata we have to thank Doug Joseph and Angelo from the local Kenyukai club, Doug helped us along with Gojushiho, a kata we had only just been learning a couple of weeks ago from Terry Pottage the Kenyukai chief instructor. Doug's knowledge of kata is immense and we all appreciated his help.
To round off the weekends training there were some presentations to be made, the junior student of the course went to Daniel Williams of our club, well done Dan, his work rate over the weekend had never dropped and he was up for everything that he could get involved in. The senior student went to a local lad Mr Tomasz Siodmiak, a very large Polish gentleman whom I would not want to get on the wrong side of!
Finally the last presentation was to our chief instructor Alan Flook, the Jersey club presented him with a beautiful Japanese sword for all of the work he has done in brining us all together and giving his knowledge so freely.
My thanks also have to go to Dave Louis who tirelessly sits in the background but is a driving force in getting sponsorship for the Jersey club. Dave is always there to support but not many would realise just how much work he does for us all. A great thank you also to Martin Gurren the Managing Director of Freelance Motor Group, Martin supplied Alan and myself with a Lexus RX300 and a Lexus RX 400h for the weekend. What a dream to drive, I don't think my knees stopped knocking until I returned the car and the keys all in one piece, thank you very much Martin.
I have never written as long a report as this but must add to the end of it our appreciation to Liam Ahearne, Jersey Wado Ryu chief instructor, ably assisted by his crew of Ryan, Steve and many others who made the whole weekend so enjoyable for all of us. See you there next year.

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

Tough Guy Competition

Dan Grading Success

Clevedon Club Grading

Tickenham School Display