February 2015 Club Grading
Well done to all the Karate students and Little Ninjas who graded today at the club. It’s always great to see students working hard, progressing through the grades and leaving with a huge smile on their faces.
5 Little Ninjas graded & 11 Karate students, as follows:
NINJAS – White & Red belt: Noah Parkes, Ethan Hold, Ben Sotheran, Jake Chapman
NINJAS – White & Yellow belt: Evan Carney
Red & White belt: Samara Cartright, Rachel Starrs
9th Kyu – Red belt: Brenden Garrens, Finlay Lindridge, Anastasia Rogan
Yellow & White belt: Roman Scott, David Robson
8th Kyu – Yellow belt: Bailey Carter
Orange and White belt: Harry Wilson
7th Kyu – Orange belt: Adam Spires
6th Kyu – Green belt: Will Davidson
The next scheduled club grading is in May but we have a large number of new starters so we are looking at grading some beginners who weren’t quite ready for this one, to grade on an evening whilst the regular classes are on. It will just take a bit of time to pick a date as we have to work around Sensei Michael’s work commitments to ensure we have enough instructors.
December club grading
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th December 2013
Dojo HQ: 126 Whitby Street South, Hartlepool, TS24 7LP
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- Little Ninja’s
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- Awesome Ninja’s
This was a really busy weekend for the club with student’s from 3 years upwards training and grading. The little ninja’s trained and graded over a 2 hour period – a long time considering how young they are! The younger/lower grade students trained for 3 hours on the Saturday going over the finer details of their grade. The actual test was done after the training. Higher grades completed 6 hours training over the two days and done their test on the Sunday afternoon.
There were some great performances, in particular the Little Ninja’s – they’re going to be Karate superstars if they stick in!!!
Congratulations to the following:
Little Ninjas – White & Red Belt
Jacob
Emily
Eve
Zack
Kezia
Liam
Ruby
Zak
Daniel
Oliver B
Oliver TD
9th Kyu – Red Belt
Pennie Carter
Joshua Reid
Damia Saracut
Lucy Carter
Jake Orley
Yellow & White Belt
Harrison O’Keefe
8th Kyu – Yellow Belt
Henry Nixon
Matthew Cain
India Clark
7th Kyu – Orange Belt
Dominic Cox
Daniel Shaw
Paul Weaton
Green & White Belt
Sashenka Lindridge
Megan Spires
6th Kyu – Green Belt
Tyler Vaughan
Connor Shepherd
Neil Codner
Blue & White Belt
Mollie Cooper
5th Kyu – Blue Belt
Joseph Flounders
Oliver Fraser
Christian Glover
4th Kyu – Purple Belt
Daniel Spires
3rd Kyu – Brown Belt
Harvey Kerridge
2nd Kyu – Brown Belt
Joe Hind
The next grading weekend is planned for 8th & 9th February 2014.
December @ Hartlepool Wadokai Karate Club
December schedule for Hartlepool Wadokai Karate club
December is another action packed month for the Hartlepool Wadokai Karate club with a grading weekend, a FREE end of year training course, kids Christmas party, adult Christmas meal & social, Child free shopping day, a club technical committee meeting & a regular committee meeting too.
7th & 8th December – Hartlepool Wadokai club grading (full details available from the club)
14th December – FREE end of year training course (full details available from the club)
14th December – club Christmas party (tickets available now, £3 each or £10 family ticket)
21st December – adult Christmas meal & social
23rd December – Child free shopping day (full details available from the club)
Christmas & New Year opening times
The classes will be merged and will be a great opportunity for the younger students to train with the older/higher grade ones, whilst the older students will be able to mentor the younger ones and start teaching.
The following schedule has been agreed:
Monday 23rd December
Kids Beginners & Family Class 5-6pm
Tuesday 24th December
No classes
Wednesday 25th December
No classes
Friday 27th December
Kids Beginners 5-6pm
Kids Intermediate & Advanced/Adults 6-7pm
Saturday 28th December
Little Ninjas (3-7yrs) 9.30-10am (all the Little Ninjas are able to attend this session instead of their usual class this week)
Kids Beginners & Family Class 10.30-11.30am
Monday 30th December
Kids Beginners & Family Class 5-6pm
Tuesday 31st December
No classes
Wednesday 1st January 2014
No classes
Friday 3rd January 2014
Full class schedule returns as normal
Club Training & Grading Weekend
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd September 2013
The club has just finished holding a Training & Grading weekend. It was an opportunity for students to train for 6 hours across both days and specifically cover their grade syllabus. Those that were ready after the course were able to take the test for their next belt on the Sunday afternoon. The course attendance was much higher than we expected but all in all it was a successful weekend event.
Congratulations to everyone who trained, especially our younger students who are not accustomed to training for so long in one go.
A big well done to those that passed their grades.
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- Group shot, Day 1
This was the first weekend-long grading that we’ve done and we’re likely to tweak the format a little bit for the next one. e.g. We’ll most likely stagger the training & grading times for the different graded students.
We’ll also be fully rolling out our new grading syllabus for the next grading too. One or two students were also awarded the ‘new’ belts today which will help make the grades more achievable for the younger students, without ‘dumbing down’ the syllabus.
I’d like to thank the instructors and assistant instructors for helping out over the weekend.
Well done everyone
Club Grading – Sept 2012
The club recently held it’s September grading at Owton Manor Primary School.
Congratulations to the following:
- Cameron Craig, 8th Kyu
- Taslima Begum, 8th Kyu
- Will Davidson, 9th Kyu
- Joshua Blenkinsop, 9th Kyu
- Joshua Scott, 9th Kyu
- Niel Codner, 9th Kyu
- Luke O’Connor, 9th Kyu
The next club grading will be held in early December.
Club Grading
This turned out to be one of the biggest club gradings we’ve had for quite a while with 30 students grading. Grades ranged from 9th Kyu right through to 1st Kyu keeping the instructors on their toes. Congratulations to everyone who graded tonight, some good performances to see:
9th Kyu
Dion Lee
Harry Newbury
8th Kyu
Simon White
Chris Hill
Callum Pedley
Rema Uddin
Connor Shepherd
Daniel Shaw
Leyton Davis
Dominic Cox
Nicole McMillan
Jacob Hodgson
Tyler Vaughan
7th Kyu
Megan Spires
Mollie Cooper
Khushru Khasimai
Joseph Flounders
Oakley Lindridge
Olivia Lindridge
6th Kyu
Rebecca Caygill
Jack Solomon
5th Kyu
Daniel Spires
Connor Butterfield
Bailey Lindridge
3rd Kyu
Phil Salmons
2nd Kyu
Roy Salmons
Daniel White
1st Kyu
Jasmin Langley
Lewis Muldown
Joel Copeman
As always, there’s plenty to keep working on, especially for the next belt. Keep up the hard work guys… Especially the trio who will now be working towards their Black Belt!
Hartlepool Wadokai Club Grading
Yesterday we had 19 students taking part in a club grading event at Owton Manor Primary School. We are pleased to say that everyone passed, and some managed to get first class passes in the process! The grade consisted of a little bit of training, followed by a test that included (depending on the grade) a combination of basics, Kata and Pairs work, all grades also included Kumite (Sparring).
Congratulations to the following students:
- Joe Hind
- Cassie Luke
- Jasper Allison
- Amy Atkins
- Paul Mullender
- George Charlton
- Joseph Flounders
- Mollie Cooper
- Lauren Meddes
- Ethan Bradshaw
- Reuben McCarte
- Gabriel McCarte
- Jacob Hodgson
- Dominic Cox
- Ryan Picknett
- Tyler Vaughan
- Simon White
- Chris Hill
- Robert Stephens
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