-News Update-

January 18^th 2010

 Sensei’s Gidley and Carruthers resign from the Japan Shotokan Karate Association’s Shihankai

January 18^th 2010:

BSKI/JSKAGB students and instructors, resign from the Japan Shotokan Karate Association.

Therefore our instructors and students are no longer associated with the Japan Shotokan Karate Association nor its Chief Instructor Keigo Abe sensei 9^th Dan but wish them well in future endeavours.

January 25^th 2010

BSKI/JSKAGB form the Japan Shotokan Karate Alliance with other senior instructors in the UK and abroad

February 14^th 2010

JSKAGB joins with the World JKA Alliance with sensei’s Jan Knobel 8^th Dan and Kousaku Yokota 8^th Dan

March 12^th 2010

Sensei Gidley welcomed onto the WJKA Shihankai as a member of the Technical Committee

March 29^th 2010

Sensei Charles Gidley graded to Hachidan (8^th Dan) by the WJKA Shihankai panel

April 17^th 2010

Sensei Carruthers welcomed onto the WJKA Shihankai as an Advisor to the Shihankai

July 2-4 2010

WJKA European Championships

NEWS LETTER Q2.2010

Firstly may I thank all who attended the Black & brown belt course held 22^nd May at Sensei Richard Pavsic’s dojo in Orrell.

The course was well attended with 40 instructors and students travelling fair distances to attend:

Sensei Marc Leacock Heywood, Sensei Fred Jones Oldham, Sensei Ian Newsham, Sensei Craig Cooke Accrington, Sensei Lee Power, Sensei Andy Nightingale Halifax, Kenny Davis Scotland.

Also thanks for all who travelled some distances to attend the course.

Unfortunately the room was smaller than anticipated so with health and safety and care for the students the course was restricted but even so was a fantastic course enjoyed by all.

The course started with the warm up of Kizami Tsuki then Gyaku Tsuki. Emphasizing on the pull back from Kizami Tsuki to the correct use of the hips to create an explosive Gyaku Tsuki. This was done at half pace across the room building up to full pace but keeping relaxed between the techniques until the moment of impact.

Sensei Gidley then moved onto from left leg Zenkutsu Dachi bringing back the front leg together with the right leg then from that attack with right leg Mai Geri.

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