Grading Success!

Sevenoaks club celebrate success at the recent Association grading.

A total of 10 Sevenoaks club members took part in the recent Association grading lead by our Founder, Kancho Creton, 9th Dan.
All students trained hard to prepare themselves, and this showed on the day with all passing their respective grades and advancing to the next level across the whole range from 10th kyu to 4th kyu.
Many thanks to Sempai Ross and Sempai Harry for preparing the junior students, some of which it was their first grading!

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Weald Tournament Results

Members of Sevenoaks KJK competed at the Weald Tournament yesterday.

Events consisted of Karate fighting, kickboxing and kata, and we had representation across all disciplines.

After some fantastic fights, and huge improvements from our competitors we came away with the following:

Matt - 2nd Kata & 3rd Karate

Ellie - 1st Kata & 1st Karate

Harry - 1st Karate & 2nd Kickboxing

Hannah - 1st Karate & 1st Kata

Ryan - 1st Kickboxing

Katie - 3rd Karate

Also competing were Ross in the Kata in which he unfortunately came up against Ellie in the round, and Ed in the Kickboxing.

Ed was up against a 6ft6 (at only 14years old!) competitor who went on to win the event.

Thanks to Ross for coaching the competitors throughout the day, particularly Ed and Katie for whom this was their first experience at a competition.

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KJK Triumph at German Open!

Members of the KJK squad competed at the 12th German Open (http://www.kyokushin-open.com/) on Saturday 29th September.

The tournament attracted competitors from as far afield as Spain, Pakistan and Russia.

After a tough day of full contact sparring, and competitive kata categories KJK members came away with the following excellent results.

Kata (womens) - Ellie Murphy - 2nd

Kata (mens) - Matt Bolt - 1st (Also awarded a set of swords which some of you have seen for "Best Kata")

Kumite (womens -60kg) - Ellie Murphy - 3rd

Kumite (mens -70kg) - Matt Bolt - 2nd

Kumite (mens +80kg) - Ben Robinson - 2nd & Danny Croft - 3rd

Also competing for the first time was Barry Greensides (mens -80kg) who fought well against an experience opponent who was the eventual winner.

Everyone agreed it was a fantastic experience, and thank the squad instructors, Sensei Alan Miller and Shihan Cliff Bolt for their invaluable input and training.

Photos and videos will appear on the Sevenoaks site in the near future, and videos can be seen on the association facebook page (www.facebook.com/karatejutsukai).

Many Thanks, Matt

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Strength and Conditioning Course Going Well!

The 6 week strength and conditioning course is around half way though and is going well.

The victims/participants are enjoying the intense training style, and already starting to feel the benefits!

A few pictures are below:

Fantastic Association SummerCamp!

We have returned from another fantastic association summercamp out in Sonderborg, Denmark.

As always, instruction was top notch, and was delivered by Kancho Bernard Kreton, 9th Dan, as well as being supported by the associations most senior grades, from countries including England, Scotland, Wales, Thailand, and Australia!

The week focussed on stancework, and the introduction of the new judo elements of the syllabus.

At the end of the week, was the grading, which as always was tough and emotional!.
Notable grades achieved and awarded include:

Dai Shihan John Wilson (England Chief Instructor) - 7th Dan

Sensei's Simon and Sarah (Northiam, Tenterden and Cranbrook) - 3rd Dan

Sempai Clare (Rye) - 2nd Dan

Sempai's Barry (Ashford), Oliver (Denmark), and Ollie (Eastbourne & Hailsham)- 1st Dan.

There were also many others, and it was fantastic to be a part of!
Congratulations to all who took part!

Following the camp, the Australian members who had travelled over 13,000miles to train blessed the Sevenoaks club with their presence the following Monday. Thanks to all of them for coming and joining in the training, we look forward to seeing you all again!

Keep up the training!

Ossu

Matt

Club Success at National Tournament!

Members of Sevenoaks KJK represented the club in the association National tournament last Saturday in Ashford.

There were representation from not only England, but also Wales, Scotland and Denmark.

The Sevenoaks club performed fantastically well, despite coming up against many more experienced competitors. It was a real pleasure to witness some of our juniors compete for the first time!

The club earned 12 medals overall, and with only 9 competitors. This puts us 2nd overall in the medals table, and i believe this gives us the most per competitor! Ashford, despite having 52 competitors (over half the total number) didn't not earn one per person. Quality, not Quantity!

Club results were (in grade order):

• Sempai Matt: 3rd Kumite, 2nd kata
• Sempai Ellie: 1st kumite, 3rd kata, 1st kickboxing
• Hannah: 1st kumite
• Jessica: 3rd kumite, 3rd kata
• Jackson: 2nd kumite
• Alina: 1st kickboxing
• Seth: 3rd kumite
• Ryan: 2nd kickboxing

Many thanks to all the parents who came to support and survived the whole day!

Also thanks to Harry, the new Thursday night junior instructor, who despite having to pull out due to injury was constantly supporting, coaching, and organising the junior members.

More photos are available through the club website at www.karatejutsukai.com/sevenoaks.

  

Thanks, and very well done to all!

Matt

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New Junior Class Now Open!

The new Junior Class starts on Thursday 31st May.


Location: Kikodo Centre, Sevenoaks (See www.karatejutsukai.com/sevenoaks for more details)
Time: Thursday 6-7pm

Age range accepted: 7-16yrs

No previous experience is required, as instruction caters for all levels, from novice through to Black Belt.
Your first session is FREE!

For current students, training twice per week will significantly enhance their progress, both technically and physically.

All the instructors look forward to welcoming people to this new class.

Sevenoaks KJK
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New Thursday Night Junior Class

Soon to be announced at the club are:

• New Thursday Night Juniors Class
• Summer Courses for Juniors and Seniors

More details will be available soon.

Ossu

Matt

Students Success in Sussex Tournament!

Sevenoaks Students Competed in the annual Sussex Tournament on 15th April 2012.

For all but one of the students competing, this was their first tournament.
Despite this, each student that competed managed to gain a trophy on the day, with excellent performances delivered by all, matching and even surpassing those of much more experienced competitors.
The results from Sevenoaks Students were:

Hannah Thomas - Girls Cadet Kumite - 1st
Seth Harrison - Boys Cadet Kumite - 1st, Cadet Kickboxing - 2nd
Ryan Reeves - Junior (11-14yrs) Kickboxing - 1st
Alina Vyerova - Junior (6-10yrs)) Kickboxing - 2nd, Junior Kumite - 4th


We hope to continue this success at the national tournament held in Ashford on 16th June.

Congratulations to all who took part!

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Shihan Cliff & Sempai Matt Complete Gruelling Sussex Marathon!

Shihan Cliff & Sempai Matt have completed the Sussex Marathon.

The course was extremely challenging with numerous steep hills along the 26 mile route including a demanding 1 mile climb up to the finish! There was a fantastic friendly atmosphere between all the runners, and the event was fantastically organised.

Matt completed in under 4hours, whilst Cliff was at 5hours.

They are collecting sponsorship for Demelza Childrens Care, and donations are kindly received at http://www.justgiving.com/Clifford-Bolt

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100% Grading Pass Rate for Club!

Congratulations to all the students who graded on 25 March.

Successful students were:
Alina - 7th Kyu
Katie - 7th Kyu
Sophia - 10th Kyu
Christian - 10th Kyu
Poppy - 10th Kyu
Abbi - 10th Kyu

Sevenoaks club had a 100% pass rate from our juniors at a tough grading where not all were successful.

Ossu

Karate Jutsu Kai Makes it mark on World Stage

Karate Jutsu Kai makes its mark on the world stage.

Fighters from the Karate Jutsu Kai British Squad represented the UK at the IBK World
Cup on Saturday 10th March in Emmen, Holland. The event, held annually, sees the best
knockdown fighters from across all member nations of the IBK (International Budo Kai
Kyokushinkai) come together to compete. This year saw 70 fighters representing over 10
countries go head-to-head in gruelling full-contact knock-down karate competition.

The highlight for the British Squad was seeing young 1st Dan black belt, Billy Billham,
from Ashford Club, fight his way to take 1st place in the Semi-Contact category, aimed
specifically at developing up and coming fighters aged 16-20 years. Billy fought through
4 rounds to win the final against a heavier fighter from Russia, with a perfect spinning
back-kick to the head.

Meanwhile in the men’s full-contact category for fighters under 85kg, Danny Croft, also
from Ashford Club, took 3rd place. This was a particular achievement for Danny as a
brown belt who was making his debut in the national squad; this was his first full-contact
competition. In the women’s category, Ellie Murphy, from Wimbledon club, came in 4th
place behind a tough line-up of German, Russian and Suisse women.

This success comes from the hard and consistent training promoted by the Karate Jutsu
Kai style, which finds its roots in traditional Okinawan karate systems, promoting mental
and physical toughness. To find more details of your local dojo, where new members are
always welcomed, visit www.karatejutsukai.co.uk and select “dojos”. 

UK and Danish Competitors

Shihan Cliff and Sempai Matt complete first 13miles!

Sempai Matt and Shihan Cliff have completed the Eastbourne half marathon whilst battling the wind and rain down by the sea.

This is the first run of their challenge. Still to go is the Hastings half marathon and Sussex Full marathon all in less than a month!

They are competing this challenge in order to raise funds for Demelza Childrens hospice, and also to support the Sussex Karate Championships taking place on Sunday April 15th and being hosted by Shihan Cliffs Hailsham Club.

Donations can be made here http://www.justgiving.com/Clifford-Bolt and any amount, no matter how small will help!

They are both looking forward to the coming challenge, especially the Full marathon (a distance they have never run before!) but know its going to be really tough!

Thanks,

Matt
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