Tough Grading!

Congratulations to the Sevenoaks students who took part on the Association grading today in Maidstone.

The grading was tough, but the students all demonstrated the required technical ability, attitude and spirit and were successful.

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Change to Kickboxing Class Time

From Saturday 14th September the kickboxing class will now be as follows:

Saturday Mornings 10.00 - 11.30am.

Enjoy the extra sleeping time!

New Grades for Sevenoaks Students

A number students from the Sevenoaks KJK club have recently passed their gradings, and have gained new belts.
The grading was tough, and not everyone was successful, so huge congratulations go to all the students who passed.
The instructors are proud of all the hard work they have put in over the last few months, and hope they continue to train in the same way!
See below for a photo of the successful students and instructors.

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Sussex Tournament this Sunday!

The Sussex Championships is taking place this Sunday

Feel free to come along and support the club.
Finals are due to start mid-afternoon.

Location: Grovelands School, Hailsham.

Good luck to all the Sevenoaks students competing!

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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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