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Hello,
Unfortunately the Bartley Green Dojo will be closed on Wednesday 28th January 2015 due to exams taking place at the school. All other classes are running as normal. We are sorry for any inconvenience this will cause.
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Welcome to the new Birmingham & Halesowen Shotokan Karate Club website. This has been a long time in the making with the initial work starting early last year initially with the help of Yvonne before she had to move and brief small sections of activity going on throughout the year which gave the basic framework and theme. The final push was over the Christmas break to finalize the details and preserve the content from the old site which people may still find interesting.
Why a new site, there are many reasons some technical, some related to problems with our previous site host which have resulted in lots of extra work behind the scenes. The main benefits for you as users of the site will be a much more modern experience. Nowadays many of us access the site from multiple devices from mobile phones and tablets to computers with large monitors. Limitations in our old sites software meant that the site didn’t fare well when accessed on some form factors or with certain browsers. The new site should hopefully address this issue providing a better experience whichever way you choose to access it. It also provides the potential opportunity for comments to be posted for some articles on the site making it a much more interactive experience.
This site has been tested under Windows 7 using the current versions of Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer at the time of writing and on a Android Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone and Google Nexus 7 tablet using Dolphin Browser, Firefox for Android and Chrome.
I would be interested to here what your thoughts are on the new site, so please feel free to comment.
Thanks,
Richard, Web & Social Media Administrator
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Rainbow Palace
168 Stourbridge Rd
Stourbridge
DY9 7BU
A pleaseant night was had by all at this years Christmas meal at the new venue of the Rainbow Palace. The food was great and extremely good value and the proprietor remembered Shihan Cummins from years past when the club held functions their as was friendly and joking all night. Below are a few pictures from the night.
Competitions
Well done to everyone who competed at the Ippon Ken Shotokan Karate Competition 2014 and thanks for the great support from the parents who also attended. The squad left with an impressive haul of trophies, the results are below:
| Category | Result | Competitor(s) |
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| 7 -12 years 3rd – 4th Kyu | 1st Place | Bethany Bird |
| 18 years and over Beginners to 4th Kyu | 1st Place | Joshua Betts |
| 3rd Place | Steven Plumley-Wood | |
| Senior Dan Grades | 1st Place | Matt Russell |
| 3rd Place | Ian Edwards | |
| Junior Dan Grades | 1st Place | Daniel Eccles |
| Senior Junior Dan Grade Pairs | 1st Place | Matt Russell and Daniel Eccles |
| Senior Junior Pairs | 1st Place | Christie Price and Bethany Bird |
| Senior Dan Grade Pairs | 3rd Place | Melissa Daly and Lyndsay Daly |
| Senior Team Kata | 1st Place | Christie Price, Lyndsay Daly, Melissa Daly |
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KUMITE |
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| 13 – 17 years 6th kyu – 1st kyu Individual Male | 1st Place | Erin Opige |
| 18 years and over males Beginner to 4th Kyu | 1st Place | Joshua Betts |
| 2nd Place | Steven Plumley-Wood | |
| Junior Dan Grade Male | 3rd Place | Daniel Eccles |
| Senior Dan Grades Male | 1st Place | Ian Edwards |
| 2nd Place | Richard Amuzu | |
| Senior Dan Grade Female | 1st Place | Melissa Daly |
| 2nd Place | Lyndsay Daly | |
Gradings
Congratulations to everyone who passed their gradings on Sunday and well done to everyone who took a grading. Special congratulations to Christie Price who passed her second dan grading and Conner Stowe who achieved the rank of third dan.
Competitions
Well done to the squad who entered the GB Open karate Championships 2014. The team left with an impressive haul of three golds, one silver and one bronze medal. Lyndsay, Christie and Melissa won gold in the team kata, Joshua won the silver medal in the individual kata and Sue won bronze in the veterans kata.
Gradings
Special congratulations to Wayne Perkin and Melissa Daly on achieving the rank of 1st dan (shodan) black belt. ,Wayne Perkin and Melissa Daly were presented with there certificates for shodan grading in a presntation at the Bartley Green dojo. Wayne was presented with a limited edition katana from the film the last samurai ,and a personalised black belt from his family, with young Jamie Perkin also receiving his personalised black belt. Well done to all of you.
Gradings
Special congratulations to Barry Gregory and Austin Birks on achieving the ranks of 6th (Rokudan) and 5th (Godan) dan black belt. This is a major achievement after many years of dedication to pass a rigorous exam for such a senior grade.
Competitions
On Sunday 11th May 2014 a team of competitors from BHSKC entered the Chase Wado Kai Staffordshire International Karate Championship in which they had great success winning an impressive haul of medals in the kata tournament.
| Category | Competitor | Medal |
| 13 – 15 years boy’s 3rd Kyu and above, Shotokan only | Daniel Eccles | Bronze |
| 16 years and above, female, Shotokan only 3rd kyu and above | Lyndsay Daly | Gold |
| 16 years and above, male, Shotokan only 3rd Kyu and above | Matt Russell | Gold |
| Ian Edwards | Silver | |
| 40 years plus, mixed, 3rd Kyu and above | Austin Birks | Gold |
| Sue Hessian | Bronze | |
| Adult pairs, mixed, 3rd kyu and above | Matt Russell & Daniel Eccles | Gold |
| Lyndsay Daly & Christie Price | Silver | |
| Sue Hessian & Ian Edwards | Bronze | |
| Male Grand Champion Shotokan vs Wado, Two competitors only | Matt Russell | Gold |
| Female Grand Champion Shotokan vs Wado, Two competitors only | Lyndsay Daly | Silver |
