Awards & Presentations
Special congratulations to Oliver Goulden who was presented with his black belt certificate at the BHSKC / WCSKC karate demo at the Weoley Castle Fete on the 8th July 2017.
News and Events
Some photos taken during yesterday’s training session. Beginners during a warm up led by sempai Blake Bartlam and a group photo of kyu and dan grades. Click on the photo to get to the album.
News and Events
On the 4th of March 2017, Sensei Susan Hession successfully completed her 4th Dan (Yondan) grading under Shihan Cummins, 8th Dan. Congratulations on this amazing achievement!
Grading
Congratulations to all students who graded in December 2016!
Special congratulations to Zach and Lewis, who have trained extremely hard over the past years and have passed their 1st Dan black belt.
Grading
Yesterday, the September grading took place at Bartley Green dojo. Special congratulations to Wayne Perkin and Melissa Daly on passing their 2nd Dan and Len Jones on passing his 1st Dan. All your hard work has paid off! Click on the photo below to see all the photos.
Grading
On Wednesday, 14th September 2016, Sensei Hession held kyu gradings at the recently opened Longbridge dojo. Congratulations to everyone who graded. The standard was very high and Sensei Hession was pleased with those who graded. Well done everybody.
News and Events
This is just to let you know that the dojo will be open this bank holiday Monday, 29th August 2016.
News and Events
Weoley Castle Shotokan Karate Club is opening a new dojo at Longbridge Methodist Church, Bristol Road South, Birmingham B45 9TY, United Kingdom.
Training will take place every Wednesday 5.45-7pm.
Come along for a free trial session! All ages are welcome.
For more infos please contact Sensei Hession on 07976905472, karateclass@ymail.com or send us a message on Facebook.
News and Events
It was Sensei Austin’s birthday last week and we celebrated it at Weoley Castle with a delicious chocolate cake courtesy of Sensei Sue! We hope you had a great birthday!
Competition
***UPDATE***
Last Sunday, Sensei Hession’s students from Weoley Castle SKC took part in the GB Open Kata Championship hosted by Tom Davies at Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre. It was a great success, with students winning loads of medals.
Congratulations to everyone and many thanks to everyone who helped make this day a success!
Click on the photo below to see more pictures from the day!
Here is the full list of winners:
Category 10, 10-12 yrs Shotokan, 3rd Kyu and above:
Bethany Bird 3rd place bronze
Category 14, 13-15 yrs, all styles, 6th -4th kyu:
Blake Bartlam, 3rd place bronze
Category 18,16yrs + female Shotokan 3rd kyu and above:
Lyndsay Daly 1st gold
Melissa Daly 3rd bronze
Category 26, veterans, all styles, 3rd Kyu and above:
Len Jones: 3rd place bronze
Category 30, under 13 yrs, pairs, all styles:
Bethany Bird / Louis Jones: 3rd place bronze
Category 31, under 16 yrs, pairs, all styles, beginner to 6th Kyu:
Blake Bartlam /Arron Metham: 2nd place silver
Category 33, 16yrs +, pairs, all styles, open grade:
Lyndsay Daly/Melissa Daly: 3rd place bronze
Category 35, junior team, all styles, open grade:
Bethany/Louis /Zac: 2nd place silver
