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
Grading
Bethany Bird has been training hard with Sensei Hession to prepare for her black belt grading. On 12th of March, she was awarded the Shodan grade by Shihan Cyril Cummins. Well done, Bethany! Congratulations from everyone at Weoley Castle Shotokan Karate Club.
Click the photo below to see a few more pictures of the grading.
News and Events
Blake Bartlam recently won an award for “outstanding achievement” from the Birmingham Virtual School Going 4 Success initiative. Well done, Blake!
Grading
The next grading is coming up soon, so please make sure that you have an up-to-date license and that you have permission from Sensei Hession to grade.
If you require a new belt, please let Sensei know your name, belt colour and size required as soon as possible, either on class, via phone (07976995472) or Facebook.
There will be a training session at 11am first, open to everyone. Gradings will take place straight afterwards. Please make sure to bring your license and grading fee.
The grading will take place at Bartley Green Dojo:
Bartley Green Community Leisure Centre
103 Adams Hill
Bartley Green
Birmingham
B32 3QJ
The other grading dates can be found here!
