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Why Women Should Learn Karate

Are you a girl or a woman and wondering if taking up karate is the right thing for you? 

The answer is probably “Yes”. Karate has so many benefits; the most obvious one is probably self-defence. Let us hope that you are lucky enough and never find yourself in a situation where you are threatened or being attacked, but the mere fact that you know how to react IF this were to happen is reassuring and gives you an advantage.

The training at Weoley CasKarate for Womentle Shotokan Karate Club teaches you traditional Shotokan karate techniques and also shows you how to apply self-defence techniques in real life situations.

Among the other pros of karate training are a number of health benefits, such as improved fitness, stamina, coordination and posture. Girls as young as 5 years old can benefit from karate training. It gives them great self-confidence and they learn values such as discipline and respect towards others along the way.

And there is no upper age limit: no matter what your fitness levels are like, no matter if you have physical limitations, Sensei Hession will always adapt her teaching style so that it is just right for you and so that you can enjoy it.

And with a friendly lady instructor as well as loads of other girls and women training, you will find yourself amongst like-minded people and make a bunch of friends for life. I speak from experience!

So, if you’re still wondering if karate training is right for you or not, why not come to the dojo for a free trial session or just to have a chat with Sensei Hession?

 

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Training Session 9th May 2016

The photos from yesterday’s training session can be found here (Click on the photo to open the slideshow and see all pictures):

 

Training session May 2016

And the videos are here:

Weoley Castle Youtube Channel

 

 

News and Events

Happy birthday, Sensei Austin!

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!

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Competition

Weoley Castle SKC at GB Open Kata Championship April…

***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!

GB Open Kata Championship April 2016

 

 

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

 

WCSKC Students at GB Kata Open 2016

 

 

 

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Halesowen Baths Dojo will be closed until the 10th…

Hello folks,

 

The refurbishments of Halesowen Swimming Baths is taking longer than initially expected and we have now been informed that the baths will remain closed until 10th April 2016. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. All other clubs are open as usual for training.

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Halesowen dojo closed for refurbishments until 5th April 2016

The Halesowen Baths dojo will be closing from Easter Sunday 27th March 2016 until Tuesday 5th April 2016 in order to carry out refurbishments. We are awaiting final confirmation of the reopening date from Halesowen Swimming Baths so please check for an update on the 4th April 2016 via this page and our Facebook page.

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Easter Opening Times 2016

The opening times for BHSKC clubs over the Easter holiday are as follows:

Weoley Castle will be CLOSED on Maundy Thursday 24th March 2016

Bartley Green will be CLOSED on Holy Saturday 26th March 2016

Quinton will be CLOSED on Holy Saturday 26th March

Halesowen will be CLOSED on Easter Sunday 27th March 2016

Weoley Castle will be OPEN on Easter Monday 28th March 2016

We are still awaiting confirmation of dates for Haden SKC on Good Friday and Easter Monday but is likely to be closed and will confirm this ASAP

Grading

Congratulations, Bethany!

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.
Grading March 2016

Gradings

March 2016 Gradings: Well done to everyone who graded!

On Saturday 12th March 2016 Shihan Cummins held kyu and dan gradings at the BHSKC Bartley Green dojo. We would like to congratulate everyone who graded, Shihan Cummins was pleased with the high standards of those who graded. Well done everybody. Special congratulations to Bethany Bird who achieved the rank of Shodan (1st Dan) black belt. Beth has trained dilligently for the last few years to attain her shodan and has shown great talent along the way winning a number of competitions. Well done!

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Congratulations, Blake!

Blake Bartlam recently won an award for “outstanding achievement” from the Birmingham Virtual School Going 4 Success initiative. Well done, Blake!