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Autumn Grading 5th October 2008 At Hedge End Dojo we had our biggest ever grading exam with nearly 100 students grading over the course of 2 days. All students both junior and senior have studied well and put a lot of effort into their karate training.
Sensei Mike O'Shea receiving his 1st Dan certificate for the EGKA black belt grading he took in Liverpool December 2007.
Junior 3rd kyu students demonstrating kata Seiyunchin and our youngest 8th kyu demonstrating kata Gekisai-dai-ni.
Adult students during their grading
Junior Grading presentation evening
World Budosai Okinawa Japan Over 700 karateka from all over the world gathered for a weeks training under world renowned karate master Morio Higaonna 10th Dan Shihan July 2008
See pictures in the gallery 2008 Thirty six instuctors and students from EGKA travelled to Okinawa for this event. A great week of hard training under the worlds top Goju-Ryu karate masters. Every day everyone trained for the morning first session together under master Higaonna. Then we did group training in seperate halls with other students of the same grade.The week covered many subjects including Master Higaonna (Okinawa)teaching kata, Sensei Ernie Molyneux (England) teaching kumite techniques, Sensei Kazuo Terauchi ( Japan)teaching sanchin Sensei Bakkies Laubscher ( South Africa) Teaching basics and self defence, Sensei Tetsuji Nakamura ( Canada) teaching Kata and applications, Sensei Henrik Larsen (Denmark) teaching basics and self defence, Sensei Luis Nunes (Spain)teaching kumite techniques. Half way through the week there was a black belt grading with 7 instructors from England passing 6th Dan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EGKA Southern England Junior Championships Bournemouth Littledown Centre Sunday 6th July 2008 Congratulations to all students that took part in the championships it was a great day and fun was had by all. Our Hedge End juniors did very well. We entered 24 children and we won a total of 12 trophies and medals, consisting of four 3rd place, six 2nd place and two 1st places. This was a great result and I am very proud of all the kids. Thank you to Sensei Ernie Molyneux and the instructors of Bournemouth Dojo for a very well run championships. Also a big thankyou to all the parents that put themselves out to take their children to the event.
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... EGKA Training and Black Belt Grading Weekend Bournemouth Littledown Centre Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June 2008 Training times Saturday 12.00noon - 4.30pm, Sunday 10am - 12.00 noon Another great weekend of karate training conducted by the finest Goju-Ryu instructors in the country.
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EGKA Junior Kumite and Kata Seminar Bournemouth Littledown Centre Saturday 14th June 2pm - 4.30pm
The above course will cover all aspects of competition fighting and kata. Attendees need to bring shin and instep protectors.There will be several breaksduring the training and a brief explanation of competition rules will be explained. This course is being sponsored by EGKA in order to prepare many junior students for the forthcoming southern region championships. Course instructors Sensei Nick Burr 5th dan, Sensei Steve Gouldson 5th dan
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Junior Grading Saturday 7th June, Hedge End Village Hall. Year 2 and below 1.15pm 2.30pm Year 3 and above 8th kyu (orange belt) and below 2.45pm - 4.15pm Year 3 and above students higher than 8th kyu(orange belt) 4.30pm - 6.00pm Another very well attended junior grading with over eighty students training hard for their grades during the three sessions held.
Junior Grading Presentation Evening
Junior white belt receiving his first grading certificate and belt, and Sensei alan receiving a card of congratulations from all the Parents for passing 4th dan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kumite and Ground work Course Course held at Hedge End Dojo on Sunday 16th March hosted by Sensei Nick Burr 5th Dan IOGKF
What do you do if taken to the floor by an opponant or attacker. For most karate students floor fighting is not something regulary practiced. This course hosted by Sensei Nick Burr focused on what to do when taken to the ground. If you can fight on your feet for 5 minutes you may last 2 minutes on the floor if against an apponant of equal ability. Breakfulls are equally important, how to fall if thrown or pushed forwards backwards sideways. How to put on leg and arm locks and how to escape were also taught be Sensei Nick. Kumite techniques and throws were part of the second half of the afternoon. This was followed by kumite, then trying to force your partner to the floor ,then floor work randori, then sanchin kata THEN CHANGE PARTNERS AND DO IT ALL AGAIN !. Our thanks to Sensei Nick for a superb afternoon, many students commenting on Sensei's ability, attention to detail and how he gets the teaching across to the students. Definitely one of the best Goju-Ryu karate instructors in the country.
Sensei Nick Burr Adult Class The junior students also had a great time learning breakfalls , scarf holds and floor fighting techniques.
Junior students battle it out, realising how much energy floor fighting takes. More pictures on the junior page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EGKA Eastern Region Course There will be a course on March 8th and 9th Hosted by Sensei Ernie Molyneux and Sensei Roy Flatt plus many other top instructors at EGKA Chalti Dojo, North Cray Community Centre Bedens Road North Cray Kent DA14 5JQ Training times are Saturaday 8th March 12 noon - 14:15pm 2nd session 14:45pm - 17:00pm Sunday 9th March 11:15am - 14:00 pm Training fees to be confirmed. Anyone wishing to go please see Sensei Alan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Junior Kyu Grading 10th February 2008 Congratulations to all the juniors who took and passed their grding tests. It was a very busy afternoon with just under 70 students testing during the three sessions.Keep training hard to maintain our high standards of karate.
Junior Class orange belt (8th kyu) and below
EGKA BLACK BELT WEEK- END December 1st and 2nd the annual black belt week-end traing and black belt grading took place in Liverpool.A long drive but well worth it. A superb weekend,s training was had by all under the instruction of Sensei Ernie Molyneux 7th Dan, Sensei Roy Flatt 7th Dan and Sensei Paul Nolan 6th Dan. Congratulations to Mike O'Shea of Hedge End Dojo who took and passed his 1st Dan grading.
Sensei Bakkies 8th Dan I.O.G.K.F. Chief Instuctor of South Africa Hedge End Course
Training Times Saturday 12.00pm - 1pm Juniors 1.15pm - 3.00pm Adults All Grades 3.15 - 5.00pm Adults All Grades Sunday 10.00am - 11.45am Adults All Grades 12.15pm - 2.00pm Adults Black Belts Junior course The juniors had a real good time on their special lesson hosted by Sensei Bakkies. He has a very good talent of making evan karate basics fun for the kids. Loads of spirit and loud kiai (karate shout) plenty of excercise and karate games.
Adult Coarse The adult course was 2 days of gruelling training under Sensei Bakkies.Loads of basics moving basics and co-ordination routines on the first session. This was followed by chokosan gekisai-dai-ichi training. The last session of the day was split between black belts and kyu grades. Sensei Bakkies taking the black belts and Sensei Ernie Molyneux taking the kyu grades. Sensei Bakkies concentrated on self defence and locking techniques. Sensei Ernies group were training on sparring techniques. The second day after a lenghthy warm up and loads of basics the classes were split again this time Sensei Bakkies took the kyu grades and Sensei Ernie took the black belts. The last session everyone was in one group this time the emphesis was on co-ordination then sparring and finished with each person having to fight 2 opponents at once. (great fun!!)
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Sensei Ernie Molyneux 7th Dan IOGKF Chief Instructor of England Hedge End Course Saturday 22nd September 2007 Hedge End Village Hall, St. Johns Road Hedge End.
Sensei Ernie Molyneux was very well attended with nearly 90 students across 3 classes throughout the day. The course consisted of sparring techniques to improve students free fighting skills, kata, and kata applications. This was followed by self defence training. The day was rounded off with Sensei taking the black belts for Kururunfa kata training.
Senior Class
Junior Class
Infant class warming up More pictures in the Gallery.
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XXIV European Gasshuku Bournemouth 2007 The Gasshuku for adults was held from 21st - 28th July. There were over 320 participants from all over Europe and also people travelled from Canada and Australia to be at this event. There was a special childrens course hosted by Sensei Terauchi 8th Dan chief instructor of Japan. Sensei Terauchi was very energetic with the kids and training included not only basic punching and kicking techniques, but also jumping kicks handstands cartwheels advanced stretching doing the splits etc.Children and adults alike are always very impressed with Sensei Terauchi's dynamic approach to karate training.
Hedge End children after the course with Terauchi Sensei
Sensei Terauchi Teaching
The adult training was held every day under the supervision of Master Higaonna.
There was great emphasis on basic training and sanchin kata throughout the week. The first two days were for black belts only, then the training was open for all grades to participate. Training in the morning would usually start under the guidance of Master Higaonna, then students would be split into groups for training relevent to their grade. Other senior instructors teaching were Sensei KazuoTerauchi 8th dan Japan, Sensei Bakkies 8th Dan South Africa, Sensei Ernie Molyneux 7th Dan England, Sensei Bernard Cousin 7th Dan France, Sensei Jorge Monteiro 7th Dan Portugal, Sensei George Andrews 7th Dan England, Sensei Roy Flatt 7th Dan England and Sensei Tetsuji Nakamura 6th Dan Canada. Training under these expert instructors included kata, kata applictions, kakie (pushing hands) san dan gi, sparring techniques, street self defence, basics, sanchin, and sparring. Without a doubt Sensei Terauchi's kumite(sparring) 2 hour course was the most grueling. A fantastic week of training with the worlds best teachers or Goju Ryu Karate.
More pictures to follow soon on the gallery page.
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Junior Hedge End Club Tournament We held our 3rd Hedge End club tournament on Sunday 15th July. With nearly 60 competitors it turned out a busy afternoon. Congratulations to all children that took part. Even if you did not win a trophy it takes a lot of courage to get on the mat and fight, or to preform a kata with everyone watching you.
Infants section medal and trophy winners.
Junior section medal and trophy winners Hopefully many of the children will now go forward to the Southern England Championships in October.
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E.G.K.A. Spring Gasshuku and Black Belt Grading 19th and 20th May 2007 Once again an excellent training weekend hosted by Sensei Ernie Molyneux and the senior E.G.K.A Instructors. The first session was junbi undo (warm up excercises) and basics. Then all participants were split into groups relevent to their grade. I was in the group for 2nd and 3rd dans and the first session was instructed by Sensei Roy Flatt (7th Dan I.O.G.K.F.) Sensei Roy took us for kata training, kata's sepai and Kururunfa. Next Sensei Paul Nolan ( 6th Dan I.O.G.K.F)took the class for Kururunfa and the basic applications of the kata. The third session of the day was conducted by E.G.K.A.chief instructor Sensei Ernie Molyneux (7th Dan I.O.G.K.F.) and all participants were in the same group. This session consisted of sanchin training and correct shime testing of this kata. Sunday mornings training consisted of three sessions. First Sensei Roy took everyone for junbi undo. Next we went back to our relevent groups. Our first session was under the instruction of Sensei Steve Hallam (5th Dan I.O.G.K.F.) This session was on Kakie ( pushing hands techniques). we were shown a variety of joint locks and how to apply them quickly and effectively). On our last session of the morning we were instructed by sensei Ernie Molyneux . This session was on Kumite ( Sparring) and executing techniques effectively. We finished with some light kumite. Sunday afternoon the black belt and 1st Kyu ( last brown belt before black) grading took place. Our congratulations to Mike O,shea of Hedge End Dojo for achieving 1st kyu.
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Sensei Gary Excell Karate Course Our thanks to Sensei Gary excell 4th Dan I.O.G.K.F. for holding the kata and kumite course on Sunday April 1st at Hedge End Village Hall Dojo The first class was for the infants under 7 years Sensei Gary took them through basics followed by kicking techniques and finished with Gekisai dai-ichi.( first kata)
The next class was for the juniors. After an extensive warm up the juniors were taken through basics followed by kumite techniques with some empahsis on hand and foot combinations. The lesson was finished with kata training Gekisai-dai-ichi, Gekisai-dai ni and saifa.
The final class of the day was the adult class. Sensei Gary put all the adult students through a vigorous warm up explaining all of the excercises in great detail. This was then followed by ippon kumite and yakusoku kumite techniques. After a small break kata training was on Saifa kata and alternate self defence bunkai from the kata.
Adult Class Once again our thanks to Sensei Gary for a great day of training. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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This Years European Gasshuku will be held at Bournemouth Littledown Centre A rare chance to train with Higaonna Sensei I.O.G.K.F chief instructor and the his most senior instructors from around the world all at one venue. Early booking is strongly advised. The European Gasshuku is only held in this country every 10 years.
For all Training Times and prices please visit the EGKA website www.EGKA.org.uk There will be a junior course at this venue on Saturday 21st July , full details will be posted on this website soon.
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Junior Grading 2007 Cogratulations to all who took part in the junior grading 11.2.07 We had over 85 students grading on the day. The standard of their karate was very good and a lot of effort was put in by all who took part.
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I.O.G.K.F. Chief Instructors Gasshuku OKINAWA Sensei Alan joined the senior instructors of the EGKA for 10 days of intensive training under Master Higaonna . This was a truly unforgetable experience. Training took place at the Okinawa Prefecture Budokan ( centre for martial arts) in Naha Okinawa Japan from 2nd - 9th November 2006. Master Higaonna although 68 years old was amazing the power and agility of this man has to be seen to be believed. Training consisted of kata and applications of kata for the duration of the course, and lots of sanchin training. Each day a single kata was concentrated on and both basic and alternative applications were shown for each. There were senior instuctors from all over the world training and when it came to partner someone for you were almost guaranteed to get a partner of 5th dan or above with a wealth of knowledge to show you. Another thing I noticed was the hard work and dedication of the senior grades. Its far too easy to look at a 5th or 6th dan and think they've done it now they have reached the top and can sit back and relax. They train harder than ever so they can pass their knowledge down to us. It was also a great honour to meet Miyagi Anichi 10th Dan and Aragaki Shuichi 10th Dan who were both students of Miyagi Chojun Sensei who both gave lectures and demonstrations.
E.G.K.A. Instructors and Senior Instructors (5th dan and above) Okinawa from left to right Steve Hallam 5th Dan, Paul Nolan 6th Dan, Roy Flatt 7th Dan, Ernie Molyneux 7th Dan, ( chief instructor) Peter Galer 5th, Dan Andy Lewis 3rd Dan, Alan Woodhouse 3rd Dan and Ffil Norman 4th Dan
Sensei Alan with Miyagi Anichi (right) and Aragaki Suichi
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E.G.K.A. Southern Area Junior Championships The junior students from Hedge End did very well at the championships held at the Littledown Centre Bournemouth on 15th October The team of just 12 children managed to win 7 medals in total 2 being for 1st place which also had trophy. The team consisted of J Norman, M Norman, B Norman, T Nineham, D Stoner, H Langhorn, Z Langhorn, B Mills, M Mills, L Snelling, S Kirby and D withers. I was extremely proud of all the kids who took part. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of a crowd and preform a kata or to fight in a kumite match. The children were entered into different catagories depending on age height and grade. . Hedge End students showing off their medals and trophies. Medal winners were; J Norman kata silver M Norman kumite silver B Norman kumite gold D Stoner kata bronze B Mills kata silver L Snelling kata gold D Withers kumite silver I would like to thank all parents for supporting their kids in this event.
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