Kato Sensei Celebrates 25 years of Shotokan Karate at Haxby Dojo

Haxby dojo is honoured that Kato Shihan will join them to celebrate 25 Years of Shotokan Karate in the Haxby and Wiggington districts of Yorkshire.

Kato Sensei will be running an open course and grading for IJKA members over the weekend of the 25th and 26th of November 2006 at the Wigginton Recreation Hall Dojo.
It is planned to go out for a meal and a few drinks on the Saturday night to celebrate Haxby's anniversary. All grades are encouraged to attend, it is not intended as a meeting of "the old and bold", Sensei enjoys meeting all our members in a social setting over a Guinness or two.

Sensei Ian Shaw has arranged for additional training for black and brown belts for one hour on each day, your support for this event is expected if your work and family commitments allow.

Details of training and costings:

Saturday 25th November: 1.30pm for 2pm start, training to 4pm for all grades, training to 5pm for Black and Brown Belts.

Sunday 26th November: 9.30am for 10am start, training and grading to 1pm for all grades, training to 2pm for Black and Brown Belts.

Sensei Ian Shaw has kept costings to a minimum again, Training fees are £18 for one or two days (so try and train on both days!),
£18 is that all for 5 or 7 hours of training with a 8th Dan Instructor.
Grading fees are in addition to training fees, 9th Kyu to 1st Kyu is £10 and 12th Kyu to 10th Kyu is only £6.

Non IJKA members are very welcome but please drop an email to Sensei Ian (ianshawy@btinternet.com) , It would be nice to see a few old friends of Sensei Mike and Ian over the weekend.

Hope to see you there, Osu!

IJKA European Course & Championships 2007

The IJKA - Europe summer course and 3rd European individual and team championships will take place in Budapest, Hungary 12-15th July 2007.

Anyone from the Selby, York or Haxby clubs that has an interest in going please contact me by e mail using the link in the sidebar. You do not have to make any sort of commitment at this stage but it will allow me to furnish you with the full information regarding the event and get a feeling of interest from our local clubs.

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Asai Shihan 10th Dan

Asai Shihan was the chief instructor of the IJKA and JKS associations and recognised across the world as a true master of karate.

As was the custom of the founder of modern karate to develop karate, Asai Shihan followed. Asai Shihan was influenced by the Chinese martial arts and was recognised by his flowing style. For Asai Shihan Karate was very much a martial art and not a sport.

Asai Shihan is honoured by the posthumous Rank of 10th Dan, he will also be honoured by the development of karate by his many students.

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Beginners Course - Week 1

A big welcome to Callum, Emma, Phoebe, Lewis, Nathaniel, Callum (another one), Ciaran, Claire, Josh, Liam, Gemma, Robert, Ella and Harry.
It was great to see so many people that wanted to come along and see what Karate had to offer.
We like to think of ourselves as a very relaxed and social club, but in the end you are studying a martial art and it will demand a lot of hard work for you to relaise your own personal potential.
Hope you will enjoy the coming few weeks and by the end of the year be able to make an informed decision if you would like to commit to a life of "Karate-do", while perhaps not a life, Sensei Enoda said "Family first, Karate-do second" , you may find it becomes infectious.
Hope to see you all next week.....Osu!

Sensei Anne Hastings 6th Dan JKA

I have added a link to Hasting Shihan dojo, it is based in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.
Hasting Shihan is one of our countrys most experienced karateka with a teaching style of her own. I have trained with Hasting Shihan on a number of occasions and have always been impressed how she manages to get the most out of our younger karateka. She has a skill in making Kihon more than a drill, but demands the highest of standards.
Hasting Shihan regularly attends Kato Shihans courses in York, it is always a pleasure to train with her (and have a few drinks afterwards)
A link to Anne's dojo is in the sidebar.... go take a look.

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