Record Sunday!

There was record attendance this Sunday with a total of 6 Dan grades and 31 members training.

Our numbers were bolstered by members from York and Haxby training at Barlby in preparation for the competition in May.

All karateka even beginners that have not graded yet will be encouraged to take part in what will be a brilliant afternoon on Sunday 2nd May.

Can I ask that you return your entry forms this week to enable me to conclude the planning phase and order all the cups and medals.

Haxby and York clubs are keen to relieve us of as much silverware as possible, so we must keep our training up. We will still be training on Easter Sunday so don't eat too many Easter Eggs during the day and you can always get an extra session in on a Wednesday to increase your chances of walking away with a medal or trophy.

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Beginners Course at Barlby

28th February will be week 1 of a 9 week taster course of Shotokan Karate at Barlby High School.

We offer training to anyone 7 years and over, just turn up and have a go!

The course will run from 5.30 to 7.00 pm every Sunday until the end of April.

For current members it is an ideal opportunity to bring a friend down.

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Special Offer to Barlby Schools

Sensei Andy and Rebecca presented pupils with a certificate to celebrate the completion of there introduction to Shotokan Karate.

Above: Pupils from Barlby Hilltop Community School

Leila, Liam and Abby (not in the photo) as SSKC members helped out with the sessions and provided the beginners with someone to follow. Thank you to the three of you.

SSKC have put together a special package with Actice Selby for students who have just completed a 10 week taster session at Barlby Hilltop and Barlby Bridge Primary Schools. Pupils are being offer a 3 month discounted course and a free karate Gi if they want to continue with their study of Shotokan. Any student who takes up the offer will be ideally placed to take a formal IJKA grading in the Autumn with Kato Shihan when he next comes to York.

I have just completed the CSN returns to the local authority and was very pleased with our contribution to the community. Sensei Andy and Rebecca have provide 358 pupil hours of instruction to the schools, with a fairly even split between boys and girls.

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Karate at Barlby Primary Schools

Sensei Andy's sessions are still going strong. It is was week 5 at Hilltop and week 4 at Barlby bridge. A total of 37 young karateka took part this week. Keep up the good work.

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Karate @ Barlby schools

This week Rebecca and Andy were at Hilltop school on Wednesday with 29 children undertaking their second week of karate, Liam, Leila and Abby also attended from our club. It was useful for the beginners to have someone to follow and Rebecca said it was good for Liam, Leila and Abby because it gave them an opportunity to revisit the very basics of Kihon.

Thursday we were at the Barlby Bridge school for week 1 of their course where there were 17 budding little karateka. They arrived in the hall with flying jumps etc all full of enthusiasm which was great to see. A big hello to you all: Milly, Stephaine, Connor, Rebecca, Amy, Hannah, Kaine, Robbie, Joshua, Jack, Lucie, Ryan, William, Joshua, Samuel & Ella. There is a lot to learn but hopefully by the end of 10 weeks you will have a small range of punches, blocks and kicks, and be able to do a kata, you will probably learn a few words of Japanese along the way.

We look forward to seeing you all next week.

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Barlby Hilltop Primary School

Today was session 1 for 24 pupils of Barlby Hilltop primary School, headmaster Rob Taylor was enthusiastic about bringing karate to the school. The sessions are being lead by Sensei Andy assisted by Rebecca in a non contact environment.

Today the young karateka from 7 to 10 years learnt how to make a fist, how to punch choku Zuki and Oi Zuki and how to make front stance.

By the end of the session the headmaster saw a long line of beaming red faces leaving the hall.

We hope to see you all after half term, well done to Ben, Holly, Victoria, Warwick, Chloe, Michael, Declan, Holly, Lauren, Jasmine, Samuel, Tom, Lana, Liam, Olivia, George, Gemma, Thomas, Lorcan, Aithn, Joel, Luke, Bradley and Arran.

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SSKC teaching at local schools

Selby Shotokan Karate Club are working in partnership with the "Active" programme of Selby District and North Yorkshire Sport to bring karate to Barlby Community (Hilltop) and Barlby Bridge Primary schools starting in April.

We will be running hour long sessions, over a 10 week programme at both schools to increase the availability of access to sport for children. There will also be an exit strategy of assisted places at our club to any students that wish to continue with Karate.

Sensei Andy and Rebecca will be undertaking the coaching, we wish them all the best in this exciting opportunity of bringing our martial art into schools.

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