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I would like to congratulate all those that braved the bad weather and attended the grading today, although Sensei could not attend due to the bad weather conditions at the top of Portsdown Hill and the fear of being stranded on the IOW if the weather turned, I decided to continue rather than cancel as it was an exceptional situation.  As a Senior Instructor I have authority from Sensei Dewey to conduct club gradings, I do not like to do the gradings as l prefer the impartialness that Sensei brings to the club with the training and grading.

I would also like to thank Sensei Malcolm and Ben for their assistance with the teaching while i dealt with the administration between the two classes, and Malcolm for his continued support during the grading.

49 students graded – Well Done. Full List of graders click here

Mark Elliott 5th Dan

We have now set up a facebook pages – Isle of Wight Karate and IOW Karate

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I would like to congratulate Albert Hart 13yrs and Cory Swinfield 8yrs who competed and both won trophies at Sensei Keith Williams under 16s Christmas competition at Paulsgrove.

Albert – 1st in the Kata

Cory – 3rd in the Kata

Well done Keith for holding this competition (which is in its 12th year), and to Jim and Martin for arranging the trip to Paulsgrove,

Photos will follow. Come back soon

Belated Grading results for September

Click Here

2011 Calander of events now available

 Click Here or go to events page

I would like to congratulate the succesful finalists at the recent SEKU championships and Portsmouth Area championships

Left to right

Squad Captain – Andy Shorkey

Tom Mchlauglan

Jasmin Hart

Natalie Bee

Albert Hart

Sue Ewart

In a joint promotion with Cineworld Newport IW, the club held a Karate demonstration Saturday 24th July where 42 children demonstrated their Karate Skills and courtesy of Cineworld and the club were allowed to watch the film on the preview day.
Any children who go to see the film while it is showing at cineworld or any other cinema and would like to try Karate please keep their entry ticket or collect a voucher when purchasing your ticket or print the voucher here and contact us for more information. You can also bring a friend, and we even have classes for parents!!!!!!!!!!
Either mail us sensei@onwight.net or phone 01983 821838
Karate Kid – Trailer Free Lesson Voucher

Happy Birthday

 To celebrate Sensei Malcolm’s 60th Birthday, and that he has been training with me for 20 years now starting in 1990 l took Malcolm along with me to train with Sensei Dave Hazard 7th dan at an open course organised by Rod Butler SKE at Waltham Abbey.

Saturday Training – Gojushiho Dai and Heian Kata

Sunday freestyle and self defence kumite

During the kumite session Sensei Dave said that competition kumite was for the youngsters in the class and looked at the seniors and commented that we were now of a mature age and no longer competing which generally was true, however i must point out an exception to the rule that even at 60 Malcolm still competes at every SEKU competition in team and individual events and organises the clubs squad. Well done Malc and happy birthday

Mark Elliott

On Sunday 20th June SEKU Chief Instructor Mick Dewey 7th Dan held the second club grading this year, 55 students attended the training sessions Black and Brown Belts an hour and half and all grades 1 hour this was follwed by the grading where 50 students were graded.

Mark Elliott would like to congratulate all those that passed. Full List of Results available here

Mark Elliott would like to welcome the following new club members since March 2010

Browne Cameron
Bee Natalie
Adshimar Ryan
Dowers Max
Fennel Reuben
Henderson Louis
Pitman PJ
Brodie Tyler

New Members from 6 years min are always welcome please contact us