I don't have all the names and details but I want to quickly say congratulations to Robert Howells on being awarded his 6th dan.

Shiomitsu Sensei, 9th Dan

The next Wado Academy event is the New Year opening party and training session. This celebrates the start to 2007 and also Shiomitsu Sensei's promotion to 9th dan by Ohtsuka Sensei. 

Saturday 6th January, 2007.
Kings College Sports Hall, Woodhayes Road, Wimbledon SW19 4TT.

12pm to 2pm

Here's wishing a Merry Christmas to everyone.

This just keeps on cracking me up. Laughing at my laptop brings some weird looks at work. Heck, it's my work and I do what I want. Laugh away, it's good for the heart, mind and soul. OK, not exactly Shin Gi Tai but near enough.

Ultimate training methods by experts.

Give these guys a couple of menkyo kaidens! The guy with the nunchucks gets me in kinks. It's just the way he gets up all dazed, tries to carry on and fails miserably.

The old site had been around since August 2002 and whilst it has proven to be very useful in spreading news and information for Wado Academy members and the general karate public, the software itself was slowly becoming dated and showing its age.

I had some time over the Christmas period so I took the opportunity to replace the old PHP-Nuke site with a new system based on Joomla.

I also made the decision to start a fresh and not bring across the old content most of which were reminders about forthcoming events which are now no longer relevant. Other articles I might manually bring across.

Your feedback will be most welcome, good or bad. However, bear in mind that 99% of the time and costs are borne by me, so be gentle.