Official Wado Academy Forum

Sunday 28 Sept, 2014.

11am to 2pm.

Nuneaton Academy Sports Centre, Radnor Drive, Nuneaton CV10 7PD.

Instructors: Graham Tuckey and Peter Hill

Contact Graham Tuckey on 02476 662 570 for further details.

This isn’t for just budding competitors, it is useful to sharpen up your kumite skills in general and a good workout session for fitness.

Furthermore, Jason Ledgister is there also to contribute his vast experience.

If you can make it, do it for you, your club and the Academy.

Training Course with Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy Senior Instructor Arthur Meek 7th Dan Renshi.

Sunday 29th June 2014
at Nunnery Wood Sports Complex,
Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NL

12-1pm juniors (under 15 years) + seniors
1-3pm seniors especially/ juniors welcome

For directions please check www.worcesterwadoryu.org.uk

For info please email info@worcesterwadoryu.org.uk

Sensei Arthur Meek will be teaching in Leeds on May 10, 2014.

Please contact Jason Gallagher for more details, mobile 07971 345 277..

WADO RYU KARATE-DO ACADEMY

WINTER COURSE

26 FEBRUARY – 2 MARCH 2014

As in previous years the Wado Academy 2014 winter course was held at the Spectrum Leisure Centre, Guildford. Over 160 people attended the course over the space of 5 days with a minimum of a 100 people training each day. As before many Wado Academy students from many different countries came to practice. The list this year included, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, The Caribbean, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and of course England. Thanks to everyone for making the effort to attend and show support for the Academy and in particular for M. Shiomitsu 9^th Dan Hanshi Shihan, the Academy’s Chief Instructor.

Unlike last year Shiomitsu Sensei visited the course every day and kept a weather eye on both students and instructors. While he did not train he did present Dan grade certificates to those worthy of receiving such an honour and everyone was lifted by his presence.

This year the instructors on the course led by Sensei Arthur Meek 7^th Dan Kyoshi were Sensei Kazutaka Otsuka 6^th Dan, Sensei Rob Howells MBE 6^th Dan, Sensei Peter Hill 6^th Dan and Sensei Nick Quillam 7^th Dan who joined his fellow instructors on the Dan grade panel at the end of the course.

Each day the training was divided into 2 sessions. The first session would start with a warm up and led into a training session on basic elements of Wado Ryu Karate-Do. The second session was divided between the instructors with Arthur Sensei focussing on instruction for those intending to take their Dan grading either now or in the future, while Kazutaka Sensei took Dan grades in the intricacies of Bassai kata and from the third day on Peter Sensei took Kyu grades in the fundamentals of the Wado Academy syllabus.

Eight Academy students went forward at the end of the course to take their Dan grading. Out of these eight, five were successful and our congratulations go to them for gaining their Dan grades as follows:

Juniors 1^st Dan

Scott McCoy
Ethan Champion

Seniors 2^nd Dan

Russell Ovey
Gillian MacKenzie
Eric Prole

Winter Course 2014 Special Offer

15% off on all individual Kyu Grade Syllabus books when you pre-order and collect at the winter course.

3rd – 1st Kyu reduced from £25 to £21.25
6th – 4th Kyu reduced from £22 to £18.70
10th – 7th Kyu sorry – sold out

Please phone or email Maya to reserve your books as soon as possible.
tel: 020 8543 1888 or email: info@wadoacademy.com

Official Wado Academy Course: Wednesday 7th May 2014.

Instructor: Sensei Rob Howells MBE 6th Dan.
Venue: Ascension Hall, Ayling Hill, Aldershot GU11 3LL.
Timings: 1900 – 2100.

Cost: £8 per person – please note all course fees will go direct to the
Wado Academy.

Further Details from: Sensei Graham Hopkins 5th Dan.

Mobile: 07809445316
e-mail: hpknsgrhm@yahoo.co.uk

Dear fellow Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy members,

Please find listed below the confirmed dates and venues for this year’s Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy National Squad training sessions:

Sunday March 23rd: BRISTOL
Sunday 18th May: BIRMINGHAM
Sunday 13th July: BRISTOL
Sunday 7th September: BRIDGWATER
Sunday 2nd November: BRISTOL

A big thank you to Arthur Meek Sensei, Bob Flowers Sensei, Nicky Hawker and Riaz Ahmed for helping with the above venues.

All sessions will be from 12.00pm – 3.00pm and are open to all Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy members who hold a current and up to date licence.

A flyer/poster will as usual be sent out at least one months in advance as a reminder.

Although the elite of the squad is small in number currently, there have been both some really encouraging performances and some quite incredible results.

Firstly, many congratulations must go to Jamie Bowen for winning the British All-Style individual lightweight category last year. This is truly a great achievement, but nothing more than Jamie deserves for all his hard work and dedication -Well done Jamie from everyone connected with the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy!

At the same Championship Ben Welsh came a very credible 3rd in the tough Open Weight category. This is again such a great achievement so early in Ben’s tournament career. Many congratulations Ben from everyone connected with the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy!

James Bolton fought incredibly well at last year’s English Karate Federation’s National All-Style Championship’s narrowly losing and giving current British and European Champion Alton Brown his toughest and closest match of the day. James is such a raw talent and with regular training and dedication has the potential to easily follow in Jamie and Ben’s footsteps.

Craig Hill continues to battle away in Kata at all style events, not an easy task as a Wado-Ryu practitioner! Currently though against fellow Wado contestants he is most definitely amongst the best and I am sure with continued hard work he will break through.

Last but not least a very important and vital part of any squad are the officials. Matthew Soanes and Andy Kilby have continued to work very hard travelling all around the country, with Matthew currently qualified as an English Karate Federation Kumite Referee Class ‘A’, Kumite Judge Class ‘A’ and Kata Judge Class ‘B’. Andy is currently qualified as an English Karate Federation Kumite Judge Class ‘A’ Their support to both the squad and to me personally has been invaluable and much appreciated.

In addition to the above listed squad training sessions, Corin Pegden is hosting his annual course with Sensei Wayne Otto on Sunday 26th January. We normally have our first Academy Squad training in January, but I will be away teaching on behalf of Shiomitsu Sensei in January together with additional commitments with our own group here in Devon. I would encourage therefore all Academy members especially those interested in competing to make every effort to attend this session in January instead.

Finally, could I ask all Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy instructors and dojo’s to please whether you are personally interested in the Shiai aspects to Karate-Do or not to encourage and support any young member who shows any interest or potential in furthering their study through squad training and possibly competing.

With Kind Regards,

Peter Hill