Karate do Shotokai
Teaching the way of Master Mitsusuke Harada
Teaching the way of Master Mitsusuke Harada
After many years of hard training Dr Anand Pandyan of Keele University KDS and Dr Christopher Gidlow of Staffordshire University KDS have been awarded their Black Belts!
Both Anand and Chris are seen here after their "usual" heavy training session. Members of both clubs wish them good luck, many congratulations and a big well done!!
The annual KDS Summer School held at the University of Kent in Canterbury is the largest event on the KDS Calendar and was attended by delegates not only from all over the UK but also from Finland, Estonia, Spain, Israel, Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium.
The course ran over six days with six hours training each day and was overseen by our Principal and Chief Instructor, Mitsusuke Harada Sensei MBE.
Seen here pictured with Harada Sensei are delegates from the Keele University KDS and Staffordshire University KDS clubs. The delegates from left to right are as follows: Chris Gidlow, Rob Armitt, Sergei Ahnehkov, Mitsusuke Harada Sensei, Ines Brewer, Carmel Edwards, Jessica Howard, Jim Graham, Mark Hallam
All those who attended enjoyed the course and it was a great chance for the Keele University and Staffordshire University delegates to represent their universities at this international event and train under the watchful eye of Harada Sensei himself.
Congratulations to all those who passed their grading on Wednesday 8 December 2010 from both Keele University KDS and Staffordshire University KDS. The grades are as follows:
| Name | Club | Grade |
| Rober Armitt | Keele University | 1st Kyu |
| Rowan Davies | Keele University | 1st Kyu |
| James Graham | Keele University | 1st Kyu |
| Rachel Pass | Keele University | 1st Kyu |
| Mausam Bhansi | Keele University | 3rd Kyu |
| Matt (Malther) Conway | Staffordshire University | 3rd Kyu |
| Carmel Edwards | Keele University | 3rd Kyu |
| Peter Fakas | Staffordshire University | 3rd Kyu |
| Martin Lyden | Staffordshire University | 4th Kyu |
| Ian Williams | Keele University | 4th Kyu |
| Caroline Chiquet | Staffordshire University | 5th Kyu |
| Julius Sim | Keele University | 5th Kyu |
| Jake Mundy | Staffordshire University | 6th Kyu |
| Muhammad Ehsan Jaafar | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
The annual KDS Great British Summer School held at the University of Kent in Canterbury is the largest event on the KDS Calendar and was attended by delegates not only from all over the UK but also from Finland, Estonia, Canada, Spain, Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium, USA,.
The course ran over six days with six hours training each day and was overseen by our Principal and Chief Instructor, Mitsusuke Harada Sensei MBE.
Seen here pictured with Harada Sensei are delegates from the Keele University KDS and Staffordshire University KDS clubs. The delegates from left to right are as follows: Jaison Blesson, Julia Brettl, Chris Gidlow, Rachael Pass, Mitsusuke Harada Sensei MBE, Ines Brewer, Rowan Davis, Mausam Bhanji, Rob Armitt, Mark Hallam
All those who attended enjoyed the course and it was a great chance for the Keele University and Staffordshire University delegates to represent their universities at this international event and train under the watchful eye of Harada Sensei himself.
After many years of hard training Ines Brewer of Keele University KDS and Jaison Blesson of Staffordshire University KDS have been awarded their Black Belts!
Members of both clubs wish them good luck, many congratulations and a big well done!!