Karate do Shotokai
Teaching the way of Master Mitsusuke Harada
Teaching the way of Master Mitsusuke Harada
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!!
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 Bhanji | 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 |
Congratulations and a big well done to all those that passed the grading on Saturday 12 December 2009! The results are detailed below:
| Robert Armitt | Keele University | 2nd Kyu |
| Jaison Blesson | Staffordshire University | 2nd Kyu |
| James Graham | Keele University | 2nd Kyu |
| Jessica Howard | Staffordshire University | 2nd Kyu |
| Sergi Ahnehkov | Keele University | 3rd Kyu |
| Rowan Davies | Keele University | 3rd Kyu |
| Carmel Edwards | Keele University | 4th Kyu |
| Peter Fakas | Staffordshire University | 4th Kyu |
| Mausam Bhanji | Keele University | 5th Kyu |
| Matthew Conway | Staffordshire University | 5th Kyu |
| Jacob Ashworth | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
| Bryony Cottam | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
| Angus Harris | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
| Ashley Andrew Radford | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
| Sophie Reuter | Staffordshire University | 6th Kyu |
| Sophreena Sahota | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
| Rachel Wilshaw | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
| Ian Williams | Keele University | 6th Kyu |
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, 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.