Karate-do Shotokai News

Leeds course

Leeds University KDS is pleased to invite all KDS members to the first ever Leeds course. The course will be run by the Leeds club with help from Newcastle, London and Staffs / Keele KDS under the guidance of 5 th Dan Marie Kellett.

Course details, as always, can be found within the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=266

[Twickenham] no session on thursday 9th May

There is no session on thursday 9th May. Please don't turn up!

Harlow course details

Essex KDS welcome you to the first all grades UK national course post spring school to be held on the weekend of May 11th and 12th in Harlow.

The course will be led by Andy Lightfoot (3rd Dan) and Adrian Quick (4th Dan), with technical support from Gavin Rothwell (4th Dan) of the Technical Group. The course information is detailed in the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=262

Mulhouse course details online

Details for the Mulhouse course can now be found within the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=263

Anyone wishing to attend should contact Pierre Wessang by the 5th May.

Spring School Specifics

As spring is in the air, a warm welcome awaits you and your members to the KDS Spring School 2013 on the weekend of 19th to 21st April 2013, overseen by our Principal and Chief Instructor, Mitsusuke Harada Sensei MBE.

Spring School is hosted by Keele University KDS and the full details for the course are in the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=261

[Twickenham] NO TRAINING 19TH MARCH

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Just a quick one to say that training is cancelled tomorrow as I am in Coventry (lucky me). We'll be back on as normal on thursday.

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Tom

Summer School bookings open

Registration for this year's (50th) Summer School is now open through the members area of the site.

Anyone paying a deposit of �170 before 19th May will not only guarantee their place but will also receive a �40 early booking discount. Once again this year, payments will be accepted either through PayPal or with a cheque through the post. Please note that with the latter the online application must still be made.

Anyone having trouble accessing the members area of the site should speak to their club membership secretary who can escalate further if need be.

[Leeds] Leeds Easter training times

Training times for Leeds club over Easter break 20th March - 14th April

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Over the University Easter holidays the normal Wednesday slot will now be in Studio 2.

The weekend class has moved to 15:30 on a Sunday.

Wednesdays, 8:00-9:15pm, Studio 2, The Edge

Sundays, 15:30-17:00, Studio 2, The Edge (starting Sunday 24th March)

[London] London Club's 25th Anniversary

London KDS will be celebrating twenty-five years of existence with an extended weekend of practices and an extra special social on first weekend of June.

All KDS members will be welcome, but please let us know if you intend to come so that we can ensure that we have enough space booked!

More details will be fortcoming shortly! The course calendar will be kept up to date:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=279

UHKDS (Not) Spring School

UHKDS invites you and your club members to attend an all grades course at the wonderful facilities of the Hertfordshire Sports Village. We are pleased to welcome back Gavin Rothwell IVth Dan to oversee the course, he who set up the club all those years ago. There are 4 sessions booked over the weekend and this is an ideal opportunity for Kyu grades to gain course experience (when they would otherwise perhaps miss out on Spring school) and there is also a high grade 2nd ~ 5th Dan session too.

Full course details can be found within the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=260

Reims course details online

All KDS members are invited to participate to our traditional Spring weekend course, which is to be held once again at two different venues. So, come and join us for a weekend of hard but constructive practice!

The course will be once again under the guidance of our Sensei, Master Mitsusuke HARADA MBE.

Full details available within the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=257

Southampton course details

The course details for the upcoming KDS course to be held in Southampton between the 8th and 10th March can now be found within the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=256

[London] Grading results: February 2013

Congratulations to Simon Anderson who received his 2nd dan at the end of Thursday's practice:

Simon Anderson

2nd Dan

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[Leeds] Change to Wednesday times

Our Wednesday class has been pushed back 1/2 hour due the fitness classes beforehand.

New time from is 20:00 - 21:15, Studio 1, The Edge (from 23rd Jan)

[King's College London] Practice moved to 10am, new venue

For the next three months, practices will be at LSBU on London Road, from 10-11am. The nearest tube is Elephant and Castle.

Stoke course details available

A warm welcome awaits you and your members to the first �All Grades� course of 2013 which will be jointly hosted by Staffordshire University KDS and Keele University KDS on the weekend of the Saturday 2nd / Sunday 3rd February 2013.

The course will be overseen by Mr Ian Mackenzie, 4th Dan, and supported by members of the Technical group. The full course information can be found within the course calendar:

http://www.karatedoshotokai.com/viewCourse.php?course=251

[Leeds] New training times for 2013

January 2013 training times, Leeds

For one week only on Wednesday 16th Jan only we'll be training at the alternative venue of The Oblong room at Woodhouse community centre. This is a five minute walk from Leeds University.

Address: 197 Woodhouse Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 2NY

http://goo.gl/maps/N4VP3

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For the rest of this term training will resume at the Edge:

Our weekday evening practice has changed to Wednesdays, 19:30 - 20:45.

The Saturday class is now at a slightly later time of 14:30 - 16:00.

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[Newcastle] Grading Results

Congratulations to William Ho and Richard Hussey for attaining their 1st Kyu Brown Belts following on from a very successful Winter School!

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An extra special congratulations goes to Juliana 'Basher' Hughes who was awarded her 1st Dan Black Belt! All the members of Newcastle KDS wish her good luck and all the best for her future practice. Well done Julie!

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Juliana Hughes	1st Dan
Richard Hussey	1st Kyu
William Ho	1st Kyu

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[London] Closed for Christmas!

Due to the closure of the club's venue there will be a break in the usual practice schedule over the holiday period. The last practice was held last night, but all will resume as usual after the New Year, with the first practice of the year being held on Thursday 3rd January.

[London] Grading results: December 2012

Congratulations to all those fron the London and Queen Mary clubs who successfully graded during Thursday's grading session:

Natalie Edwards	3rd kyu
Mauro Formentin	3rd kyu
Twiggy Ho	5th kyu
Laura Mazzotti	4th kyu
Vathany Raveentheran	5th kyu
Nick Zinovkin	5th kyu

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