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Tooting Karate Club News This section provides coverage of some of the recent events and news from Tooting Karate Club. You can also stay abreast of events by joining our email newsletter service. To subscribe or manage your email newsletter account, click here. Click here to access 2010 Calendar
July 2010 NEW ADDRESS FROM 3 AUGUST: FIRST FLOOR, GAP BRIDGE HOUSE, GAP ROAD, LONDON, SW19 8JA We have received Planning Permission for our new dojo!! We are currently working on getting it ready for 3 August which will be the first day it is open. The last session at Smallwood School will be 29 July. I will post details of the new club soon including parking, opening hours etc. At the moment all the classes are the same but as we now have a full time dojo we are not restricted as to the classes we can run. The dojo needs a few things so I will post a list of items just in case anyone has anything that they dont need at home and would be willing to donate. Items of the top of my head are chairs, fridge, hoover. I am also looking to do some fundraising so if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. It is a very exciting time! Kind regards Sensei Linda June 2010 This weekend is the Southern EGKA Grading weekend in Bournemouth so the dojo will be closed. Details of the training times/costs are here. Update on the dojo - planning permission application is well underway so we are just waiting to hear from Merton Council. Fingers crossed!! May 2010
Thanks to all who attended the extended training session on Saturday, especially those who came from Sheffield. Check the calendar for dates for the rest of the year as a few of you have asked me to continue these sessions on a regular basis i.e. every 3 months or so.
April 2010 One day karate seminar on 8 May at Tooting Dojo - cost £20, £15 students. This course will run from 11am - 4pm. Entry Forms for Chessington Tournament - click here for details. Please hand in completed individual entry form and £20 entry fee (to Sensei Linda) by 8 May 2010. As of 1 April, there will be three Adult classes per week, with the Thursday night session now a weekly class. Alternate Thursdays will continue to be FIGHT NIGHT but otherwise it will be a general class. The potential new dojo is currently going through the legal process but we hope to be able to start cleaning the place etc soon. Will keep you posted!! March 2010 13 March - There will be no Adults class this Saturday as I will be leaving after the Children's class in order to attend Sensei Ernie's visit to Chalti, Kent. I have space for 1 or 2 more in my car - let me know if you would like a lift. 28 February saw the Third Friendly Inter Dojo Tournament, held at Sensei Andre and Sensei Daphne's Paddock Hill Dojo. The weather was not very kind ot us, but most of us made it on time! The day started with the Kata competition and was of an excellent standard - well done to all those who competed. The Kumite competition followed and again the standard was excellent. Thank you to everyone who helped organise, bake cakes, score/timekeep and of course to all of the instructors. I look forward to the next one!! January 2010 My Okinawa Article and Okinawa 2009 Photo Album Higaonna Sensei has now got a website for the Honbu Dojo in Naha - click here October 2009 The September edition of the IOGKF Newsletter is now available - click here. It contains some great articles as well as the preliminary details for the 2010 South Africa Gasshuku. September 2009 One day Open Seminar on 19th September at Tooting Dojo - this will focus on kata and bunkai and will run from 11am - 4pm and will cost £15. Thisis open to all OTGKA/IOGKF members. August 2009 FREE IOGKF Newsletter now available - click here July 2009 Congratulations to all those who graded this month - well done! June 2009 I have 1'History of Karate' book remaining at £50 - please see me if you wish to purchase. May 2009 The MCF in Canada was a very successful event, where we celebrated the life of Anichi Miyagi Sensei. Click here for article Click here for Howie Hamilton's MCF Picassa site - 1000s of photos!! Andre and Daphne Leister successfully graded to 4th dan in front of Higaonna Sensei - well done! April 2009 An'ichi Miyagi Sensei (the successor of Chojun Miyagi Sensei, Supreme Master of IOGKF) passed away April 28th 2009. Our condolences to his family, Higaonna Sensei and to the IOGKF family. May he rest in peace.
Andre and Daphne Leister's new enterprise - Kimmi Dolls Women's Seminar, Halle, Germany Great event, article to follow! March 2009 NEW - click here for Sheffield Gasshuku article by JC Macarie Sheffield Gasshuku 21-22 March 2009 This event was a great success!! 60 people attended on Saturday and 40 on Sunday (Mothers Day!) and all thoroughly enjoyed the chance to train with Sensei George, Sensei Linda, Sensei Andy and Sensei Simon. It was also a great opportunity to train and meet with new people and a great sense of camaraderie had developed by Sunday. We also got to see Sensei Andy's new dojo which is wonderful and a great new home for Hallam Dojo. The feedback forms that were kindly filled in by most participants confirm that the Gasshuku was a great success and that all are looking forward to Winchester in October 2009. Click here to see article on OTGKA website. Okinawan TV article on the 2008 Okinawa Budosai (in Japanese but still interesting (LISTEN OUT FOR SENSEI LINDA'S KIAI!!) and Part 2 February 2009 Video of Higaonna Shihan and Nakamura Sensei at the Paris Bercy Martial Arts Exhibition 2008
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