HIGASHI KARATE KAI

On Saturday 15th November we returned to St Giles Church Hall for the first time since the pandemic started in 2020 and found the hall was beautifully refurbished and upgraded. A great setting for our return to training to Nazeing! The course was hosted by Jon Dunn (6th dan) and Sue Skinner (7th dan) concentrating on improving our form for the basic katas before we split into separate groups to practice grade appropriate katas with Jon, Sue and Steve Gibbs (7th dan) patrollin

Well, another great trip to Ireland for an excellent weekend course in Donegal. Starting with a road trip from Belfast with Ciaran Donnelly showing me some of the wonderful sites and walks around County Donegal, which I will certainly be doing in the future. Friday started with a fast paced session at the Kinclasslagh club run by Paul McNally and Dominic Shannon, for Brown and Black belts working on form and combinations in Kata. Great effort from all with lots of sweat and g

Just two short weeks after the course in Sligo it was down to Cardiff for an Autumn course led by Jon Dunn at the club of Nikki Lintern-Gittens. An excellent sweaty Friday night session at Nikki's dojo to get everyone in the mood, with Jon keeping everyone on their toes with his unique style of teaching. On the Saturday another packed session with over 50 attendees at the much bigger and better air conditioned hall! Senior instructors split them into groups to cover basics, k