Venue change

Please note the new venue for the grading course this weekend.

Training on the 06/06/2013 cancelled

evening training at Haxby Road Primary School cancelled on the 06//06/13 due to the unavailability of the hall. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Grading course - Change of venue

Last minute venue change for the grading course on the 02/06/2013. The course is now at Manor School, Millfield Lane, Nether Poppleton, York YO26 6PA. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience.

For a map, please click here

Annual awards

The winners were presented with their trophies at last night's training. Well done guys!
(Amy, Luke, Mia, Kieran, Tegan)

Ellis couldn't make the Tuesday session so he received his after training on Thursday (in the glamorous surroundings of the car park). Well done Ellis on your award!

   

York squad training

Please note that the squad training session for June, scheduled for the 1st June, has been rescheduled for the 8th June in order to allow us to focus on the grading course on the same weekend - 2nd June.

New email address

Please note the new email address for JKS York Karate Club

INFO@YORKKARATE.NET

In the meantime, emails will still be read from the old inbox.

There is always the possibility that emails from the new address may be delivered to your 'spam' folder and so please do check this folder.

Date added to diary - York grading course

22nd September 2013 is the confirmed date of the Autumn grading course in York.

Other dates for grading courses in York:

2nd June 2013 - with Sensei Alan Campbell & Sensei Paul Gainnandrea.

21st July 2013 - with Sensei Steve Carless.

York Karate

The below symbols mean 'York Karate'. A possible design idea for some club t-shirts we are looking at getting in the near future.

What do you think?

Grading Course - 21st July 2013

We are pleased to confirm that Sensei Steve Carless, Chief Instructor of Walsall Karate Club, will be visiting York on the 21st July 2013. One not to be missed!

Selby Novice Karate Competition

It's been a great day competing in Selby with the York squad claiming five medals. The whole team of eighteen put in a great performance in what was a tightly contested event. Well done to Paul Brant, and the whole of Selby Karate Club, for organising a superb competition.

Bronze medals went to Amelia, Lucy and Francis for individual kata, bronze medal to Francis and Lucy fot family kata and silver medal to Mia and Martin for family kata.

Well done!

If you are interested in competing for York, please contact me for details jksyork@hotmail.co.uk

6th June - Bring a mum/dad to training

Thursday 6th June 2013. Bring a mum/dad/granny/grandad/aunt/uncle/brother/sister to training!Simply bring the relative you would most like to watch (and laugh at) doing karate to training.

It will be a fun, action packed family session where everyone can get involved.

(p.s. all spectators will be expected to get involved and reluctant relatives train for free)

See you at training!

Celebration of Achievement

Well done to the following, who were awarded at last Sunday's celebration of achievement party:

• Best attendance - Luke Nicholson

• Best grading performance - Amy Tegetmeier

• Best Competition performance - Tegan Dews

• Most improved student - Kieran Morris

• Most promising new student - Mia Fairburn

• Best attitude - Ellis Marshall

Great work guys and your trophies are on the way to you. Everyone else, the competition is on for next year's awards!

Sensei Alan visits York Karate Club

A great training session with Sensei Alan Campbell (Chief Instructor of England) at the weekend to celebrate our 1st anniversary. A great session on the Heian katas was followed by a detailed, gohon kumite class. Thank you to everyone who attended the training, from Selby as well as the York clubs, and thank you to sensei Alan for a great course! Osu