TSKUK Gain 17 Shodan & 1 Nidan Black Belts
On Sunday 23rd April 2023, ESKA members attended the TSKUK Members Course and Black Belt Grading in Canvey Island, Essex. The grading took place in front of a panel including Sensei Alan Parrish 7th Dan, Sensei Jason Hitchings 6th, Sensei Nathan Bond 5th Dan, Sensei Charlie Tarr 4th Dan, Sensei Mary Hitchings 4th Dan, Sensei Dave Lynskey 4th Dan & Sensei Mason Gill 3rd Dan.
A very successful grading resulted in 17 students achieving their Shodan (1st Dan Black Belt), 1 student achieving their Nidan (2nd Dan Black Belt).
Congratulations to the following new 1st Dans:
Brandon Camderman
Charlotte Joseph
Daniel Winterbone
Dave Joseph
Hannah Wimhurst
Helen Walker
Hollie Walker
James Allison
Juliet Allison
Keyaan Ahmed
Kryzsztof Dragan
Lois Hill
Namira Ahmed
Paul Hollander
Samia Lalmas-Jenkins
Scott Jenkins
Zoe Nesbitt-Clarke
Congratulations to the following new 2nd Dans:
Rumaisa Fareesa
TSKUK National Championships – Sunday 21st May 2023
We are pleased to announce the TSKUK National Championships will be held on Sunday 21st May 2023 at UEA Sportspark, University Drive, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ.
This competition is open to ALL ESKA Members Red Belt & Above.
Entrants will receive one official TSKUK grading stamp for entering the competition.
Junior Registration 9.00am / Competition Starting 9.30am
All entries must be submitted by 11.30pm Sunday 7th May 2023
INDIVIDUAL KATA
Kata will be Candidates choice from approved list.
INDIVIDUAL KUMITE
Shobu Ippon Rules
TEAM KATA*
Teams can be single or mixed gender. Just one kata is needed for eliminations and final.
TEAM KUMITE*
3 Person teams of same gender split by age / grade.
*Competitors are responsible for organising their own teams.
Categories may be merged or cancelled in the case of insufficient entries.
COMPETITION RULES
Please ensure you have read the rules before entering.
Kata Rules / Kumite Rules
It is the competitors responsibility to know the rules of their events.
On Sunday 16th April 2023. We held our annual Individual Kata & Pairs Kata Competition at The Dojo Norwich.
Here is a breakdown of the results:
Individual Kata – Red (9th) to Yellow (7th) Belt – Mixed – Under 10 Years
Gold – Abigail Swiderek (SKS)
Silver – George Askew (SKS)
Bronze – Annika Vilkaj (SKS)
Individual Kata – Red (9th) to Yellow (7th) Belt – Mixed – 10 – 13 Years
Gold – Dennis Mardyla (SKS)
Silver – Frankie Sorrell (SKS)
Bronze – Michelle Mardyla (SKS)
Individual Kata – Green (6th) to Purple & White (4th) Belt – Mixed – 10 – 13 Years
Gold – Jamie Plane
Silver – Chase Gregory
Bronze – Jacob Allen
Individual Kata – Green (6th) to Purple & White (4th) Belt – Mixed – Under 10 Years
Gold – Rosie Nudd
Silver – Toby Thackham
Bronze – Harry Prentice
Pairs Kata – Green (6th) to Purple & White (4th) Belt – Mixed – 6 – 13 Years
Gold – Chase Gregory / Toby Thackham
Silver – Rosie Nudd / Harry Prentice
Bronze – Kacper Brzezinski / Adela Rozanska
Pairs Kata – Brown Belt & Above – Mixed – 6 – 13 Years
Gold – Noah Jarred / Evey Fuller
Silver – Lily Nudd / Lena Gryczaniuk
Bronze – William Fone / Joseph Periera
Pairs Kata – Brown Belt & Above – Mixed – Cadet
Gold – Martha Selby / Ella Wright
Silver – Riley Allen (SKS) / Ashley Mason (SKS)
Pairs Kata – All Grades – Mixed – Adult
Gold – Paul Stewart / Arwen Stewart
Silver – Scott Prentice / Kay Zhang
Bronze – Dawn Styles (SKS) / Bear Styles (SKS)
Individual Kata – 3rd Kyu – 1st Kyu – Mixed – Under 10 Years
Gold – Wajeeh Waqas
Silver – Eli Taylor-Windle
Individual Kata – 3rd Kyu – 1st Kyu – Mixed – 10 – 13 Years
Gold – Zoe Nesbitt-Clarke
Silver – Oliver Adams
Bronze – Ellie Alderdice
Individual Kata – Dan Grade – Mixed – 10 – 13 Years
Gold – Evey Fuller
Silver – Lena Gryczaniuk
Bronze – Noah Jarred
Individual Kata – Green (6th) to Purple & White (4th) Belt – Mixed – Cadet
Gold – Andrew Morphew (SKS)
Silver – Eashvarrya Pradhan
Individual Kata – 3rd Kyu – 1st Kyu – Mixed – Mixed – Cadet
Gold – Brandon Camderman
Silver – Alfie Woodcock (SKS)
Individual Kata – Dan Grade – Mixed – Mixed – Cadet
Gold – Martha Selby
Silver – Riley Allen (SKS)
Bronze – Ashleigh Mason (SKS)
Individual Kata – Red (9th) to Yellow (7th) Belt – Mixed – Adult
Gold – Dawn Styles (SKS)
Silver – Janis Vilkajs (SKS)
Bronze – Steven Swanton
Individual Kata – Green (6th) to Purple & White (4th) Belt – Mixed – Adult
Gold – Kay Zhang
Silver – Sarah Chambers (SKS)
Bronze – Scott Prentice
Individual Kata – 3rd Kyu – 1st Kyu – Mixed – Mixed – Adult
Gold – Karen Fuller
Silver – Paul Hollander
Bronze – Luke Forrest (SKS)
Individual Kata – Dan Grade – Mixed – Mixed – Adult
Gold – Arwen Stewart
Silver – Mark Jarred
Bronze – Paul Stewart
Well done to all that took part.
Look out for the next upcoming competitions:
TSKUK Nationals – May 21st 2023 at UEA Sportspark
ESKA Individual & Team Kumite Competition – October 8th 2023 at The Dojo Norwich.
The SKDUN held their annual Championships on Saturday 25th March. The championships were held at Guildford, Surrey.
Here is a breakdown of the results:
1. Male Team Kumite, 8th Kyu to Black Belt
Gold – Max Threadwell / Harrison Gill (WKA) / Mason Gill (WKA)
2. Female Team Kumite, 8th Kyu to Black Belt
Gold – Molly Lambert / Reegan Green / Hannah Mitchell (WKA)
5. Female Team Kata, 8th Kyu to Black Belt
Gold – Gold – Molly Lambert / Reegan Green / Hannah Mitchell (WKA)
6. Junior Mixed Team Kata, 8th Kyu to 4th kyu
Gold – Rosie Nudd / Chase Gregory / Toby Thackham
7. Junior Mixed Team Kata, Brown and Black Belt
Silver – Lena Gryczaniuk / Noah Jarred / Lily Nudd
Bronze – Jasmine Sargeant / Lewis Barker / Martha Selby
7B. Junior Girls Team Kata, Brown and Black Belt
Gold – Ella Wright / Jasmine Sargeant / Martha Selby
Bronze – Lena Gryczaniuk / Sidney Scott / Lily Nudd
8. Senior Mixed Team Kata, 8th Kyu to Black Belt
Gold – Josh Wright / Molly Lambert / Reegan Green
9B. Children individual kata, 6th kyu only
Silver – Rosie Nudd
Bronze – Toby Thackham
10B. Children Individual Kata, Brown Belt, Under 11 Years, Male
Silver – Eli Taylor-Windle
10C. Children Individual Kata, Black Belt, Under 11 Years, Mixed
Gold – Lena Gryczaniuk
Silver – Lily Nudd
Bronze – Sidney Scott
11. Junior Individual kata, 8th to 4th Kyu
Bronze – Jamie Plane
12A. Junior Individual Kata, Black Belt, Shodan Only
Bronze – Daisy Toone
13B. Children Sanbon Kumite,Jodan, Chudan, Mae Geri, 6th Kyu Only
Gold – Rosie Nudd
Silver – Chase Gregory
Bronze – Toby Thackham
14A. Children Jiyu Ippon Kumite, Jodan, Chudan, Mae Geri, Yoko Geri, Mawashi Geri, Black Belt
Gold – Lily Nudd
Silver – Lena Gryczaniuk
Bronze – Sidney Scott
18. Boys 12-13, Kumite, Brown and Black Belt, Over 152cm, 5ft
Bronze – Louie Scott
25. Girls Junior Kumite, Brown and Black Belt, Under 160cm, 5ft 3
Silver – Daisy Toone
26. Girls Junior Kumite, Brown and Black Belt, 160cm & Over, 5ft 3
Silver – Martha Selby
28B. Cadet Individual Kata, Black Belt, Nidan and Above
Bronze – Reegan Green
30. Male Cadet Kumite, Brown and Black belt
Gold – Max Threadwell
34. Male Senior Individual Kata, Brown and Black Belt
Bronze – Francis Karemo
36. Male Senior Kumite, Brown and Black Belt
Bronze – Francis Karemo
41. Veterans Individual Kata Men
Gold – Francis Karemo
Bronze – Mark Jarred
42. Veterans Individual Kumite Men
Silver – Francis Karemo
Bronze – Mark Jarred
46. Junior Girls Team Kumite
Gold – Martha Selby / Jasmine Sargeant/ Scarlett Stead (WKA)
Well done to all those who entered.
We will be holding our Individual & Pairs Kata Competition
on Sunday 16th April 2023
at
The Dojo Norwich, 6 Burton Road, NR6 6AX
Competition Entry Fee:
1 Event £15
Pairs Event £5/person
The events will be split by age and grade.
(Final category list to be announced once all entries have been received)
Click Here For Category List
There will be awards presented for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Competition is open to:
Juniors (6 – 13yrs)
Cadets (14 – 17yrs)
Adults (18+)
Entries close 11.30 pm 12/4/2023
Competition Start Times
Junior Red Belt 9th Kyu to Purple & White Belt 4th Kyu – 1.30pm
Junior Brown Belt 3rd Kyu & Above, Cadets & Adults (All Grades) – 3.00pm
Please arrive 15 minutes before the competition start time.
Submit You Entries Here
Junior Red Belt 9th Kyu to Yellow Belt 7th Kyu
Junior Green Belt 6th Kyu to Purple & White Belt 4th Kyu
Junior Brown Belt 3rd Kyu & Above
Cadet & Adult All Grades
If you have any questions about this competition, please call the ESKA Office on 01603 418751 or click here to email office@eska.co.uk
Free 1 Day TSKUK Members Course
On Sunday 23rd April 2023 the TSKUK will be holding
a Free 1 Day Course and Dan grading at:
Waterside Farm Leisure Centre, Somnes Avenue, Canvey Island SS8 9RA
Pre-booking and registration will be required to attend. Any gradings must be booked by 11.30pm Sunday 16 April 2023.
The course will be run by:
Sensei Alan Parrish 7th Dan
Sensei Jason Hitchings 6th Dan
Sensei Nathan Bond 5th Dan
Sensei Charlie Tarr 4th Dan
Sensei Mary Hitchings 4th Dan
Sensei Dave Lynskey 4th Dan
Sensei Mason Gill 3rd Dan
Times
Registration from 10.30am
Course 11.00am – 1.00pm
Shodan/Nidan Grading 1.30pm – 5.30pm
Sandan+ Grading – 6.00pm
(The Sandan+ Grading will be held at Westwood Karate Academy Honbu)
The classes will be split by age and grades
The course is FREE to all TSKUK members and each attending member will receive an Official TSKUK Grading Stamp.
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After the hugely success of the course in January 2023, ESKA proudly announces that we will be again hosting Sensei Iain Abernethy.
Course Details
UEA Sportspark, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ
Saturday 18th November 2023
1.00pm – 5.15pm
Due to the content and length of this course, it is only open for Brown Belt or Above, Aged 12 Years+.
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Sensei Iain Abernethy has been involved in martial arts since childhood. Iain holds the rank of 7th Dan with the British Combat Association (one of the world’s leading groups for close-quarter combat, self-protection and practical martial arts), the British Combat Karate Association, and the English Karate Federation.
One of the leading exponents of applied Karate, Iain has written several critically acclaimed books on the practical application of traditional martial arts. He is well known for his work on the pragmatic use of the techniques and concepts recorded in the traditional Kata. Iain’s seminars, books, DVDs and articles have proved very popular with those groups and individuals who wish to practise their arts as the pragmatic systems they were initially intended to be.
ESKA proudly announces that we will be hosting Sensei Scott Langley 7th Dan.
Course Details
The Dojo Norwich, 3 Burton Road, Norwich, NR6 6AX
Saturday 19th August 2023
White (10th Kyu) – Purple & White (4th Kyu) – 1.00pm – 2.30pm
Brown Belt (3rd Kyu) & Above Only– 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Dan Grades Only – 4.00pm – 5.00pm
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Scott Sensei is one of the youngest people ever to win the World Championships and has over 30 years experience practicing and teaching karate.
Scott has been practicing martial arts since the age of 5, however, he started his karate career properly in 1986 under the instruction of Howard Milson, a senior member of Kodokai and one of the very few 5th Dans in the UK at the time. Scott trained hard with Howard and Kato Sensei and gained Shodan in 1992. After travelling to Japan with Kato Sensei in 1993, Scott started university in Staffordshire and trained on a daily basis with him.
During this time he assisted Kato Sensei teaching around the UK and Europe. Scott also competed regularly; winning, both in kata and kumite, the National Championships five times, European Championships three times, and the 1996 JKA World Championships in Moscow. Building on this success, Scott travelled once more to Japan in 1997 and started to train full time at the JKA (Asai faction) Hombu dojo.
Under constant pressure from the instruction of Asai, Abe, Yahara, Kagawa, Isaka, Yamaguchi etc, Scott went from strength to strength and in 1998 was asked to enter the instructor’s course. Unfortunately, an injured knee prevented this, so after considerable rehabilitation, Scott, along with Yasuhisa Inada, entered the course in 2000 and became the first instructor’s course class of the newly formed Japan Karate Shotorenmei. Two intensive years later, Scott graduated from the course and became the fifth non-Japanese person ever to do so (JKA/JKS).
Feeling it was time to move on and encouraged by the Hombu dojo to develop JKS karate, Scott moved to Ireland. From 2002 until 2013 Scott was the Technical Director of the JKS GB & Ireland and the Chief Instructor of JKS Ireland’s Hombu Dojo. In that time the group grew from 4 clubs to 120 clubs, making it the biggest single style group in the British Isles. His own club also grew from the initial 8 members that showed up first night, to over 500 members and four full time instructors.
Scott is the best selling author of Karate Stupid and Karate Clever which tell much of Scott’s karate journey so far.
Scott trains daily at the dojo with the other Sensei and takes the Adult classes on Monday and Thursday nights. He spends most of his weekends travelling around Great Britain and Europe teaching at seminars. However he likes to surprise the kids every now and then so he might drop in on any class any time.
On Saturday 11th February, ESKA members competed at the WUKF British Open Karate Championships held in Crawley, England.
Here is a breakdown of the results:
Lena Gryczaniuk (11)
Bronze – Female – 13 Years – Team Rotational Shobu Sanbon
Lily Nudd (11)
Bronze – Female – 11-12 Years Shobu Nihon
Bronze – Female – 13 Years – Team Rotational Shobu Sanbon
Max Threadwell (19)
Bronze – Male – 18-20 Years Shobu Ippon
Bronze – Male – 18-20 Years Shobu Sanbon
ESKA proudly announces that we will be hosting Sensei Koji Ogata 5th Dan
Course Details
The Dojo Norwich, 3 Burton Road, Norwich. NR6 6AX
Monday 27th February 2023
All Grades (White-Black) – 6.15 pm – 7.15 pm
Brown Belt & Above Only– 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm
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Koji Ogata was born in Kyoto, Japan on 21 October 1968. He studied at Tokyo University. His Karate training began during his 2nd year of elementary school.
He has won the JKA All-Japan championships for Kumite on 2 occasions.
Other major successes include:
51st JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2008) – 3rd Place Kumite
10th Funakoshi Gichin Cup World Karate-do Championship Tournament (Sydney, 2006) – 1st Place Kumite
48th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2005) – 1st Place Kumite
9th Shoto World Cup Karate Championship Tournament (Tokyo, 2004) – 1st Place Kumite
47th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2004) – 3rd Place Kumite
46th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2003) – 1st Place Kumite
45th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2002) – 3rd Place Kumite
44th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2001) – 2nd Place Kumite
8th Shoto World Cup Karate Championship Tournament (Tokyo, 2000) – 3rd Place Kumite
7th Shoto World Cup Karate Championship Tournament (Paris, 1998) – 2nd Place Kumite
40th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1997) – 3rd Place Kumite
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