University of Kent Karate Club: 01/04/2010

28 Apr 2010

Art of Movement Kata Competition!

On the 17th of April, three members of our Karate Club (Fatma, Deniz and Mohammad) went to the Art of Movement Kata Competition, organised by the University of London Karate Club. During the competition, our club members achieved great success by Mohammad winning a Silver medal in the senior category and Fatma winning the Gold and Deniz winning the Bronze medal in the Novice category. Well done guys!

2 Apr 2010

End of Term Grading, March 2010

This year's second grading took place on 31st of March, 2010. It was an intense and advanced level grading that went on for 3 hours. Despite the level of the grading, everyone successfully got graded up a belt.

Congratulations to all!!

Colours Ball Success!!!

The Colours Ball

The Colours Sports Award Ball is an annual dinner and award ceremony that celebrates the achievements and successes of the clubs and individuals within the Sports Federation.

This year the Colours Ball took place on 27th March, 2010. It was a beautiful night and a great success for the University of Kent Karate Club. Out of the 6 most important awards, the Karate Club managed to get 2 of them.

These awards were:

Sportsman of the Year Award won by our successful senior member Mohammad Reza.

Outstanding Individual Award won by another successful senior member from University of Kent at Medway, Kimberly Hughes.

This was not the end though!

There were further awards to recognise other achievements of the individuals, and the UKC Karate Club got two more:

1. Our president Deniz Kayimbasioglu has won the Green Award, which is awarded to individuals who show at least:

Two (2) years of administrative service to the club
Performed above the call of their elected role
Made an outstanding difference through their actions for the club
Give examples of how they have developed their club.

2. Mohammad Reza has won the Blue Award, which is awarded to the individual who has represented:

At a National level that is comparable to the English standard of that Sport
In the same season as is being nominated, respective of the sport they play
At a senior level, not at novice or intermediate levels.

This really is a great achievement for the Karate Club.

Congratulations to everyone!!

What we do.

The University of Kent Karate Club is situated in Canterbury and is very well established; we’ve been around longer than any other martial arts club on campus with a long history of success at the national university championships. The teaching is generally fairly relaxed but disciplined, the teachers all very approachable. We also have a varied curriculum and full weekly training schedule.

Karate is a traditional Japanese martial art; literally meaning ‘empty hand’ it was first created as unarmed defence against armed opponents. It uses powerful strikes designed to disable and incapacitate potential antagonists and as such is a practical skill to know. It provides both mental and physical conditioning, keeps you fit and works to teach useful self-defence.

We are a multi-discipline club, although we’re based in dentokan shorin ryu style karate we have a number of senseis trained in various styles. Beginners are welcome at any point in the year however it’s advisable to join closer to the beginning of a term to benefit the most.

We grade twice over the year towards the end of each term to recognise improvement made and to add a bit more variety we also frequently hold lessons dedicated to ju-jitsu style self defence and basic weapons training.

We cater for competitive members, we normally enter the annual ‘BUCS’ university competition, and this year we hope to get involved in a few more. Our social calendar is usually packed full of exciting events and this year is set to be no different.

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28 Apr 2010

Art of Movement Kata Competition!

2 Apr 2010

End of Term Grading, March 2010

Colours Ball Success!!!

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