University of Kent Karate Club

6 Dec 2010

Grading and Christmas Meal

Yes, it is that time of the year!

The first grading of the year will take place on Friday 10th December. The place is not confirmed yet but it is most likely to be in the Dance Studio at the Sports Centre from 6.30 to 9.30pm. In the first hour or so we will train as usual; in the next half everyone will be called up to perform their katas. At the end everyone will be told whether they have passed the grading or not and we will proceed with giving the successful students their shiny new belts!

To celebrate this, we will be having our Christmas meal the next day, on Saturday 11th December at the Century (the Chinese restaurant on Upper Bridge Street, just around the corner of Odeon) at 8pm. We have booked a table for 15-20 people but you need to let Maddie (md304@kent.ac.uk) know if you are attending so we can make sure that we have space for everyone.

Good luck to everyone who will be grading! And remember: DO NOT BE LATE TO THE GRADING OTHERWISE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GRADE!

9 Oct 2010

Charity Self Defence Course: Sunday 10th October

We are holding a CHARITY SELF DEFENCE COURSE as the University of Kent Karate Club:

COME JOIN US IN THIS CHARITY EVENT AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN WAYS OF PROTECTING YOURSELF!

ALL PROFIT will be donated to CANCER RESEARCH UK.

The course will be open to EVERYONE.

The details are as follows:

Date: Sunday, 10th October
Time: 4-7pm
Location: Eliot College Main Hall
Ticket Price: £5

For more info: email ukckarate@hotmail.co.uk

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, INVITE YOUR FRIENDS; THIS IS ALL FOR CHARITY!

8 Oct 2010

Karate Training Tonight, Friday 8th October

Due to the Main Hall being used for university open day, our training session today from 6pm to 8pm will take place in the squash courts at the Sports Centre (you go in as usual, but instead of turning left towards the Main Hall, you turn right and go through the door). Due to the numbers and the size of the squash courts, we have booked 2 courts. The advanced session (for people who have higher grades) will take place in Squash Court No. 1 and the beginners session will take place in Squash Court No. 3.

Please also note that, again due to the university open day, there won't be any training session on Saturday.

Hope to see you all tonight!

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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