January Open Course 30th/31st January
16/01/2010
Happy New Year! A new year and a new set of upcoming courses (see the Diary page for more dates). The first course this year will be at the end of this month, taught by Mike Narey on the Saturday the 30th from 14:00 til 17:00 and Sunday the 31st from 10:00 til 13:00.
The course is open to students of all grades and associations, if you're planning on visiting from a different association could you drop us a quick email at contact@templegatedojo.org.uk so we have an idea of numbers.
Cost for the weekend will be £20. Directions to the dojo can be found here. If you have any questions just drop us an email at the contact address.
Let's try to start the years training as we mean to go on; come along to take part in what is sure to be another great course, I hope to see you there!
The course is open to students of all grades and associations, if you're planning on visiting from a different association could you drop us a quick email at contact@templegatedojo.org.uk so we have an idea of numbers.
Cost for the weekend will be £20. Directions to the dojo can be found here. If you have any questions just drop us an email at the contact address.
Let's try to start the years training as we mean to go on; come along to take part in what is sure to be another great course, I hope to see you there!
Winter Course 05/12/2009
07/12/2009
Just a quick thank you to everyone who attended this weekends winter Course.
As always its a pleasure to see so many friends gathered together to celebrate the excellent year that we have enjoyed.
Also great to see some new faces alongside the veterans. I hope the inclusion of the 6th kyu gradings made the day even better!
Congratulations to all the successful graders who were;
Thanks to Mike Narey for another excellent course - have a great christmas everyone and do try and make the Open course at the end of January.
As always its a pleasure to see so many friends gathered together to celebrate the excellent year that we have enjoyed.
Also great to see some new faces alongside the veterans. I hope the inclusion of the 6th kyu gradings made the day even better!
Congratulations to all the successful graders who were;
| Grading Results (December 2009) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Grade | |
| Cat Brookes-Papastavio | 6th Kyu | |
| Alex Smith | 6th Kyu | |
| Jackie Harper | 6th Kyu | |
| Pruette Coles | 6th Kyu | |
| Penny Edwards | 6th Kyu | |
| Rab Monaghan | 6th Kyu | |
| Colin Cushion | 6th Kyu | |
| Andy Smailes | 6th Kyu | |
| Ziggy Kowalski | 6th Kyu | |
| Matt Perry | 6th Kyu | |
| Keith Saunders | 6th Kyu | |
| James Wight | 6th Kyu | |
Thanks to Mike Narey for another excellent course - have a great christmas everyone and do try and make the Open course at the end of January.
Grading Results 17th/18th October
18/11/2009
On 17th/18th October 2009 the following people successfully graded.
Congratulations to all those who graded! Thanks go to the panel for running the grading side of things, to Daren for taking a very enjoyable course on both days and of course to everyone who came along to be part of the day both on the mat training and off the mat preparing and assisting in making the days run smoothly. As always; please give any feedback you have via the forum, if you think things need to be looked at differently or could be improved upon we are always interested to hear.
Don't forget the one day course on the 5th December 14:00-17:00. There will the usual social side after; getting some food and going for a drink in the evening.
| Grading Results (October 2009) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Grade | |
| Karl Durrant | 2nd Kyu | |
| Stefanie Otto | 2nd Kyu | |
| Laurence Browning | 3rd Kyu | |
| Simon Clarke | 3rd Kyu | |
| David Fry | 3rd Kyu | |
| Dale Harris | 3rd Kyu | |
| Andrew Harrison | 3rd Kyu | |
| Lee Howells | 3rd Kyu | |
| Morgan Kidd | 3rd Kyu | |
| Ken King | 3rd Kyu | |
| Chye Lim | 3rd Kyu | |
| Stuart Turner | 3rd Kyu | |
| Geoff Bucknall | 4th Kyu | |
| Gary Dark | 4th Kyu | |
| Patricia Kangiesser | 4th Kyu | |
| Mikiko Lovering | 4th Kyu | |
| Nadim Narimani | 4th Kyu | |
| Patrick Saunders | 1st Scroll (weapons) | |
| Karl Durrant | 2nd Scroll (weapons) | |
| Andrew Harrison | 2nd Scroll (weapons) | |
Congratulations to all those who graded! Thanks go to the panel for running the grading side of things, to Daren for taking a very enjoyable course on both days and of course to everyone who came along to be part of the day both on the mat training and off the mat preparing and assisting in making the days run smoothly. As always; please give any feedback you have via the forum, if you think things need to be looked at differently or could be improved upon we are always interested to hear.
Don't forget the one day course on the 5th December 14:00-17:00. There will the usual social side after; getting some food and going for a drink in the evening.