News
Happy Christmas
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! At the next Association meeting on 22nd January the calendar for 2012 will be compiled and added to the website.
Grading Book
Due to the increased printing expense of the licence/grading book, the cost will unfortunately increase to £7.50 from 1st January. The licence fee will remain unaltered.
Dan Grading
Congratulations to Scott Mitchell of Kidderminster Sankukai Karate Club on gaining his 2nd dan black belt.
Weapons Course
The next course will be a weapons course covering Bo and Tonfa. It will be 20th November, 10am - 1pm at Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer DY14 8PE. For those without their own weapons there will be ones to borrow or purchase on the day.
New Dan Grades
Congratulations to Kevin McMahon formerly of Milton Keynes Sankukai Club, now running a Sankukai Dojo in New Zealand who has been recognised as 3rd dan by the BSKA. Well done to all those who passed their brown belts on Guernsey on 16th October and congratulations to Andy Mauger and Tom Robilliard on gaining their 1st dans.
Sensei Tsukada Course
We had another successful course with Sensei Tsukada this year. The Friday session started some deflection/counter pairwork, then covered Gojushiho and Jion. Saturday concentrated on Jion in greater depth along with bunkai. Saturday night was a chance to get together for an enjoyable evening with a few drinks and a meal in Worcester. The Sunday session, hosted by Slater Williams firstly covered Heiwa/Heian bunkai then Jitte and bunkai. Over the weekend I gained a lot of knowledge along with plenty of lumps and bruises! Everyone else also seemed to have learned a lot and had an enjoyable course. Thanks for all those who attended for supporting us and thanks specially to Sensei Tsukada for coming over to England and giving us a great weekend. - Calvin
Grading
Well done to all those that passed their brown belt grading on the 2nd October and congratulations to Jacob Tennant on gaining his 1st dan black belt.
Sensei Tsukada Course - correction
Those using sat nav to find the venues please note. There was an error in the course details that have been sent out. The postcode for Energie Fitness Club (the Sunday venue) is B98 0LJ.
Course Reminder
There is a 5th kyu and above course on Sunday 18th September at The Samurai Centre, Kidderminster 10.00am - 1.00pm . Although the course will be of particular benefit to those taking their brown belt or 1st dan on the 2nd October grading it will also be of interest to any students of 5th kyu or above. Also note that there will be a BSKA meeting following the grading at 12.30.
Sensei Tsukada Course
The venues and training times have now been finalised for this years Sensei Tsukada course. The Friday session will be hosted by Calvin Collins at his Kidderminster club, the Saturday session hosted by John Nelson at his Cleobury club and the Sunday session hosted by Slater Williams of the JKI at his Redditch Shotokan Dojo.
Friday 7th October Samurai Centre, Lisle Avenue, Kidderminster DY11 7DE. 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Saturday 8th October Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE. 10.00am - 11.00am under 13yrs session, 11.30am - 3.00pm main session.
Sunday 9th October Energie Fitness Club, Batterns Drive, Redditch B98 0LJ. 12.00am - 4.00pm
One day: Adults £25 Juniors £15, Weekend: Adults £40 Juniors £25, Under 13yrs session £10
We will be going out for a meal after training on Friday in Kidderminster and Saturday night in Worcester. Let Calvin know if you'll be coming along. For more course details contact Calvin, John or Slater.
Guernsey Course
Calvin Collins will be teaching on a weekend course on Guernsey 14th - 16th October for more details contact Guernsey Club Instructor Mick White or Calvin Collins.
South Wales Course
John Nelson will be teaching a one day course on 11th September for the Sankukai group in South Wales headed by Kellie Hood. More details will be added to the calendar page soon. For further information contact John or Kellie.
Meeting
There is a BSKA meeting on Sunday 21st August , 10.00am at the Samurai Centre, Lisle Avenue, Kidderminster
Calendar Update
ALL GRADE COURSE There will be an all grade course on 17th July at Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer. 10.00am - 2.00pm. Adults £10 Juniors £7.50.
GLASGOW COURSE Calvin Collins will be teaching a one day course in Glasgow, hosted by Duncan Stewart on Sat 11th June. For more details contact Calvin or Duncan.
Weapons Course
The weapons course on Sunday April 10th will be nunchaku, instuctor John Nelson. The course will cover basic technique and pairwork followed by Nunchaku Kata Shinken Taira. The venue is Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, 10am - 1pm. For those without thier own nunchaku, there will be ones to borrow or purchase on the day.
AGM Report
At the 2011 AGM all the BSKA executive and committee posts were up for election. All members were re-elected to thier posts except for Steve Best who was not standing for re-election as he is moving to France. The new committee member is Steve Pugh. We thank Steve Best for his support of the association and wish him all the best for his new life in France. We would also like to welcome Steve Pugh on board.
Brown & Black Belt Grading
Well done to all those who passed thier brown belt gradings last Sunday and congratulations to Joe Smith on passing his 1st dan black belt.
AGM and Brown & Black Belt Grading
This year's AGM will be on 27th March, 12.30pm at Samurai, Kidderminster. Before the AGM there will be a brown and black belt grading starting at 10.00am. Any BSKA member is welcome to attend the AGM.
Kata Course
Calvin Collins will be teaching a one day kata course on Sunday 20th March at Danderhall, Edinburgh. Training times 11.00am - 2,00pm. For further information contact Calvin or George Payne.
Course Reminder
A reminder that there is a 5th kyu and above course on Sunday 13th March at The Samurai Centre, Lisle Avenue, Kidderminster, DY11 7DE. Training times: 10.00am - 1.00pm.
Calendar Update
This year's Sensei Tsukada course dates have now been set for 7th - 9th October with the Friday session hosted by Calvin Collins at Kidderminster, the Saturday session hosted by John Nelson at Cleobury Mortimer and the Sunday session hosted by Slater Williams at Redditch. More details will be given as soon as they are finalised.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to everyone. We will be having a BSKA meeting on Sunday 16th January, 10.00am at Samurai, Lisle Avenue. One of the items to be discussed at the meeting will be this year's calendar. As soon as this is sorted out the 2011 Calendar will be added to the website. (although there may be additions and updates added during the year)
Weapons Course
The next weapons course will be on December 5th December, 11.00 am - 2.00pm at Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE. The course will cover Tenryu no kon (Bo kata) and bo and tonfa randori no kata. For those who don't have their own bo staffs and tonfa there will be weapons that can be borrowed on the day.
Sensei Tsukada Course
The Sensei Tsukada course was a great success this year, although it didn't get off to a good start. Due to bad fog and a light aricraft crash at Birmingham Airport, the airport was closed and Sensei Tsukada's plane redirected to Manchester. By the time we had got back to Kidderminster it was too late for the training session. Saturday's session hosted by John at Cleobury was well attended and the day concentrated on kata Paiku. Saturday night was an evening for a few drinks and a meal at the Angel Chef Chinese restaurant in Worcester. Sunday's session was hosted by Sensei Slater Williams of the JKI association. The day's training was very enjoyable and something new for the majority of Shotokan karateka attending. The kata for the day was Kururunfa with much of the bunkai ending in some very interesting (and painful!) groundwork techniques. Thanks to all those who attended this year's course. Thanks to Slater and his club for making us feel welcome (specially the tea and biscuits!) and a special thanks to Aleksander and Katarina who travelled all the way from Slovenia for the course............. And finally a big thank you to Sensei Tsukada.
Sensei Tsukada Course
This year’s Sensei Tsukada course will be hosted by:
Calvin Collins’ club on Friday 19th November at The Samurai Centre, Lisle Avenue, Kidderminster, DY11 7DE. 7.30pm – 9.30pm
John Nelson’s club on Saturday 20th November at Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE. 11.00am – 3.00pm
Slater Williams’ club on Sunday 21st November at Windmill Community Centre, Ryegrass Lane, Redditch, B97 5YE. 11.00am – 3.00pm
1 day – adult £25, junior £15. Weekend – adult £40, junior £25.For more information contact Calvin at calvin.collins@homecall.co.uk
Brown & Black Belt Grading
Well done to those who passed their brown belt gradings last Sunday (Sept. 26th) and congratulations to Mark Hawkley on gaining his 1st dan black belt.
5th Kyu & Above Course
This is a reminder that there is a 5th kyu and above course on 12th September at the Samurai Centre, Kidderminster.Training times - 10am - 1pm.
Sensei Tsukada Course
This year's Sensei Tsukada course will be 19th -21st November. (note - this is three weeks later the originally stated on our calendar) As soon as we have confirmed the venues, full details will be given.
Changes to Kidderminster and Kinver Sankukai Karate Clubs.
From July 5th Kidderminster Sankukai Karate Club training times will be:
Mondays -- 9.00pm - 10.00pm -- Open session (no formal class)
Wednesdays -- 7.30pm - 8.30pm -- Lesson
Wednesdays -- 8.30pm - 10.00pm -- Open session
Thursdays -- 5.20pm - 6.20pm -- Open session
On Wednesdays the dojo will be open from 7pm - 10pm. In open sessions you are free to come and do your own training. There will be others there for you to practice partner work and higher grades to give you tuition if you want it. The sessions are informal and you can come and go at whatever times suit you.
Kinver Sankukai Club will be closing. The final session will be Thursday 1st July.
Links in Africa
It's good to see that Sankukai is continuing to grow around the World. Calvin Collins is regularly in contact to give support and advice to Professor Sie Kam of Ouagadougou University in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Sensei Kam is currently building up his 'Djuru Club De Sankukai' and we wish him and his students all the best.
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Multi Discipline Course
This years multi discipline course will be Sunday 4th July, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, 11.00am - 4.00pm. The sessions will be as follows:
Padwork and Skipping Workshop with Calvin Collins 5th dan. Calvin is a fully qualified FEKO Coach and is Chief Instructor to the BSKA. He has run 'Skipfit' skipping classes in a number of health clubs & gyms. He regularly trains with former world champion boxer Cornelius Carr.
Judo - An introduction to Judo with Ian Mills 4th dan. Ian is a fully qualified BJA Coach and has competed at the highest level. He has fought throughout Europe gaining many medals. He is a World Veterans Open Weight Championship Bronze Medallist.
Karate - Close Range Combat with Simon Stone 4th dan. Simon is a fully qualified FEKO Coach and is Assistant Chief Instructor to the BSKA. He has a wide range of experience, training with many World class martial artists. Those karateka used to longer range and competition karate will experience something very different!
Knife Defence with John Nelson 4th dan. John is a fully qualified FEKO Coach. He has thirty five years experience in karate and traditional weaponary and armed and unarmed self protection. The session will be knife defence and will include Randori Tanto-No-Kata
Those attending are advised to bring a gi and also clothing such as a t-shirt and trackie bottoms or shorts. Also a pair of trainers or running shoes for the skipping session. There will be bag gloves and pads provided. Skipping ropes will be available to borrow or purchase. For more info contact Calvin on calvin.collins@homecall.co.uk
Weapons course
The weapons course this Sunday (May 9th) will be escrima and kubotan . There will be escrima sticks and kubotans available to borrow and to purchase on the day. As this is not a traditional karate weapon course gis are optional. Tshirts and loose fitting trousers may be worn instead.
Randori Course
Gordon Hogg is running a one day Randori Course on April 17th, 10am - 3pm at Wribbenhall Parish Rooms. £15 adults, £7.50 juniors. For more details go to www.s-v-k.co.uk events page.
Grading
Well done to the students who passed their brown belt gradings on March 21st. Congratulations to Kelvin Thompson on gaining his 1st dan black belt.
Sensei Nanbu 1966
If you go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVwWkgc_TuE You will find a piece of old British Movietone film titled 'Hirro Mochizuki Karate in the'60s' . The second half of the video is the famous fight between Sensei Nanbu and Patrick Baroux that was immortalised on the cover of Henri Plee's book ' Karate - Beginner to Black Belt'
Old Sankukai Film Footage
If you go to Sensei Tsukada's website via our links page you can find film footage of Sensei Nanbu and Sensei Tsukada demonstrating Sankukai back in 1975.You'll see that they perform Sankukai Sanbon Shodan and Randori Yondan. (Sensei Tsukada is the one getting hit!). The site is in French, just click on 'Bienvenue' and then 'Souvenirs' and you'll find it. Thanks for the footage has to go to Alan Carruthers and Sid Wise of East Midlands Sankukai who supplied the film from their archives.
Course
Just a reminder that the 5th kyu and above course is this Sunday (7th March) at the Samurai, Kidderminster 10am - 1pm.
Calendar
This year's calender has now been drawn up and can be viewed by clicking the button above. Other events will be added through the year. The A.G.M. will be held on 21st March at 12.30 at The Samurai Centre, Kidderminster. All B.S.K.A. members are welcome to attend.
Pat McCarthy course
There is a course by the renowned Karate authority Sensei Patrick McCarthy in Rome on the 22nd and 23rd May. Anyone interested can get more info at www.karatewado.blogspot.com .
New Videos
The Video section of the site has now been updated to include 18 new videos. Any feedback can be given via the guestbook.
Weapons Course Venue Change
The Location of the weapons course on Sunday 06/12/09 has been changed to Samurai Dojo, Lisle Ave. Kidderminster. All other details remain the same. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.
Weapons Course
There will be a weapons course on December 6th at Gilt Edge Social Club, Zortech Avenue, Stourport, DY11 7DY.
It will be 10am - 1pm and cost £10 adults, £7.50 juniors. The Instructor will be Calvin Collins and the weapons covered on the day will be Bo staff and Tonfa. If you haven't got you own weapons there will be ones to borrow on the day.
Sensei Tsukada Course
The Sensei Tsukada course was a great success. The weekend concentrated on Kosokun Sho, Kosokun Dai and Shiho Kosokun. The Saturday was very well attended thanks to the newly joined BSKA members from Stourbridge ESKO Sankukai clubs. Thanks also to Dennis Robinson and members of East Midlands Sankukai and F.S.K.A. (Scotland Sankukai) who travelled down for the course.
Brown and Black Belt Grading
Well done to all those who passed their grading last Sunday (October 18th) and congratulations to Simon Langford from Kinver Sankukai Club on gaining his 1st dan black belt.
Sensei Tsukada Course
This year's Sensei Tsukada course will take place on Friday 30th October - Sunday 1st November. Friday training will be at Samurai, Lisle Ave. Kidderminster 7.30pm - 9.30pm. Saturday & Sunday training will be at Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer 11.00am - 3.00pm. Training fee: One day - adults £25, juniors £15 Weekend - adults £40, juniors £25
Changes to Calendar
The brown and black belt grading due to take place on the 20th September will now take place on 18th October. The grading will still be at Samurai, Kidderminster starting at 10.00am. The BSKA meeting will now start at 12.30
In the next few days full details of the Sensei Tsukada course will be finalised. Keep an eye on this page!
4th kyu & above course
The 4th kyu & above course on 6th September will be at the Kidderminster dojo, Lisle Ave. The instructor will be Calvin Collins. This course is strongly recommended to (but not exclusively for) those taking the brown & black belt grading on the 20th September.
Congratulations
Congratulations to George Payne, Chief Instructor to the Federation Sankukai Karate-do Scotland who has just been awarded his 5th dan. Well done George!
New BSKA Clubs
Gary Painting's Sankukai Clubs in Kingswinford and Wollaston have now affiliated to The British Sankukai Karate Association. Welcome to Gary and his students. Club details will soon be added to the contacts page.
Multi Discipline Course
The Multi discipline course was a great sucess. All the feed back we have had has been very positive and it was well attended. If anyone is interested in further training in any of the days activities let us know and we will either arrange a course or put you in contact with the relevent club. Check the gallery over the next few days. We'll be putting course photos on it.
Multi Discipline Course
This years multi discipline course will be Sunday 28th June, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, 11.00am -4.00pm.The sessions will be as follows:
Boxing- Technique and Padwork with Cornelius Carr. Cornelius is a fully qualified personal trainer. As a professional boxer he was British Super Middleweight Champion and WBF World Middleweight Champion. He has fought fighters such as Dingaan Thobela and Steve Collins and has been sparing partner to Chris Eubank and the great Roy Jones. Check out Cornelius' website through our links page.
Judo - An introduction to Judo with Ian Mills 4th dan. Ian is a fully qualified BJA Coach and has competed at the highest level. He has fought throughout Europe gaining many medals. He is a World Veterans Open Weight Championship Bronze Medallist.
Karate - Close Range Combat with Calvin Collins 5th dan. Calvin is a fully qualified FEKO Coach and is Chief Instructor to the BSKA. He has a wide range of experience, training with many World class martial artists. Those karateka used to longer range and competition karate will experience something very different!
Weaponary -Escrima and Kubotan with John Nelson 4th dan. John is a fully qualified FEKO Coach. He has thirty five years experience in karate and traditional weaponary and armed and unarmed self protection. Those who attended the recent weapons course know how effective (and painfull!) the kubotan can be.
Those attending are advised to bring a gi and also clothing such as a t-shirt and trackie bottoms or shorts. Weapons can be borrowed or purchased on the day for those without their own. There will also be bag gloves and pads provided. For more info contact Calvin on calvin.collins@homecall.co.uk
Weapons Course
The weapons course on 17th May will be nunchaku and kubotan. The instructor will be John Nelson. For those without their own weapons there will be nunchaku and kubotan available on the day both to borrow and to purchase.
Videos
The Videos section of the website is now online with our first round of videos. Click the "Videos" button and choose the video you want from the drop down menus. Any feedback can be given via the guestbook.
Grading
Well done to those who passed their brown belt gradings on Sunday (March 29th) and congratulations to Tom Lench for attaining his 1st dan black belt.
Seminar
Gordon Hogg is running an Edged Weapon Awareness Course at his Dojo in Wribbenhall on Saturday 14th March. For any more information contact Gordon.
New Zealand Member!
Kev McMahon, formally of Milton Keynes Sankukai Karate Club moved out to New Zealand last year and has now set up a Sankukai club down under. This club will be an overseas associate member of the B.S.K.A. (details will be added to the club contacts page soon). We wish Kev all the best with his new club.
Old Sankukai Film Footage
If you go to Sensei Tsukada's website via our links page you can find film footage of Sensei Nanbu and Sensei Tsukada demonstrating Sankukai back in 1975.You'll see that they perform Sankukai Sanbon Shodan and Randori Yondan. (Sensei Tsukada is the one getting hit!). The site is in French, just click on 'Bienvenue' and then 'Souvenirs' and you'll find it. Thanks for the footage has to go to Alan Carruthers and Sid Wise of East Midlands Sankukai who supplied the film from their archives.
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