I would like to congratulate the following students that graded last week Wednesday 17th December.

These students are:

• • Colby Mills from 9th Kyu to 8th Kyu
  • Craig Mills from 9th Kyu to 8th Kyu
  • Jessica Reeves from 9th Kyu to 8th Kyu
  • Liam O’Reilly from 4th Kyu to 3th Kyu
  • Dean Hannah from 1st Kuy to Shodan

Dean is the first adult student that has gone from 9^th Kyu (White) belt all the way through to Shodan (1^st Black Belt) with JKS North Shore. This is a proud achievement for both Dean and JKS North Shore – WELL DONE DEAN. As you know you have just qualified as an apprentice to Karate and the real learning and understanding of karate starts now.

Hi All

Just a couple more training sesions and then you all head of for a fantastic well deserved break.But before you do that we still have a couple of dates. 

Dec 7^th with be a grading for those students that are ready to raise their level. 

These students will be.  

• Colby Mills 
• Craig Mills
• Hannah Lees-Baker
• Jessica Reeves
• Karen Reid
• Jamie Reid-Akehurt
• Alec Mutter (if available)
• Nilim Sarma
• Liam O'reilly
• Nick Krajancic

Please put in the hard work that is required to do this. And remember there is Saturday training at 8 am – 10 am to help achieve this. 

Dec 12Th - Dean is testing for Shodan at the Whenuapia DOJO, Please come support him

Dec 14^th will be final training for 2011, at this training we will have our yearly snacks and a bit of a party, we will also have our annual prize giving. 

Parents can you please provide a plate of snacks for each student. 

Price Giving 

• Best overall student
• Junior – 6 to 12 years old
  • Best junior
  • Most Improved Junior
•  Seniors 12 years old Plus
  • Best Senior
  • Most improved Senior

Please all make a effort to attend as you might just be the one to win a trophy.

 Returning to training in 2012

The club will re-open on Tuesday the 17^th January 2012, and with everybody rested

OSS

Sean Joseph

Hi All 

Just a update on a couple of events and the time table for the rest of the year.

Grading

We had a number of people test for the next level of grading. I am pleased to announce that we have a whole lot of new colour in the Dojo and was happy with the quality of the grading .The following people were successful and graded to the next level.

• Tyler Jones – 6^th graded to 5^th Kyu
• Dominic Lomax - 7^th graded to 6^th kyu
• Aoraki Siataga - 7^th graded to– 6^th Kyu ·
• Daniel Lawrence - 8^th graded to 7^th Kyu
• Georgia Reid-Akehurt - 8^th graded to 7^th Kyu ·
• Calvin Muir - 8^th graded to 7^th Kyu
• Angela liu – 9^th graded to 8^th Kyu 
• Evelyn Chen – 9^th Kyu graded to 8^th Kyu
• Mathew Quintal – 9^th kyu graded to 8^th kyu

Time table for Term 4

As most of you know the term four has started which means the term fees are due. Each of you would have received your Invoice if not please ask me and I will send it to you.

Dates to note for Term 4

Dec 7^th with be a grading for those students that are ready to raise their level.

Once again I will give you notice if I believe you are ready, Please put in the hard work that is required to do this. And remember there is Saturday training at 8 am – 10 am to help achieve this.

Dec 14^th will be final training for 2011, at this training we will have our yearly snacks and a bit of a party, we will also have our annual prize giving.

Prizes with be awarded for the following.

• Over all best student 
• Junior – 6 to 12 years old
  • Best junior
  • Most Improved Junior
• Seniors 12 years old Plus
  • Best Senior
  • Most improved Senior

Returning to training in 2012

The club will re-open on Tuesday the 17^th January 2012, and with everybody rested.

Oss

Sean Joseph
JKS North Shore Karate Club
0274489961
www.shotokan.net.nz

Hello all

As you know we are heading into a very busy month, and no it’s not all about the rugby!

Time table with Sensei Yamaguchi

Ø  Saturday 10^th September will be no training at the Browns Bay Club as I will be in Christchurch training with Sensei Yamaguchi. 

Ø  Sunday the 11^th September, Training with Sensei Yamaguchi in Christchurch

Ø  Wednesday the 14^th  September we will be training with the West Auckland Karate club at the Carmel College Gymnasium at 6:30 PM until 7:30 PM and Senior Belts (4^th Kyu up) will carry on until 8:00PM 

§  Carmel College Gymnasium 

§  108 Shakespeare Road 

§  Takapuna 

Ø  Saturday 17^th  September

§  9:00 Am Registration (please be there on time so we are ready to start at 10 am sharp)

§  10:00 Am – 12:00 Pm training with Sensei Yamagushi

§  12:00- 1:PM – Lunch ( Carmel College girls are providing drinks and snacks at a cost for fund)

§  1:00 Pm – 3PM Training with Sensei Yamaguchi

§  7:00 PM dinner with all Instructors TBA (at Own Cost)

Ø  Sunday 18^th September

§  9:00 Am Registration (please be there on time so we are ready to start at 10 am sharp)

§  10:00 Am – 12:00 Pm training with Sensei Yamagushi

§  12:00- 1:00 PM – Lunch Please provide your own, ( Carmel College girls are providing drinks and snacks at a cost for fund)

§  1:PM – 3PM Training with Sensei Yamaguchi

§  3: 00 Pm Onward – Black belt Grading

§  7 :00 Pm Dinner Invite open to all TBA ( at Own Cost)

Once again I would dearly like to see all students partake in this fantastic offer it is only $30 for all this world class training for all JKS Students

JKS karate and Gilrose Finance training Jacket

We have the new JKS Jackets available for purchase. Thanks to Gilrose Finance we have managed to reduce the pricing of the Jackets from $90 to $60.

Ø  Sizes are for kids

§  12

§  14

Ø  For Adults

§  Small

§  Medium

§  Large

§  Extra large

§  XXL

Please let me know if you would like to purchase one.

OSS

Sean Joseph

JKS North Shore Karate Club

Chief Instructor Sensei Katsunori Kanaya

It is great sadness that I inform you all that Kanaya Sensei has passed away with cancer a couple of days ago. Kanaya Sensei was a very good technical teacher of the fundamentals. Our thoughts and prays go to is wife, children and students in their time of loss.

Osu! Kanaya Sensei, I will cherish the memories of the times we spent together. 

A Bio On Sensei Kanaya

Hi all

Sharing the Club Updates

Pub Charity Tournament 

We had 5 students participate in the Pub Charity Tournament over the week end and did average winning one bronze medal.  

First up was Karen in the 40+ age group 10-6^th Kyu development Kata. Karen first kata did not go to well as nerves got the better of her. Her second Kata went much better but was not good enough to go through to the 2^nd round. Karen did not do any Kumite - Next time she will.

Mike was next up and in a massive group for 16yrs + group - It was the premium group with the current NZ champ in it. Mike did Bassadia which unfortunately he never completed and never progressed.

Mikes Kumite was in this same massive group and his 1^st draw was up against the NZ champ. Although Mike showed a spirited attack at times he lost his match. I think he was undone by Brendon’s speed and aggression, Things we need to work on. Mike got pulled through to a rep per charge and had a hard fought battle but finished second by 2 points in this match, this was the end of Mikes progression.  

Emio was up in his kata division Boys 10/11 yrs old 6 - 4^th Kyu. Although doing a impressive Heian Jondan he never progressed past the first round losing 2-1 It was close and as a biased coach I certainly thought he did the better kata. 

Emio put up a spirited fight but scoring was hard to come by, losing the fight by judges decision 2-1after a scoreless bout, No matter Emio we will work on your speed and clean scoring shots although I think you scored a couple that did not count. 

Jamie only participated Boys 9/10 9-6^th Kyu in kata and did a fine Heain Sandan lost against the eventual winner.  It was just a great challenge to get Jamie competing and I thought he did rather well picking up his kata to a different level. 

Alec was next up in the Boys 6/7 9-6^th Kyu. Alec did Heian Shodan for his first round but lost, he was pulled through on re-per charge and did His kata much better and won the bout - This was for 3^rd , Alec Won his  and JKS first medal, Well done Alec !

Alec Kumite went extremely well and won his first fight with 7 points. He found out how to score a sanbon with , and repeated it twice. I am not sure who was more surprised Alec or myself. In Alec second and 3^rd round he did not go to well and was a little over enthusiastic in trying to get points and was not able to get a clean scoring shot in. 

I will have photo’s up on the website this weekend.  

New Training Times from the 5th April 2011   

Tuesday the 5^th of April 2011 the new times will take into effect, these times are 

• Tuesday 6:00 pm -7:00 pm and advanced and extra ½ hour until 7:30 PM
• Wednesday 6:00 pm -7:00 pm and advanced and extra ½ hour until 7:30 PM
• Saturday 8:00 am – 10:00 am – Anybody can attend 

 JKS Tournament In Christchurch 

The Inaugural JKS national Champs will be going ahead.  The dates are 16^th and 17^th April 2011. The students Representing JKS North Shore will be, Luke Allen, Jamie Locke, James Smith, Liam O’Reilly and Mike Shaw. We wish them the best of luck and look forward to some good hard strong competition from the other clubs.  

If you still want to participate in this event you can please complete a form from the website and let me know to arrange transport and accommodation.  

New Event - Club Tournament 

We are going to have a Club Tournament every term, Focusing on one aspect every other term. This term will Be KATA. The Date will be Saturday 30^th April for the 1^st Tournament. I will have the entry forms ready for next week. It will be run over a 2 hr period between 8 and 10 am.  

Grading on April 2011   

Venue: - JKS North Shore Dojo Hall 

Date :- 26th and 27th April 2011 

Time :- Normal training times (5:30- 6:30Pm and 6:30 - 7:30 PM) 

Cost :- $30 Per student (All Fees must be paid up to date before grading Commences)  

I look forward to training with you in the next month

Osu

Sean Joseph

Wow what a busy month for JKS North shore. 

It all started off with Sensei Cooper and myself flying off to Aussie to attend a incredible 5 days of training with Sensei Yamagushi (6^th Dan, JKS Chief instructor). This was a very hard 5 days but incredibly rewarding. We covered of all the Junro kata’s, Tekki Ni-dan series and Bassai sho , Hangetsu and Kanku Sho.

We also ran through a variety of Kihon drills that are not a standard in the syllabus, lot of spinning, plenty of kick Mae-geri, Yoko-geri, Mawashi-geri, Ushiro-geri and ushiromawashi-geri. Plenty of punches, After all this we still managed to fit in a hour + of kumite drills.4 hours per day for 5 days was a huge challenge but well worth it.

I am looking forward to Sensei Yamagushi’s visit in September. This will be a massive treat for us and will take our knowledge to a different level.

Grading

We have had the following students successfully grade to the next level 

2^nd Kyu (2nd brown) - 1st  Kyu (3rd Brown)

•  Dean Hannah 
•   Jamie Locke

3rd Kyu (1^st brown) - 2^nd  Kyu (2nd Brown)  

•  James Smith

4th Kyu (purple) - 3rd Kyu (1st Brown)

• Luke Allen 

 5th Kyu (blue) to 4th Kyu (purple) 

• Emio Keene

7th Kyu (Orange) to 6th Kyu (Green)

• Luke Malony – Grimes
• Slavjan Androvich

• Laverne Robilliard

8th Kyu (Yellow) to 7th Kyu (Orange)

• Alec Mutter 
•  Karen Reid
• Jamie Reid Akhurst

9th Kyu (White) to 8th Kyu (Orange) 

•  Calvin Muir
• Jennifer Hall 
•  Alexey Simonov  

  Congratulations To all students 

  End Of year

  Last night was our last tra9ining for the year. We also had a little party and Christmas celebrations .

  A personal thanks to the following people that help me through the year. I do appreciate all the help you have giving me and the input into our club. Sensei’s Cooper, Trevor,  Damir, Dave, Jonathan, Jan and Sandra.

To all Students Of JKS North Shore Karate Club

 “ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year”

Rest for a month as we will be training hard  in 2011

 

 

 

 

Hello All 

As you all know we are drawing to the close of the year, but before we close of for the year the next 2 weeks are going to be rather busy. It starts with Sensei Cooper and me going to Australia on Friday morning to train with sixth dan Yamaguchi Sensei, the training schedule consists of 2 hours a day of Kihon and Kata and 2 Hours a day of Kumite. Hopefully will give a great report and photo’s when I get back.  Here is a link on Sensei Yamaguchi

This trip is also for preparation of inviting Sensei Yamaguchi to New Zealand in September 2011. 

On the Monday the 13^th Jamie and Dean are going to be tested for their 1^st Kyu at Sensei Coopers Dojo. These will be JKS North shore’s first students to reach this level. If you can please come support them – Good Luck guys, I know you have put in the hard work. Keep on practicing and you will be fine. 

On Tuesday 14th December 2010 we will be holding our own grading for the following students. 

• Calvin 
• Jennifer 
• Alexy
• Jamie Shaw 
• Jamie Reid Ackurst 
• Karin 
• Laverne
• Slavjan
• Tyler 
• Luke Maloney Grimes
• Emio 
•  Luke Allen
• James Smith 

Grading starts at 5:30 Pm - all students need to be there on time if they want to grade. We will carry on until everybody has completed the grading. – Please invite your parents to come watch. For more details click here

On Wednesday 15^Th we will be holding the final training session- This will include our belt presentation ceremony. There after we will have a couple of demonstration for all parents and then a closing ceremony for the years. The club will open again in the New Year on the 19^th January 2011

 Training Day with Kancho Kanazawa by Nick Krajancic

The training was at a small Dojo in New Lynn. Approximately 30 people turned up for the seminar- most of them black belts!

Hello Everybody

I am looking forward to summer coming as I am sure are all of you.  With summer on it way we will have longer daylight hours warmer weather and hopefully a bit of out door training.

In September we had a grading of students. All in all the grading was satisfactory.

4th Kyu (purple) - 3rd Kyu (1st Brown)

• Nick Krajancic

5th Kyu (blue) to 4th Kyu (purple)

• Liam O'Reilly
• Andrich Von Willige
• Elbe Luttig
• Nilim Sarma

6th Kyu (green) to 5th Kyu (blue)

·  Emio Keene

8th Kyu (Yellow) to 7th Kyu (Orange)

·  Luke Malony – Grimes

·  Daniel Porter

·  Tyler Jones

·  Slavjan Androvich

·  Laverne Robilliard

·  Zander Paulsen

 

9th Kyu (White) to 8th Kyu (Yellow)

·    Alec Mutter

·    Karen Reid

Congratulation to all students

Just in case you do not allready know I am planning to add on a extra class so we can deliver better training for each student

New training times from the 1st of October 2010 

Tuesday  

• Beginner and Junior students (White - Green Belts )  
  • 5:30PM to 6:30PM 
• Intermediate and Senior (Blue - Black belts)
  • 6:30PM to 7:30PM
• Senior and advanced classes
  • 7:30 - 8:00PM

Wednesday 

• Beginner and Junior students (White to Green Belts )

  • 5:30PM to 6:30PM
• Intermediate and Senior (Blue - Black belts)
  • 6:30PM to 7:30PM
• Senior and advanced classes
  • 7:30 - 8:00PM

Saturdays

• Advanced and Senior beltss 9:00am to 10:00am only when advised and only by invitation

Welcome to new members  

Welcome to Aidan who is a Junior black belt in JKA style  

Welcome to JKS North shore we hope you enjoy the club 

Hello all

Well believe it or not we are in the middle..  sorry end of August.

Well the cold morning trainings looks to be a thing of the past as its starting to get warmer as we head into spring. No more 3-4 deg Saturday morning training thinking your toes are going to fall off. You will also notice it will  take you less time to warm up the muscles, Giving us a little more time to do the very important training. Please take your time and view this link on warm up procedures and stretches to prevent pulling muscles.

Student	Kata	Kumite	Competition
Nilim Sarma	Gold	Silver	JKA And Shotokan Karate Championships
Liam O'Reilly		Bronze	JKA And Shotokan Karate Championships
Luke Maloney- Grimes	Bronze		JKA And Shotokan Karate Championships

Well Done to all that participated. We did well and represented JKS North Shore with pride. This competition was well suited to our club as it has a good development aspect to it. It is one we will diffenitly be participating in in the future. All though having said that some of you are going to have to do some push up for me.. You know who you are and you know why. :-)

For pictures of this event please click Here

Grading

We will be having a grading in September.  Please click here for the details

I will let the students know nearer the time if they are going to be invited to the grading. Not every body will be invited to grade. It all depends on How you train and what you learn while you train. So please work hard so I can invite you.

Welcome to new members  

Welcome to Jennifer .  

Well done, you have taken the first and hardest step, turning up and giving it a go!   

Welcome to JKS North shore we hope you enjoy the club 

Remeber if you introduce a new student you will get a free months training.

Hello Again

It feels like every other day we have something going on in the club If its not grading then it’s  competition’s.

Its been so busy I have hardly noticed that all of a sudden when we finished training it is pitch black.. What happened to the time?

What i do know is we have had some fantastic results over the last 3 weeks

Along with winning Four r Medals at the Counties Shotokan tournament, and winning Four Medals at the Auckland Kyu grade tournament we went and won 7 Medals at the Auckland Secondary schools tournament

Here is the total medal list for the year so far.

 

Student	Kata	Kumite	Competition
Emio Keene	Golds		Counties Shotokan
James Smith		Silver	Counties Shotokan
Mike Shaw		Bronze	Counties Shotokan
Nilim Sarma	Bronze		Counties Shotokan
Emio Keene	Silver	Silver	Auckland Kyu Grade open
James Smith		Bronze	Auckland Kyu Grade open
Liam O'Reilly		Bronze	Auckland Kyu Grade open
Shaney Barnard		Gold	Auckland Secondary Schools
Laverne Robillard	Bronze		Auckland Secondary Schools
Elbe Luttig	Silver	Silver	Auckland Secondary Schools
James Smith	Bronze	2 x Bronze	Auckland Secondary Schools

Well done to those that have won medals in the tournaments we have attended to date. Well as we know Karate is not all about the competitions or the medals. This is only a by product.

We also had a massive grading and i am very pleased to let you know we had 19 students grade to the next level

These students are

From 3^rd Kyu to 2^nd Kyu

• Dean Hannah
• Jamie Locke   

From 4^th Kyu to 3^rd Kyu

• Mike Shaw
•  James Smith  

From 5^th Kyu to 4^th Kyu

·         Chris Smith

·         Nick Krajancic

 

From 6^th Kyu to 5^th Kyu

·         Nilim Sarma

·         Elbe Luttig

·         Sarah Hannah

·         Liam O’Reilly

·         Anrich Von Willige

From 7^Th Kyu to 6^th Kyu

·         Emio Keene

From 9^th Kyu to 8^th Kyu

·         Luke Malony – Grimes

·         Daniel Porter

·         Jamie Reid – Ackhurts

·         Tyler Jones

·         Slavjan Androvich

·         Laverne Robilliard

Welcome to new members  

Welcome to Calvin, Jamie and a huge welcome back to Bruce.  

Well done, you have taken the first and hardest step, turning up and giving it a go!   

Welcome to JKS North shore we hope you enjoy the club 

Well another tournament completed and yet again JKS North Shore did admirably well by achieving 4 Medal placing’s,  We had six students attend the Auckland Kyu grade open tournament. Emio, Liam, Zander, Mike, Nilim and James all attend the tournament and did a fantastic job in representing JKS North Shore.

Kata 

1^st up was Mike, James and Nilim in the adult men’s division unfortunately all got knocked out in the first rounds. Although none of them achieved any wins in this division we still showed an improvement on our kata. Maybe it was too early for us but we need to look at the smaller things to start winning. Mike and James did Heian Jondan and Nilim did Heian Sandan. 

James had a second chance in the cadet division with a similar result but a much better executed Heian Jondan Kata. 

Emio was first Up for the Juniors and won Two of his three round with Heian sandan, The 3^rd Heian Sandan was unfortunately not at the same standard as the previous two but he managed to bag a silver for his efforts. 

Zander and Liam both unfortunately got knocked out in the first rounds of their bouts, but having to do this for the first time in a competition was fantastic. They both possibly deserved to go through to the next round but unfortunately did not get the nod from the judges.

Kumite

Mike and Nilim were the 1^st one’s to show off our fighting styles, Mike shot out to a good lead but unfortunately lost the fight in the last minute he lost 5-7 to the eventual winner of the competition.

Nilim showed a marked improvement in his fight and managed to score a point. Unfortunately he went down 1-2

James was up in the cadet category and made a good fight of it. Although losing the 1^st match, he managed to win the second in overtime to take out the Bronze. "James do not make things so hard for yourself next time! That Bronze could have been gold."

It was the first time Zander was put into the situation of fighting in a completion and man did he do well. In the first fight Zander unfortunately lost and did not score. His second fight was great. He managed to score 3 points and only lost by one. Better luck next time Zander.

Emio had the hardest day of all and the hardest rout to get through to the final.. His first fight started of sluggish until he worked out a combination that scored. His 1^st three fights all where cut short as he won them by the 8 point advantage mercy law. Scoring 4 x  nihon’s (2 pointers) in each fight. By the time the fourth or gold medal fight arrived he had scored 24 points and had 4 minutes plus fighting time under the belt. Hi opponent was a lot fresher as he had only 2 fights . Emio was a little tired at this stage and just did not have the energy to continue the fabulous run. He unfortunately lost this fight but only just, the final score was 0-1. Well done Emio.

Liam had a huge challenge in his 1^st fight, his opponent was very tall. Although the odds were stacked up against Liam certainly gave it his best. He only just lost the fight. On the repicharge Liam managed to win with two fantastic Sanbon’s (3 pointers) to the head. This was a great fight and the win  6-2 managed to pocket Liam a Bronze medal. Well done Liam

So far we have attended 2 tournaments and have managed to gain 8 Medals. Click here to see the medal table. To all the participants well done.

Our Next challenge’s - June is going to be incredibly busy

• Grading - 1^st up will be the club grading. I will let each of you know by the end of the week if i think you are ready to grade. Please work hard on your syllabus 
  • Venue: - JKS North Shore Dojo Hall 
  • Date :- 12th June 2010 
  • Time :- 8Am: - 2 Pm 
  • Cost :- $30 Per student (All Fees must be paid by the 1st April 2010 including all out standing fees) 

All students have to be there even if you are not grading. I will need you for Kumite. Make sure you bring your Mouth Guard, Groin Protectors, Sparring Mitts, Clean Gi, and a positive attitude. 

• Auckland Secondary Schools karate Championship 
  • When: Sunday 13th June 2010, 12pm start 
  • Where: Rangitoto College School Gym, 564 East Coast Road, Mairangi Bay 

All students that want to attend this tournament please complete the forms and get it signed by your principle. Closing date is the 7^th June Click here for details

• Central North Island Open Champs 
  • Sunday 27th June 2010 
  • HAMILTON 
  • Venue  - Waikato Table Tennis Stadium. 
  • Edgecumbe Park, Edgecumbe St. (corner of Edgecumbe St. and Victoria Street) 

 Closing date is the 16^Th June Click here for Details 

I am sure we can put a fantastic team together to go challenge the at these tournaments

Please let me know if you want to attend any of the above.