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.

We at the end of May allready and wow how busy has it been

Counties shotokan tournament

On the 22^nd may we entered 5 students into our 1^st tournament of the year Emio, Jamie, James, Nilim, Nick and Mike.

Kata

Emio was up first with his kata and did a fantastic Heian Sandan witch pocketed him a Gold medal. Well-done Emio the hard work you have been putting in has certainly paid off.

Jamie was next up, He unfortunately did not place in the medal standings but did Heian Jondan that would of won most tournaments but we should of rethought this and practices more on the Shite kata’s Don’t worry Jamie next time will be better as we will have the correct kata for you. Jamie place 5^th with a junior Kata, - Good effort

James run through Heian Jondan but unfortunately was not successful, he stumbled a little. I think a little more training on the higher kata’s will be required for James.

Nilim and Nick where the next two to go. Nilim did a fantastic Heian Sandan earning a tie for 2^nd, He had to do another Kata to break the tie. Unfortunately Nilim went and forgot Heian Nidan but did manage to get the bronze medal – Well done Nilim

Mike has being training with JKS for three weeks he did Heian Sandan and was up against brown belts doing more advanced kata. He got a 4^th equal placing, just outside the medals.

Kumite

Both Jamie and Emio fought admirably but unfortunately just out classed and never made it to the 2^nd round .

James managed to go through to the final round buy winning two rounds but lost out 1-2 in the final round. James won silver

Nilim and Nick both won there 1^st round. Nick won his first round with in 10 sec, Hi second fight also only lasted about 10secounds when he unfortunately made to much contact was disqualified. Nilim on his 2^nd round was not the same fighter as he had shown in round one.

Mike quickly won his 1^st round with a mawashi to the head, the fight was over in 5 seconds. His 2^nd round was also a quick affair with his opponent scoring 2 punches in quick succession. Mike however went to the 3-4 play off which he one in a split second with a attack that the opponent did not see and won the bout

Our Medal total was

1 x Gold Emio for Kata

1 x Bronze for Nilim – Kata

1 x Silver for James – Kumite

1 x bronze for Mike - Kumite

Well done to all of the competitors you certainly do make the training worth while.

Up coming events On Sunday 30^th May we have the Auckland Kyu Grade tournaments  All entries are closed now.

The students competing are James, Emio, Nilim, Zander and Mike. We wish you the best of luck. It would be great for some supporters from the club.

Auckland Secondary School - 13 June 2010  

Central North Island Open Championships, Hamilton - 27th June 2010

Auckland Open - 22nd August 2010

Grading

We have a number of students ready for their next test

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 6th June 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.

Please train hard and know your Kata and syllabus.

 Click Here to find out what you need to know

Welcome to new members  

Welcome to Alex, Karen, Slavjan.  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 

Hello all

The students are

Grading to 7th Kyu (orange)

• Emio Keane
• Hazel Dillion
• Richard Jenkins

Grading to 6th Kyu ( Green)

• Nilim Sarama
• Elbe Luttig

Tournaments

In May we have two tournaments , Please let me know if you would like to attend

Counties Shotokan - 22nd May 2010

Auckland Regional Kyu Grade - 30Th May 2010 

Both tournaments are for the development of the Karateka.

Our 1st Grading for 2010 was undertaken this last week end.

Once again a very well attended event from the JKS club.

The following students attempted to Take there next level of qualification for karate and I am Please to let you know where succesfull

The students are

Grading to 7th Kyu (orange)

• Emio Keane
• Hazel Dillion
• Richard Jenkins

Grading to 6th Kyu ( Green)

• Nilim Sarama
• Elbe Luttig

Congratulation on this achivement.

Hello All

The time for a genral grading is drawing closer.

On the 10th April 2010 I will be holding a genral grading for all students. I will let you know if you are ready.

Please come speak to me if you feel you are ready for a grading and we will discuss this.

Venue: - JKS North Shore Dojo Hall

Date :- 10th April 2010

Time :- 8AM: - 12 pm or untill we are finished

Cost :- $30 Per student (Fees must be paid by the 9th 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.

Please train hard and know your Kata and syllabus. Click here for the Syllabus

Also If you are grading you are more than welcome to invite your parents and family over to watch you achieve the next step as a Karateka.

 

 

Sensei Charles Lee, JKS rokudan and the Chief Instructor of the JKS Hawaii  was in Auckland in March 2010.  

Shotokan karate seminar with Sensei Charles Lee, JKS rokudan, started on Wednesday 24th March 2010 at Whenuapai Primary School. Final classes were on Saturday 27th with grading for Nidan and Sandan. Plenty of dynamic moves, techniques and katas in Asai Sensei style .

Our first class consisted Sensei Lee ran us through the following techniques. 

·         Basics (hikite - stretch - snap - winding up) 

·          Combinations (kizami - gyaku - oi zuki) 

·         Combinations with Yori ashi 

·         Combinations with spins 

After we where well and truly worn out from this he then pushed on and went through the main Shitei Kata’s, Heian Shodan,  Bassai Dai, Hangetsu, Kanku Dai, Empi and Join.

On Saturday we continued that Moring with a whole lot of spinning techniques and combination followed by the five Junro kata’s.  

The Afternoon class carried on where we left off, more spins, with more kicking techniques and punching techniques.

We had to try and relax ourselves making our bodies soft. Sensei Lee stressed that Natural and relaxed karate is the key to lifelong karate. We naturally did some natural exercise to point out this fact. 

The last of the afternoon seson was devoted to a bit of Kumite – Free style, with a point being stressed that one had to have full control and if you are better than the opponent in the Dojo it’s your job to help the weaker person increase their skills.

After this and with tired legs it was time to do the Dan grading. Sandra and I were both examined for out next level of karate. Sandra - San-dan and Myself – Ni-Dan. 

 I can thankfully report we both passed. 

Thank you to Sandra and Sensei’s  Damir and Cooper for helping me get to this level.

Thank you to all the students that showed incredible support from JKS North shore for this event. We had a good number of people attend. 

Dear Karateka

We are already into the last days of Summer as you can see when we leave training that it is darker every evening and the fact that you not sweating as much anymore. (or is it you not trying as hard anymore).

As you all can see the space in the dojo is limited as we have had a stream of new people join our club in February.

Welcome to new members  

Welcome to Laverne, Zander, Jayne, Shaney,  Zane.

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  

JKS Instructor and 6^th Dan, Sensei Lee Sensei Charles Lee, JKS Rokudan (6th Dan) and the Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Shotokai Hawaii, will be coming to New Zealand in March to visit and show us some of his massive experience that his has gained over the many years of training with the best shotokan masters of our time. 
It is a privilege to be able to train under the watchful eye of Sensei Lee

Dates and times of classes
Wednesday 24th march - 6:30 - 8:00pm
Thursday 25Th March -  6:30 - 8:00pm
Saturday Morning 27Th March - 10:am - 11:30AM
Saturday Afternoon 27Th March - 2:pm - 3:30PM

Venue
Whenuapai School Hall
14 Airport Road
Whenuapai
Auckland

Cost
For all these sessions the full cost is only $30, Which is incredibly great value. 

Grading 

I am going to hold a grading on the Saturday the 10th of April 2010 for a number of students. 

Those students that are going to be grading will be notified. 

If you want to grade, you are going to have to show me that you deserve to grade by  

·         Put your full effort in to the class 

·         Join the 7-7:30 class with the rest of us where we can work on your syllabus

·         Practice at home

·         Come train On the Saturday class 8am - 10 am for more personal training

Venue: - JKS North Shore Dojo Hall  

Time :- 8Am onwards  

Oss

Sean Joseph

Hi all 

Wow we are already into classes and holiday time seems so long ago. Welcome back to your club and it is great to see all the familiar faces and new ones.  

Term 1 is underway; this is possibly my best time for Karate training. I get to go have a swim in the sea after a hot, hard training session… Not only that it’s easier to warm up, we all a little more tanned, all more energized which all makes for a really fun classes ahead. 

JKS Instructor and 6^th Dan, Sensei Lee Sensei Charles Lee, JKS Rokudan (6th Dan) and the Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Shotokai Hawaii, will be coming to New Zealand in March to visit and show us some of his massive experience that his has gained over the many years of training with the best shotokan masters of our time.

Welcome to new members 

Welcome Alicia, Kyle, Nick, Daniel, Jamie, Luke, Tania, Anrich, Liam and Angie 

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 

Tip for Kata – The 6 easy step approach  - From Sensei Trevor (Jks chch) 

Kata is critical to your success in Karate whether it be grading, competition kata, fighting or self defense. It helps to groove techniques, create visualization, speed, timing, balance, power, focus and ‘chi’. 

There is a method I adopt for learning new Kata and I know how hard it can be! Shotokan has 26 kata and JKS added 5 more with the introduction of the Junro series. 

The steps I take are as follows:  

• Step 1 ~ Sequence. You need to simply walk through the sequence in a relaxed manner ~ Know which way to go, which block, punch etc using little technique.
• Step 2 ~ Technical. Now you know the sequence and which way to go, start to perfect the technique. Imagine if someone where to take a photo, would it look correct. Best to do the technical in slow motion as well as medium and then powerful 
• Step 3 ~ Bunkai. This is critical. Bunkai (application) teaches how to apply the techniques, direction, balance, kime, intent, focus, speed and most importantly ~ timing. 
• Step 4 ~ Rhythm. This where you can now apply the technique with understanding of the application and apply a rhythm to kata. When fast, when slow, smoothness and transitions between movements. 
• Step 5 ~ Realism. This is where you visualise, interpret, apply, all the previous work and demonstrate and brings the kata to life. People watching will see the attackers as you do and understand the impact and purpose of the Kata.
• Step 6 ~ Practice. Nothing but practice will improve you kata, as long as you have the foundation correct as noted in points 1 to 5.

See you all at training

Osu

Sean Joseph

 

We have a great opportunity in March to learn from a true JKS instructor.

Sensei Charles Lee, JKS Rokudan (6th Dan) and the Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Shotokai Hawaii, will be coming to New Zealand in March to visit and show us some of his massive experience that his has gained over the many years of training with the best shotokan masters of our time.

It is a privilege to be able to train under the watchful eye of Sensei Lee

Dates and times of classes
Wednesday 24th march - 6:30 - 8:00pm
Thursday 25Th March -  6:30 - 8:00pm
Saturday Morning 27Th March - 10:am - 11:30AM
Saturday Afternoon 27Th March - 2:pm - 3:30PM

Venue
Whenuapai School Hall
14 Airport Road
Whenuapai
Auckland

Cost
For all these sessions the full cost is only $30, Which is incredibly great value.

I will be attending all the classes except the Wednesday class as I have to Keep JKS North Shore dojo open.

This is something on the JKS New Zealand Calendar that I always look forward to.

Please help us by supporting Sensei Lee's Visit and come and learn to improve your individual karate whether you are a 9th Kyu or 3rd Dan, I am sure you will benefit from this.

I look forward to seeing every one of the JKS North Shore students at the Classes.

For Further Information Contact Me on sean@shotokan.net.nz

I hope you all have had a relaxing time and are ready to start karate next week. 

The cool wall 

I have started a cool wall on the web site; this is a place for you to send karate related pictures to the website. They have to be cool, funny or interesting. Have a look and let me know if you have any pictures you would want to put on. 

Back to training 

We start back to training on the 19th January 2010.

All the training times and venue has not changed.

Just a reminder for all those who had too much of a good holiday break. 

Tuesday (all students) 

·         Junior students (White and Yellow)  - 6:00PM to 7:00PM 

·         The rest of the students- 6:00PM to 7:30PM 

Wednesday (all students) 

·         Junior students (White and Yellow)  - 6:00PM to 7:00PM 

·         The rest of the students- 6:00PM to 7:30PM

Saturday

·         Senior students - 8 to 10 am

Seminar

 Karate NZ is having the 1st National Training Camp on the 30th – 1st of February see detail here

Tournaments

Karate Auckland has announced the 1st dates of their tournaments, I would like to see the majority of the students attend. Please let me know if you want to be involved so we can get everybody ready. (We will need some parents to help on the scoring desks) so parents instead of just waiting around for your child/ children’s event in the competition, this is a great way to get involved and improve your understanding how the tournaments work.

1.     Auckland Regional  - 28Th March 2010 

2.     Auckland Regional Kyu Grade - 16Th May 2010 

3.     Auckland Secondary School - 30th May 2010

4.     Central North Island Open Championships, Hamilton - 27th June 2010

5.     Auckland Open kyu Grade tournament - 1st August 2010

6.     Auckland Open - 22nd August 2010

Grading 

Our 1st grading for the year will be on the 20th March 2010. This is a Saturday and will need everybody to attend. More information to follow.
 

Promotion

Introduce a student to JKS North shore and receive a month’s free training. Returning students get a month free if you come back.

New students try out our Dojo for 2 weeks for free   .

Happy New Year 

Oss

Sean Joseph

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all JKS North Shore Karate Club Students

Last night was our last training night for the year of 2009. It was a very tough as useall,

Please have a safe holiday and rest up as we will have a busy 2010.

A couple of dates that need to be noted are as follows.

• JKS North Shore returning to Training - 19th January 2010.
• 1st Karate NZ open national Training Camp - 30th January - 1st February (James and myself attend this last year, We learnt a lot and found it to be both hard and a lot of fun) -
  • We need the RSVP on this before the 10 January, Please fill in the form or discuss this with me via Email sean@shotokan.net.nz or my phone - 0274489961
• We allready have the 1st Dates for our first competions, Please check them out at - Tournaments page

I am in the process of updating the photo galleries on the site. If you have any cool photo of members in the club please send them through to me sean@shotokan.net.nz

Tips for the Break

• Keep practicing your kata's and Kihon at least 5 mins per day every day
• Keep streting the muscles as we do in warm up especially the legs and Core.
• Set up a exercise plan to keep yourself in a  some type of shape so that you not to unfit for the first class back
• Relax, enjoy your holiday and spend time with your famely members

Remeber we start training again on the 19th January 2010

Have a happy new Year and a Merry Xmas

Oss

Sean Joseph

December Grading

Well it was a long 4 hour grading process and the students all did rather well.

Congratulations to the following students whom graded.

9th Kuy to 8th Kuy - (White to Yellow)

• Emio Keene
• Harry Townsend
• Tomas Townsend
• Richard Jenkins
• Hazel Dillion 

From 8th Kyu to 7th Kyu (Yellow to Orange)

• Aidan Davies
• Rhys Davies
• Albert Luttig
• Nilim Sarma
• Elbie Luttig
• Rebeca Hagon

From 7th Kyu to 6th Kyu (Orange to Green)

• Sarah Hannah

From 6th Kyu to 5th Kyu (Green to Blue)

• Etienne Mong
• Bianca Mong

From 5th Kyu - 4th Kyu (Blue to Purple)

• James Smith

• Luke Allen

  From 4th Kyu to 3rd Kyu - (Purple to Brown) 

  • Aaron Eppel
  • Jamie Locke
  • Dean Hannah
  • Joshua Kerrigan

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  For more images of grading please see our photo gallarey pages - Grading

   

  Congratulation to all Students. 

  Training for the rest of the year - 1 week. 

  Belts and certificates will be handed out on Tuesday the 15th December 09. Please make sure you all attend

  The last Class for 2009 is on Wednesday the 16th December 09

  We will be having a little bit of fun.

   

  Start of the year 2010

  19Th January 2010 - JKS North Shore Club starts training again