Karate Open Day 2008

AT BLETCHLEY LEISURE CENTRE

Sunday March 2nd 2008

It was suggested that this year the Bletchley Area Gradings were to be organised a little differently. Sensei McMahon and Sensei Kidby decided to organise a series of displays & a large marketing compaign to try to attract new beginners and show aspiring karate-ka what they could look forward to & hope to achieve as a Dan grade.

The demonstrations were split inbetween the various stages of the normal gradings. The demonstrations included: self defence in common situations against different size attackers, breaking demo, knife defence, team kata, freestyle kumite, bo kata, bo kumite, sword defence, mass Dan grade kata and line training.

The audience seemed to enjoy all the displays, going by the appluase that greeted the demonstrations. There were a few nervious people peforming in the demonstrations but all executed sucessfully.

Club Trophy Winners:

Clapham: Luke Whitworth
Riseley: Gregory May
Ampthill: Oliver Donoghue 
Brickhill: Daniel Young
Kempston: Mason Matthews
Newport Pagnell: Simon McMahon
Newton Longville: Louise Thomas
Bletchley: Sandrine Gaffney
Wolverton: Anthony Nevin
Cedars: Courtney Plummer
Bushfield: Jude Beckett

There was good support from the Dan grades, thanks go to all that turned up & all those who put a lot of time & effort into making the demonstrations. Also congratulations go to all the students who passed their gradings - keep up the hard work!

Below are some links to a selection of movie clips of demonstrations peformed:

Kumite

Bo Kumite

Gankaku sho

Line Training

Knife Defense