LOUGHBOROUGH SHOKOTAN KARATE
- 1ST CLUB COMPETITION
Club: - Loughborough Shotokan Karate Club
Venue: - Barrow-Upon-Soar Scouts Hut
Meet: - Every Sat at 10:30am (intermediates) 11:30am (beginners)
Sun 10:00am (intermediates) 11:00am (adults)
New: - Wednesdays (Karate Tots 5-7 years)
Cost: - £3.00-£3.50 per session
Loughborough Shotokan Karate Club is now into its fourth
year at the Barrow Scout Hut and in that time it has grown
from running just one class per week to what is now a minimum
of five classes each week, with its latest addition being
only a couple of months ago when the new Karate Tots class
was formed. Previously the youngest age you could start karate
classes was age seven, but after many enquires from parents
with younger children eager to experience what karate had
to offer, it was decided to let the little ones 'have a go'.Trial
classes were set up in the schools summer holiday period and
'have a go' they did with karate kicks punches and shouts
ringing around the dojo* (*the place of the way = the place
you train).
Due to their young age lessons were geared up to having fun,
with karate exercises and games and after a few weeks the
Karate Tots class became a success and has become a regular
date on the calendar for many of the village's little ones.Within
the three years the club has been running it has now established
itself as being able to give quality Karate tuition to a full
age range of people, with separate classes for anyone aged
from five years to seventy-five, becoming a popular club for
many within the village.
A recent event at the club was their first inter-club competition
along with their sister club Leicester Shotokan. Overall there
were six events within the competition, with many trophies
up for grabs. Barrow members proved themselves worthy opponents
to the Leicester club and won their fair share of trophies
at the event. Barrow-Upon-Soar Trophy winners as follows:
- Individual Kata age 7 to 10 = Joint 3rd place Fraser McHale
& Adam Morris. - 1st place Rheanna Spence.
- Individual Kata age 11 to 15 = Joint 3rd place Liam Wallis
- 2nd place Bethany Statham - 1st place Amy Statham.
- Individual Kata Adults 16+ = Joint 3rd place Josh Holmes:
- Team Kata (mixed age/gender) = Joint 3rd place Fraser
McHale,Thomas McHale,Alex Spooner. -1st place Josh Holmes,Amy
Statham, Bethany Statham.
- Individual Kumite (Free fighting) age 10 to 12 = Joint
3rd place Alex Spooner.
Club instructor Pete Statham who after 26 years of training
in Shotokan Karate holds a Fourth Dan Black Belt, said ' I
am really pleased with how well so many members performed
on the day, but the best achievement was how many turned out
to enter the competition and how the club as a whole made
the day a success. Hopefully many of the students will benefit
from the experience of the competition and this will motivate
them to improve and progress in their Karate.'
Club instructor Pete Statham who after 26 years of training
in Shotokan Karate holds a Fourth Dan Black Belt, said ' I
am really pleased with how well so many members performed
on the day, but the best achievement was how many turned out
to enter the competition and how the club as a whole made
the day a success. Hopefully many of the students will benefit
from the experience of the competition and this will motivate
them to improve and progress in their Karate.'
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