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Finland May 2025
The first Kase Ha academy course saw some of the seniors from the dojo taking the trip to Helsinki, Finland. The last time I went to Finland was back in 2008 when I graded for 6th Dan under Dirk Heene but never really got to see much of the city due to training commitments and this grading.
Well, for anyone interested in visiting Finland then I highly recommend it. What a friendly nation it is and combined with modern infrastructure and a great attitude to visitors, I hope its not 17 years before I go back again. Rob Mclean, Mark Russell, Lauren and myself thoroughly enjoyed the training and great to experience the Finnish culture.
Japan Easter 2025
Another excursion to Japan has come to an end and once again a great holiday (and training) completed. Lauren, Don and myself have all been before but new experience for Don's daughter Angelee, Lucy from "up north!", Vasil and Shoaib. Lady named Angie who isn't from the karate world also joined in on our adventure.
The first week in Okinawa was great with over 10 hours of training under the attentive eye of Kadekaru who was an excellent, patient host and many thanks for taking Lauren and me through the oldest version of Gojushiho. Very interesting and a new project to develop this kata!!
A big congratulations to Angelee on passing her black belt in the Budokan, in Naha while she was there. A more impressive feat after recovering from a virus a couple of days before.
The second week was sightseeing around Tokyo, Kyoto and many more. Some great weather and new sights to experience. Roll on August 2026 when we are aiming for a two week trip to Okinawa with lots of training and fun times ahead!
End of year
Dan Grading
The 15th December 2024 was another good dan grading for the dojo.
Started at 10am with special training on the applications to Hangetsu and concentrating on the fundamentals of "fixing" legs into the ground at the moment of impact to create powerful techniques either in defence or attack.
One of the principals of Hangetsu is how to fight on a slippy surface and how to alter foot position to maintain strong contact with the ground.
Just before 12 the dan grading took place and after nearly two hours the examinees came through with good, positive results. Congratulations to: Michael Jarvis, 1st Dan, Keith Sherriff, 2nd Dan and to two new 4th Dans: Alison Golland and Jo Sherriff.
Congratulations to them all!
Club History
In December 2022 I began a project of documenting the history of our martial arts club which, as it stands, is the oldest established martial arts club in Great Britain. Same venue since it started in October 1946.
I have found newspaper articles, and various media articles as well as old photos and write ups on our dojo, its instructors and much more. So far it is around 66 x pages deep with content being added on a regular basis.
Sometimes more questions arise than answers on the dojos history and as the sands of time move on, some information as to what happened at various times in the club are open to speculation.
Soon a downloadable PDF will be available to all members which I hope some will find interesting.
It is a work in progress and covers events from 1946 right through to the present day...
Dave Wilkins
UPDATE 25th May 2025
A printed book of the clubs history is now produced - still some copies left to buy!
Vasil, Shoaib, Angelee, Lauren, Myself, Kadekaru, Don and Michael. Last day of training in Arakaki Dojo, Naha, Okinawa. April 2025
