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Forthcoming
Events KUGB Nationals - 5/5/12 GKA Grading - 16/6/12
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3 New Dan Grades for the GKA
On Saturday March 31st, GKA students Holly Sherwood, Jack McCamley-Wilding
and James McGreechin travelled across to Cowdenbeath to sit their dan grading examinations under Sensei Andy Sherry
8th Dan.
Results:
Holly Sherwood Shodan (1st Dan Black Belt) Jack
McCamley-Wilding Shodan (1st Dan Black Belt) James McGreechin Nidan
(2nd Dan Black Belt)
Well done!!!!
GKA OPEN SHOBU-IPPON CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Saturday 24th March the GKA held their 2nd Open Shobu-Ippon Championships
in Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre.
With over 70 entries and around 70 spectators providing a fantastic
atmosphere, the whole day was a massive success!!!
A huge thank you goes to all of our friends for supporting our event:
Kevin Scott and his Burakudo team Ta Ka Kai Karate Association Dunfermline KUGB Shotokan Karate Club Largs KUGB Shotokan Karate Club Shobu Kai KUGB Shotokan Karate Club Langholm
Shotokan Karate Club GKA KUGB Shotokan Karate Club
Also thanks goes to:
Our event manager
- Anne Kelly
Our doctor - Noreen Haggerty
Our time keepers & recorders - Joyce Price, Joan
Moran, Sandra Sherwood and David Sherwood Our photographer - Garry Young
Our referees - Barbara
Casey, Shirley Henry, Mark Williams, Ben Fail, James Mcgreechin, Mark Donnelly and Glen Fletcher
Our door supervisors
- Toni Rossi and Pat McCamley




Results:
Childrens kumite 4th kyu & below
7-9yrs 1st Daniel Haughey - Glasgow Karate Academy 2nd Sam Cameron -
Burakudo 3rd Lewis Graham - Glasgow Karate Academy
Childrens kumite 3rd kyu & above 7-9yrs 1st Jack McCamley-Wilding - Glasgow
Karate Academy 2nd Emily Williams - Largs Karate Club 3rd David Williams - Largs Karate
Club






Boys kumite 4th kyu & below 10-12yrs 1st Duncan
McGavigan - Ta Ka Kai 2nd Thomas Billcliff - Glasgow Karate Academy 3rd Michael
McKinlay - Largs Karate Club
Boys kumite 3rd kyu
& above 10-12yrs 1st David Simpson - Burakudo 2nd Aydon Rossi - Glasgow Karate Academy 3rd Ben Dunmore - Burakudo
Girls
kumite 3rd kyu & above 10-12yrs 1st Emily McIlwain - Ta Ka Kai 2nd Ailee Bell - Ta
Ka Kai 3rd Cerys Glen - Ta Ka Kai
Cadet
boys kumite 3rd kyu & above 13-15yrs 1st Jack Sproull - Ta Ka Kai 2nd Aydon Rossi
- Glasgow Karate Academy 3rd Johnny Fitzsimmons - Glasgow Karate Academy
Cadet girls kumite all grades 13-15yrs 1st
Hayley Hart - Burakudo 2nd Michelle McGavigan - Ta Ka Kai 3rd Rebecca Henry - Largs
Karate Club






Junior male kumite 3rd kyu & above 16-18yrs 1st Andrew
Lennie - Dunfermline KUGB 2nd Connor Sutherland - Shobu Kai 3rd Christopher Chan
- Ta Ka Kai
Senior female kumite all grades 16yrs+ 1st Brogan McAnena -
Ta Ka Kai 2nd Nikki McBryde - Ta Ka Kai 3rd Chantelle Allan - Glasgow Karate Academy
Senior male kumite all grades 19yrs+ 1st Adam Sutherland - Shobu Kai 2nd Stuart Frame - Ta Ka Kai 3rd Paul Henry
- Ta Ka Kai
Veteran male kumite all grades 36yrs+ 1st George Wylie - Langholm 2nd Stuart Frame - Ta Ka Kai 3rd Tiff O'Reilly - Dunfermline KUGB









Boys team kumite 7-9yrs 1st Glasgow Karate Academy 'A' 2nd Glasgow Karate Academy 'B'
Childrens
mixed team kumite 10-12yrs 1st Ta Ka Kai 2nd Glasgow Karate Academy 'A' 3rd Glasgow Karate Academy 'B'
Boys
team kumite 10-12yrs 1st Burakudo 2nd Glasgow Karate Academy 'B' 3rd
Glasgow Karate Academy 'A'
Senior mixed
team kumite 19yrs+ 1st Ta Ka Kai 2nd Glasgow Karate Academy 'A' 3rd
Glasgow Karate Academy 'B'




Well done to all competitors that took part and we look forward to seeing you all
in attendance at next years even bigger and better tournament! Oss!
GKA Course & Grading with Sensei Frank
Brennan 7th Dan
On Saturday March 17th, the GKA held their first course and grading
of the year with Sensei Frank Brennan 7th Dan at Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre. The day went extremely well with 70 GKA
students successfully passing their grading examinations.
Congratulations and well done to all who passed!!!!
KUGB Grandslam
On Saturday 25th February, the KUGB held their
first Grand Slam Competition of the year at the Queenspark Leisure Centre in Chesterfield. With competitors from England -
Scotland - Wales - N. Ireland - Ireland and special guests Italy, the standard was as always exceptionally high.
Congratulations to Ryan Finlay in his debut on the Scotland squad who came 2nd in the JUNIOR MALE INDIVIDUAL
KUMITE 14 - 16 YRS.
Well done!!!!!!!
GKA Course & Grading with Sensei Frank
Brennan 7th Dan
On Saturday December 17th, the GKA held their final course and grading
of the year with Sensei Frank Brennan 7th Dan at Bishopbriggs Leisure Drome. The day went extremely well with 53 GKA
students successfully passing their grading examinations.
Congratulations and well done to all who passed!!!!
HOKUSHIN
KARATE ACADEMY JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Saturday December 3rd, the GKA were very kindly invited to attend the Hokushin Karate Academy
Junior Championships held in the Allander Leisure Centre in Bearsden, Glasgow.
The squad consisting of: Matthew Fletcher, Aydon
Rossi, Daniel Haughey, Daniel Kelly, Lewis Graham, Chantelle Allan, Rhiannan Young, Erin Morrow and Matthew Young all performed
very well.
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| Erin Morrow pictured left |
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| Chantelle and her trademark mawashi geri |
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| Lewis Graham pictured left |
Results:
Daniel
Haughey
Kumite 1st Chantelle Allan
Kumite 2nd Kata
3rd Erin Morrow
Kata 2nd
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| Chantelle Allan pictured right |
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| Erin Morrow pictured left |
Well done to all who competed and many thanks again to Sensei McCusker for very
kindly inviting our squad to compete. Oss!
GKA Demonstration
On
Friday 2nd December, the GKA were invited by the Lenzie Scouts to put on a short Karate demonstration. This was a really nice opportunity for
us to show various aspects of Karate to a very enthused and disciplined group of youngsters.
The demonstration
team were: Paul Monigatti, Ben Fail, James McGreechin, Chantelle Allan, Matthew Young, Glen Fletcher, Matthew Fletcher and
Rhiannan Young (pictured back row).
SKA GRAND PRIX – FINAL
On Saturday November 26th, The GKA sent a small squad over to Irvine to attend
the final SKA Grand prix competition of the year.
The squad consisted of: Holly Sherwood,
Rhiannan Young, Aydon Rossi, Chantelle Allan, Matthew Fletcher, Anne Kelly and Ben Fail.
There were some very impressive
performances from our entire club, most notably from Chantelle Allan who scored with a cracking jodan Mawashi Geri against
her very tall and at times over powering opponent. Then of course Aydon Rossi who went through his first two rounds very comfortably
scoring with a Jodan Mawashi Geri in each, securing him a place in the final of which he narrowly
missed out against a very tough opponent.
Results:
Matthew Fletcher
Kata – 1st Kumite –
2nd Holly Sherwood Kata
– 3rd Kumite –
2nd Rhiannan Young
Kumite – 3rd Chantelle Allan
Kumite – 3rd Aydon Rossi
Kumite – 2nd Anne Kelly Sen.
Kumite – 3rd Vet. Kumite – 2nd Ben
Fail Kata
– 2nd Kumite – 2nd
The strength and consistency of the Glasgow Karate Academy is increasing
every year.
Dan Grading Success!!!
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| Sensei Poynton, Matthew Fletcher, Sensei Sherry |
On Saturday October 15th, GKA student Matthew Fletcher travelled down to Alnwick,
Northumberland to sit his Shodan (1st Dan) grading examination under Sensei Andy Sherry 8th Dan and Sensei Bob Poynton 7th
Dan.
Through a non-stop tireless approach to his training, Matthew
successfully passed his grading and now joins the elite rank of 'black belt' within the KUGB - arguably one of the
best karate organisations in the world today.
Well done Matthew!
GKA's 2nd Annual Kumite Course With Sensei Frank Brennan
On Saturday the 8th of September, the GKA held their second annual Kumite
course with Sensei Frank Brennan 7th Dan at Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre.
The course was split into
two sessions: 7th-1st Kyu grades for 2hrs, followed shortly after by 1st Dans and above for 2.5hrs.
Sensei Brennans very insightful and inspiring style of teaching, ensured that all those training gained invaluable knowledge
of techniques and tactics sure to enhance their Kumite no end.
The GKA wish to give a massive thank you
to all in attendance for supporting the course: Dunfermline SKC, Largs SKC, Red Triangle, Michael Doherty, Rusbeh Rezania and all from the GKA. And of course thank you to Sensei Brennan for travelling up to Glasgow to take the course.
New GKA Monthly Newsletter!!!
The GKA are very happy to announce that we have our very own news letter
- 'GKA News Monthly'. This will be published on a monthly basis and will be packed
with lots of interesting facts all relating to the GKA.
Please click below to see Issue 1
GKA News Monthly - September 2011 - Issue 1
GKA Course & Grading with Sensei Frank
Brennan 7th Dan
On Saturday September 10th, the GKA held their third course and grading
of the year with Sensei Frank Brennan 7th Dan at Bishopbriggs Leisure Drome. The day certainly proved to be a success with 41
GKA students passing their grading examinations.
Congratulations and well done to all who passed!!!!
Special congratulations go to Ryan Gillooly.
Ryan has since joining the dojo, trained consistently at an extremely high standard and as a consequence was promoted from
white directly to red belt. Well done!
2011 KUGB LANCASTER SUMMER SCHOOL
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| Team GKA pictured with all six Senseis |
The 31st
KUGB Summer School took place from Monday 1st to Friday 5th of August. This year training took place at the University's
brand new £22m Sports Centre.
The course was led by Sensei's: Andy Sherry, Terry O'Neill, Bob Poynton, Bob Rhodes, Billy Higgins
and Frank Brennan.
Two classes per day were held throughout the week and also extra sessions taken by Senseis
Sherry and Brennan for those students taking Dan Gradings in the near future.
The week was most enjoyable for all 16 GKA students in attendance and
a fantastic opportunity to receive an extremely high level of tuition under truly world class, inspirational karateka.
Many
congratulations to Ryan Findlay who passed his 1st Dan grading examination at the end of the course.
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| New GKA 1st dan Ryan Findlay |
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