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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!!!!

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'

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!!!!

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!!!!!!!

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!!!!

On Saturday December 3^rd, 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.

Well done to all who competed and many thanks again to Sensei McCusker for very kindly inviting our squad to compete. Oss!

On Friday 2^nd 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).

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 – 1^st Kumite – 2^ndHolly Sherwood Kata – 3^rd Kumite – 2^ndRhiannan Young Kumite – 3^rdChantelle Allan Kumite – 3^rdAydon Rossi Kumite – 2^ndAnne Kelly Sen. Kumite – 3^rdVet. Kumite – 2^ndBen Fail Kata – 2nd Kumite – 2^ndThe strength and consistency of the Glasgow Karate Academy is increasing every year.

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!

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.

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

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!

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 1^st Dan grading examination at the end of the course.