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Forthcoming
Events
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GKA Open Champs. -
24/3/12
Free KUGB B&B C&G - 31/3/12
KUGB Nationals - 5/5/12
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Updates........please see Training
Times and Events
GKA Course & Grading with Sensei Frank
Brennan 7th Dan
On Saturday December 17th, the GKA held their finalcourse 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 |
GKA Course & Grading with Sensei Frank
Brennan 7th Dan
On Saturday June 18th, the GKA held their second course and grading
of the year with Sensei Frank Brennan 7th Dan at Bishopbriggs Leisure Drome. The day proved quite a success with 46
GKA students passing their grading examinations.
Congratulations and well done to all who passed!!!!
The 11th
City of Liverpool Youth Championships
On Saturday June 4th, three members of the GKA: Chantelle Allan, Matthew
Fletcher and Matthew Young, travelled down to Liverpool to compete in the City of Liverpool Youth Championships. As expected,
the standard at these championships organised by the Red Triangle Karate Club is exceptionally high.
Results:
Girls Kumite 12-15yrs / 6th Kyu and above
Chantelle Allan -
3rd Place
Team Kata Under 21yrs
Matthew
Young, Chantelle Allan, Matthew Fletcher - 3rd Place
Congratulations and well done to the three of you!!!!
2011 SKA/WUKF Shobu-Ippon Open Championships
On Sunday April 24th, the GKA sent a small squad over to Ayr for the 2011
SKA/WUKF Open Championships. The whole day was fantastic with a brilliant atmosphere!
Results:
BOYS KUMITE 7-8 YEARS
Daniel Haughey - 3rd Place
BOYS 9-10 YEARS ADVANCED
Matthew Young
- 2nd Place
CHILDREN 7-10 YEARS MIXED TEAM
(Matthew Young, Holly Sherwood, Jack McCamley-Wilding)
Glasgow Karate Academy - 3rd Place
MALE
ADVANCED KUMITE
Ben Fail - 1st Place
Thomas Haughey - 3rd Place
FEMALE VETERANS KUMITE
Anne Kelly - 2nd Place
MALE VETERANS KUMITE
James McGreechin - 2nd Place
ADULT MALE TEAM KUMITE ROTATION (Ben
Fail, James McGreechin, Thomas Haughey)
Glasgow Karate Academy
- 2nd Place
ADULT MIXED TEAM KUMITE (Ben Fail, Anne Kelly, James McGreechin)
Glasgow Karate
Academy - 2nd Place
MALE ADVANCED KATA
Leigh Price - 1st Place
CHILDREN’S TEAM KATA (Matthew Young, Holly Sherwood, Jack McCamley-Wilding)
Glasgow Karate Academy - 3rd Place
ADULT & CADET TEAM KATA (Leigh Price, Anne Kelly, Chantelle Allan)
Glasgow Karate Academy - 3rd Place
Full list of GKA Competitors
in attendance were:
Matthew Young
Holly Sherwood
Daniel Haughey
Abbie Lewis
Jack McCamley-Wilding
Chantelle Allan
Thomas Wright
Lewis McGuire
Thomas Haughey
Leigh Price
James McGreechin
Anne
Kelly
Ben Fail
Congratulations and well done to all who attended!!!! We are getting stronger every year!!!
Also, many thanks to Bill Hair - President of the SKA for very kindly inviting us to attend. Oss!
GKA's
1st ANNUAL OPEN SHOBU-IPPON CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Saturday 26th March the GKA held their very 1st Open Shobu-Ippon Championships
in Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre.
With over 100 entries and close to 130 spectators providing a truely
electric atmosphere, it's safe to say the whole day was a massive success!!!
A huge thank you goes to all of our friends for supporting our event:
The Scottish Karate Alliance (Burakudo)
The Hokushin Karate Academy
Ta
Ka Kai Karate Association
Zanshin Kai Shotokan Karate Club
Largs Shotokan Karate Club
JKS Scotland
NKA - Siu Loong Kenshukai Shitoryu Karate Club
Also thanks goes to:
Our event manager - Anne
Kelly
Our paramedic - Frank Cairney
Our time keepers & recorders - Joyce Price, Joan Moran, Sandra
Sherwood and David Sherwood
Our photographer - Garry Young
Our referees - Barbara Casey,
Ben Fail, James Mcgreechin, Mark Donnelly and Glen Fletcher
Our door supervisor - Billy Price
And thank
you also to the Kirkintilloch Herald for coming along to report on the event.
Results:
Boys kumite 4th kyu & below 7-9yrs
1st Jack Smith - Burakudo
2nd Daniel Haughey - Glasgow Karate Academy
3rd
Thomas Wright - Glasgow Karate Academy
Boys
kumite 3rd kyu & above 7-9yrs
1st Jack McCamley-Wilding - Glasgow Karate Academy
2nd Matthew
Fletcher - Glasgow Karate Academy
3rd Lewis Cormack - Largs Karate Club
Girls kumite 3rd kyu & above 7-9yrs
1st Chloe Chan - Ta Ka Kai
2nd
Holly Sherwood - Glasgow Karate Academy
Boys kumite 4th kyu & below 10-12yrs
1st
Jamie Dunmore - Burakudo
2nd Ben Dunmore - Burakudo
Boys kumite 3rd kyu & above 10-12yrs
1st Chris Maule - Hokushin Karate Academy
2nd Nikita Azarkevich - Burakudo
3rd Jay Kenna - Glasgow Karate Academy
Girls kumite 3rd kyu & above 10-12yrs
1st Rachal
Brown - Burakudo
2nd Ailee Bell - Ta Ka Kai
3rd Cerys Glen - Ta Ka Kai
Cadet boys kumite 3rd kyu & above 13-15yrs
1st
Aiden Feeney - NKA Siu Loong Kenshukai Shitoryu Karate Club
2nd Ryan Findlay - Glasgow Karate Academy
3rd
Leigh Price - Glasgow Karate Academy
Cadet girls
kumite 3rd kyu & above 13-15yrs
1st Hayley Hart - Burakudo
2nd Laura Divers
- Ta Ka Kai
3rd Jen Black - Burakudo
Junior male kumite 3rd kyu & above 16-18yrs
1st
Ross Stewart - JKS Scotland
2nd Brodie Leggat - Hokushin Karate Academy
3rd Chris Chan - Ta Ka
Kai
Senior female kumite 4th kyu & below 16yrs+
1st Demi Foulds - Hokushin Karate Academy
2nd Samantha Rayner - Glasgow Karate Academy
Senior female kumite 3rd kyu & above 16yrs+
1st Nicola McBryde - Ta Ka Kai
2nd Ashley Brown - Burakudo
3rd Carolann
Donaghy - Burakudo
Senior male kumite 3rd kyu
& above 19yrs+
1st Seon McLaren - Hokushin Karate Academy
2nd Ryan Casey - Glasgow
Karate Academy
3rd Liam Gallagher - Hokushin Karate Academy
Veteran
male kumite all grades 36yrs+
1st Stewart Frame - Ta Ka Kai
2nd Alan Cooper - Burakudo
3rd Liam Gallagher - Hokushin Karate Academy
Cadet
mixed team kumite 13-15yrs
1st Burakudo 'A'
2nd Burakudo 'B'
3rd
Glasgow Karate Academy
Junior mixed team kumite
16-18yrs
1st Hokushin Karate Academy
2nd Glasgow Karate Academy
Senior mixed team kumite 19yrs+
1st Zanshin Kai
2nd Burakudo 'B'
3rd Glasgow Karate Academy 'A'
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!
Training course with Sensei Wayne Otto OBE
On Sunday March 20th, Ben Fail & James McGreechin from the GKA travelled
once again to the JKS Scotland's Honbu Dojo in Dunfermline, this time to train under nine times World Karate
Champion Sensei Wayne Otto OBE.
During the near three hour course, Sensei Otto demonstrated and taught many
of the techniques that made him kumite world champion.
It was a fantastic opportunity to train under such a karate
legend! and on behalf of the GKA once again, many thanks go to Paul Giannandrea from the JKS Scotland for very kindly
inviting us to attend. Oss!
Training course with Kagawa Sensei
On Monday March 14th, a small squad from the GKA travelled to the JKS Scotland's
very impressive Honbu Dojo in Dunfermline to train under JKS world chief instructor Masao Kagawa Sensei 8th Dan.
The course was fantastic! Kagawa Sensei was inspiring to watch in action and equally impressive was his very warming personality.
A massive thank you to Paul Giannandrea from the JKS Scotland for very kindly inviting the GKA to attend.
GKA students in attendance were:
Ben Fail
James McGreechin
Barbara Casey
Anne Kelly
Mark
Donnelly
Glen Fletcher
Ryan Findlay
Matthew Fletcher
Holly Sherwood
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