The Bristol Summer Course has become a WKU institution and the 2018 course was no exception. In fact, the event on Saturday 30 June was the 50th Bristol Summer Course and WKU President, Dave Wheatley, 8th Dan, who set up the course in 1968, was given a commemorative award to mark this special occasion. WKU and […]
Congratulations to WKU’s Brightlingsea students who graded on Wednesday 20 June 2018.
On Sunday 10th June 2018 Colchester summer grading was held at Kingfisher Leisure Centre, Sudbury. Well done to all who participated.
On Saturday May 26th May instructor Les Birkin, 8th Dan, held the annual one day course at Carlton Park Camping & Caravan Site , Saxmundham. Thank you to everyone who came along to enjoy a sunny day of training.
On a very hot Sunday afternoon we had a good attendance for the second of our pre Dan grading courses, twenty one students many only there for the extra training attended, clubs included, Bristol, Griffin, S.W.S.K, Yeovil and Clevedon. Thank you all for your support. Kevin
WKU Spring Invitational Competition 2018 Chief Instructor Alan Flook 8th Dan Chief Referee Ivor Thomas 6th Dan – European Referee The WKU Spring Invitational Competition 2018 was held on Sunday 6 April at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, Weston super Mare. A big ‘thank you’ to all athletes and supporters who attended, especially those […]
A MASSIVE THANK YOU to you ALL for all your hard work on and off the tatami’s today. Excellent team work meant with 600 entries we were done and dusted by 5pm. First Aid reported they had no significant injuries to treat and great positive feed back from the Coaches with only minor issues to […]
What a good turnout from so many different clubs! On 17 March 2018 students from WKU cubs Colchester, Brightlingsea, Broadwell, Great Tey, The Essex, Great Bentley & Sudbury Clubs attended Les Birkin’s most recent kata course.
There is a WKU Referee and Table Officials’ Course at the at the Bristol Karate Club Dojo, Holy Nativity Church Hall, School Rd, Totterdown, Bristol BS4 3DJ on April 29th 2018, starting at 10.00am. This is open to all WKU members. Parents or colleagues who wish to learn the Table Officials’ role are also very welcome and encouraged […]
Report from Ivor Thomas, WKU Chief Referee: I attended the Premier League 1 Dutch Open in Rotterdam on Friday 16th March – Sunday 18th March2018. All the world’s top athletes attended for the build up towards the Olympics in 2020 and to obtain ranking points as part of the criteria for consideration into the Olympics.
