14, 15 - The club has been invited to train with Shihan Tomiyama in Kilmarnock, please see events page for details.

Congratulations to Richard and Caroline on the birth of their baby son, Oscar. All the very best from Edinburgh Karate Academy!

The club were very fortunate to train on a course in Kilmarnock with Shihan Tomiyama courteousy of Paul Reid and Kofukan Scotland.

 

The last training day for the year will be 23 December. The club will resume training on 06 January 2009.

Christmas dinner at Nepalese retuarant, followed by alcohol at various pubs. This went well and we wish all our students and friends a merry Christmas and all the best for 2009.

Sadly we say goodbye to John Hardy who is emigrating to Australia with his fiance George.

John has been training in the club since 2000, with a break in between and returned to become senior student and a very valuable member of the club. We wish him all the very best in the future and hope he continues to train hard and finds a good Karate Do Dojo in Melbourne and works his way to Shodan and beyond. Best wishes from all at the Edinburgh Karate Academy.

Congratulations to the following students who passed their gradings:

George Dixon - 3rd Kyu

John Hardy - 3rd Kyu

Wiz Atthakor - 5th Kyu

Richard Libberton - 5th Kyu

Reuben Hustler - 6th Kyu

Once again student of the year went to Wiz Atthakor, with Richard Libberton still chasing and runner up for the second time.

Remember, its the man who wears the belt and not the belt who wears the man.

Always strive to maintain and exceed the standard achieved by the grading and for those with a 3rd class pass, the goal is to take this to 1st class before you are able to get to the next level.

The club was once again fortunate to train with Kancho Kanazawa in Sterling courteousy of SKIF and Jim Palmer. 

The club wishes George and Wiz all the very best for their Wedding and best wishes for the future.

Congratulations to the following students who passed their gradings:

John Hardy - 5th Kyu

George Dixon - 5th Kyu

Ross Cargill - 6th Kyu

Richard Libberton - 7th Kyu

Wiz Atthakor - 7th Kyu

Student of the year goes to Wiz who has shown exemplorary spirit throughout the year and true attention to detail in all her learning and has exhibitted true Budo spirit. Richard was a close runner up.

Many thanks, once again to Jim Palmer (SKIF) for inviting us to attend Kancho Kanazawa open course. Once again we benefitted immensely from his wealth of knowledge and excellent instruction.

The club wishes Chris Luckhart all the very best for his travels. He is embarking on a tour of the Far East and we wish him all the very best and like to thank him for all his support over the years. The Club anticipates his return.

The club enjoyed their Annual Christmas bash, with a meal at a local restuarant, followed by elbow training with the pints.

Congratulations to Caroline and Angus on birth of baby daughter, Amy, a wee sister for Mark and another kicker for the dojo. All the very best from Shukokai Karate Edinburgh.

Congratulations to Mike and Lynn on their Wedding. Best wishes for the future from all at Shukokai Karate Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Grading

We had a successful grading with Chief Instructor Mushin Ryu Ken Campbell. Gradings were not easy, but students excelled. Congrats!

John Hardy         7th Kyu

George Dixon     8th Kyu

Chris Luckhart    8th Kyu

Ross Cargill       8th Kyu

Iain Rutherford    8th Kyu

Edinburgh Course

Chief Instructor Mushin Ryu Ken Campbell, once again we benefitted from his extensive knowledge, experience and excellent teaching.

 

Mike Lyon travelled with his fiance to the birthplace of Karate, Okinawa and had the pleasure of visiting its many sites and dojos. He also extensively travelled in Japan and was fortunate to attend the inaugral Sumo Basho. We at Mushin Ryu are all now green belts (with envy)!!