Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. Full Results are below: Kyle 3rd Kyu – 2nd Class Brown Belt Shaivi 8th Kyu – Red Belt
Mini Grading – July 2026 Read More »
Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. Full Results are below: Pretesh 7th Kyu – Yellow Belt Isaac 5th Kyu, part 1 – Green Stripe Belt Christopher 5th Kyu, part 1 – Green Stripe Belt Sean 5th Kyu, Green Belt
Grading – December 2025 Read More »
Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. This was a combined grading for the Luton and Northampton Higashi Karate Kai clubs. Full Results are below: Zach 8th Kyu – Red Belt Sophia 8th Kyu – Red Belt Harry 7th Kyu – Yellow Belt Casey 7th
Grading – October 2025 Read More »
Judging Panel: John Hurley (6th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. We normally mention standout performances but, in this grading, we saw an excellent performance across the board. Everybody passed and the purple and brown belt grading were exceptional! This was a combined grading for the Luton and Northampton
Grading – May 2025 Read More »
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. Full Results are below: Red Belts Freyer 8th Kyu Daniel 8th Kyu Yellow Belts Szymon 7th Kyu Mya 7th Kyu Jude 7th Kyu Anthony 7th Kyu Orange Belts Maya 6th Kyu Sean 6th Kyu Purple Belts Deji 4tn
Grading – May 2023 Read More »
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. The standard was very high. The red belts had the additional challenge of learning extra techniques as we incorporate more Wado Ryu techniques into our gradings, and they met the challenge well. Congratulations again to the 9 students
Grading – December 2022 Read More »
This was a great competition it was very friendly and the competitors were buzzing with excitement. Everyone who competed from our club made the dojo very proud, there were some lovely reverse punches thrown, which scored a majority of our points. It was quite comical as one of the coaches even started to steal sensei
Competition | Shinseikyu Karate Academy – Invitational, Harlow Read More »
This competition held in Harlow, Essex. We had a small entry this time with 4 competitors (Tiberius Hurley, Isacc Smith, Jaden Giby and Alex Badea) with Sensei John and Liridona coaching. all had had at least one competition under their belt. Tiberius also entered in the kick man event, which was using clear kumite techniques
Competition | 6th ELITE International Karate Open 2022 Read More »
Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan) Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading. The standard was very high. The white belts put in the best performance I have seen from beginners for years, with full commitment and spirit. The red belts had the additional challenge of learning extra techniques as we
Grading – September 2022 Read More »
17th July saw the Luton Higashi club enter a competition for the first time since Covid, as 13 competitors made their way to Worcester. Over 1,100 entries saw this to be what is likely the single biggest karate competition in England this year. The majority of the squad were competing for the first time. Kata Kata
Competition | Central England Championships 2022 Read More »
