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Ogwen 2016 was a very special one for me. Even more special than my first one in 2011 where I was confirmed at the same grade (3rd kyu) after a 22 year break away from training with the Higashi family – an emotional high point, for sure! This was the year in which I was […]

Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) We had one of our larger gradings with 20 hopefuls. After the intense training building up to the recent HKK Nationals, the judges were hoping for a high standard and were not disappointed. Many of those who scored gold and silver

The Luton Lunatics had a great time at the HKK Nationals at Brunel University. We had another strong showing with over 20 competitors. Everyone worked hard in the months leading up to the competition with longer training sessions as well as extra sessions. We would see if it would all pay off! The day started strong

Once again the Luton Lunatics enjoyed their Christmas Dinner at The Brammingham. Everyone had a great time. There was lots of food, drink and talk of Ogwen Bank courses gone by. It was good see Phil “The Full” English, Rob Simpson and other friends and partners come out as well.  

Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Alex Buxton (3rd Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a larger grading with 15 hopefuls. The overall standard and energy were very high from start to end and the judges were very impressed. Performances of note were George Palmer who really shone and showed a lot of power

As usual, the Junior Luton Lunatics celebrated X-Mas at Pizza Hut. There was plenty of  pizza and ice cream. Attendance may have been a  little low as it was directly after a very hard grading and the kids may have been a little tired!

As the end of the year approached, we once again like to recognize the students who have put the most into their karate this year and who have got the most out of it. This year’s winners are:   Junior – Nitin Verma   Nitin has been training with for quite a while and the have seen

On Sunday 6th December Luton Higashi once again had the pleasure of hosting Sifu Rob Simpson’s annual visit to our Dojo.   Whilst attendance was not at the height that it had been on previous years, it was never the less well received by all grades that participated.   The higher grades we taught the

The WKU Open Karate Championships were held in Western Super-Mare. Since registration was at 9.30, it meant that this was an early start for the squad that went down. When we eventually arrived, despite the early start, I wasn’t really tired. Once the fighting categories started around midday, that’s when I started buzzing with excitement

On Sunday 15th November, Luton welcomed Chief Instructor and 9th Dan, Peter Spanton to take our training session. Dan grades and Brown belts had the opportunity to train for an hour, with Sensei Spanton, before the rest of the Luton Karate Kai arrived. It was an action packed hour, starting with a quick run through