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Congratulations to our very own Omari Asein for winning another Bronze medal at the British International Open Championships on Saturday 5th September 2015 in Glasgow. This adds to his Bronze medals won in May at the United Styles Association Open Competition on 15th May and The British Four Nations Karate Championships that took place on […]

Judging Panel: John Hurley (5th Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a lower grade grading and all the gradees did well and were duly promoted to their new grades. Pawel Danielewicz performed notably and was awarded a 1st class pass.   Congratulations on your promotions!  Name Grade Belt Class Pass Andrea Radulescu 7th Kyu

We have a lot of brilliant guest trainers visit us at the club, we learn and laugh a lot and our most recent visit was from Glen who gave us a small glimpse into Silat.   We started with blocking attacks to the head then throwing a counter attack for our partner to block. At

As Omari and I had recently been accepted onto the Higashi National Squad we thought it would be a good idea to attend a competition or two to try and gain more experience with competition style fighting and prepare ourselves for the long road ahead as we attempt to become champions of our art. The

When I was told that I was competing in the Emirates stadium in Glasgow, I did not fully comprehend the scale on which I would be fighting. I the sudden realisation hit me when I entered the arena. The sheer size of the hall shook a little at first but my anxiety left almost as

Well, here we are on the Friday, 2nd day home after returning from Ogwen 2015. I’m sat in Costa with a coffee wondering where the heck those four days went? They always pass so quickly, those days of intense karate training and hard work, when you’re so focused on executing each kick, block and punch

Judging Panel: John Hurley (4th Dan), Jeff Archer (1st Dan) This was a lower grade grading and it was good to see so many students off the starting blocks with their first belt!   All the gradees did well and were duly promoted to their new grades. The performance of the day went to Stephen

It was a somewhat smaller Xmas party this year for the Lunatics as only 10 of us made it to Jimmy’s this time for the annual festive celebration.   As so many big events had happened to the club this year is was great to see that the instructors and students could still get together

Sensei John Hurley was delighted to be awarded his Godan (5th Dan) at the December kata course run by Sensei Peter Spanton.   This is a huge honor and recognition of John’s contribution to Karate in general and Higashi in particular. Since he was awarded his 4th Dan in North Wales in 2005, John has been

It was a great day for the Luton Lunatics as three of its members were upgraded at the December Kata Course run by Sensei Peter Spanton (8th Dan). Following the short kata course, Sensei John Hurley was honored to be awarded his 5th Dan. Then the hopefuls lined up for their grading.  Luton fielded Danni