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Welcome to the karate news section of the website. Here we post the latest stories from the Reading Wado-Kai Karate Club. Click here for details on upcoming England Wado Kai Courses ›

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20 Jul 12 - Grading Success for Reading Karate Club Students

Karate Grading

July has been an extremely successful month for grading at Reading karate club. In total we've had 6 students successfully grade. One to Purple belt, one to Yellow belt and four to Yellow Mon.

Congratulations to Billy, Caidan & Calyse, on their grading success at the England Wado Kai Godalming Course which took place at the prestigious Charterhouse school in Godalming.

Congratulations also to Kristina, Martin & Veronika who also graded in July at the Thatcham Wado Karate Club.

For further information about grading please click here>

For upcoming EWKR Events please check your newsletter or the courses section on the England Wado Kai Website.

 

 

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07 Jun 12 - Grading Success for Reading Karate Club Students

Grading Reading Karate Club

Congratulations to Duncan, Benjamin, Joseph and Brendan on their recent grading success at the England Wado Kai Summer Course.

The karate course took place at the Connaught Leisure Centre in Aldershot over the extremely hot weekend of the 26th and 27th May.

For further information about grading please click here>

For upcoming EWKR Events please check your newsletter or the courses section on the England Wado Kai Website.

 

 

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25 May 12 - Karate Training - Half Term/Jubilee Celebrations

Karate JubileeUnfortunately there will be no training at Reading Karate Club on Wednesday 06 June 2012, during the Half Term/Jubilee week.

Enjoy the holiday break and we will return to normal training on Wednesday 13th of June.

 

 

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08 Feb 12 - Reading Karate Student of the Month Award

Karate Student of the Month

This month's Reading Karate Club Student of the Month Award was presented to Kyle following the hard work and effort he has put into his karate training, and his extremely high attendance record, particularly over the Christmas/New Year period.

The instructors have been very pleased with Kyle's progress and overall attitude to training.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month to the Reading Karate Club Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Kyle!!

 

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06 Feb 12 - No karate training during half term

Half Term Karate TrainingThere will be no training during the February half term week at Reading Karate Club (Wednesday 15th Feb)

Training will return back to normal on Wednesday 22nd February.

Enjoy the week off and we look forward to seeing you back in the Dojo.

 

 

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23 Jan 12 - Student of the Year Features in Reading Chronicle

Karate Student of the Year 2011

Our Student of the Year Award, Joseph, has featured in The Reading Chronicle.

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22 Dec 11 - Training Times Change

Karate Training TimesFrom Wednesday 11th January 2012 Sensei Spiller will return to regular teaching at Reading Karate Club.

This means that we will be able to offer an additional 30 minutes free training for all our students. This change will take place on the second club training of 2012.

The timings for both the adult and children's karate classes will be 6:30pm - 8:00pm (running separately)

We advise arriving 10 minutes early to allow for booking in and personal warm up.

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21 Dec 11 - Reading Karate Student of the Year Award

Karate Student of the Year 2011

Our extremely prestigious Student of the Year Award went to Joseph who has worked extremely hard over the year, attenting regular training sessions and always putting in maximum effort.

His positive attitude to training and the development of his karate skills over the year also contributed to the decision to award him the Student of the Year award.

The Student of the Year Award is presented by our Senseis each year to the Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training.

Well done Joseph!!

 

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19 Dec 11 - Reading Karate Club now on Twitter

Karate Twitter
Reading karate Club is now on twitter. You can follow Reading karate Club @ReadingKarate for the latest news from the club.

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10 Dec 11 - Christmas Training Dates


Christmas Karate Snowman

The last club night will be on Wednesday 21st December 2011 and we will return to training on Wednesday 04th January 2012.

We’d like to wish you a very happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you in 2012.

Thanks for your support over 2011!

Rob Carl & Lorraine

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10 Nov 11 - Training Times Change


From the 16th November 2011 we will be reverting to our original opening times. This is because Sensei Carl has work commitments that mean he is presently unable to teach on Wednesdays.

Unfortunately this means that we are not able to continue to offer the free half hour of training we introduced in 2009.

The timings are as follows.

These times are operating from 16th November 2011.

We advise arriving 10 minutes early to allow for booking in and personal warm up.

We look forward to seeing you next week, and the change to opening times will be reviewed once Sensei Carl returns.

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15 Oct 11 - Success for Reading Karate Club member at European Competition


European Bronze Medal Winner

Congratulations to Emily, a regular at Reading Karate Club, who faced stiff competition and won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Wado Cup held in Meißen, Germany.

Emily represented England Wado Kai at the European Competition and her result was in the Individual Female Junior Kata category.

European Cup Competition

Congratulations also to Jack Franklin who also represented England Wado Kai and received a bronze in the Individual Male Junior Kata category.

Considering EWKR only had a squad of two competitors representing England, this is a fantastic result.

Well done!

 

 

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10 Oct 11 - Grading Success for Reading Karate Club Students


Gradings reading Karate Club

Congratulations to Yathavan and Benjamin on their recent grading success at the England Wado Kai Karate Junior Training Course.

In particular Yathavan was promoted two grades following a successful performance of Pinan Nidan. A double promotion is a rarity and testiment to his hard work and dedication.

The course took place at the Edgbarrow Sports Centre in Crowthorne early in October.

For further information about grading please click here>

For upcoming EWKR Events please check your newsletter or the courses section on the England Wado Kai Website.

 

 

 

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01 Oct 11 - September Student of the Month Award


Reading Karate Club Student of the Month

This month's Reading Karate Club Student of the Month Award was presented to Danielle following the continuous hard work and effort she has put into her karate training, her consistently positive attitude and her extremely high attendance record.

The instructors have been very pleased with Danielle's progress and overall attitude to training.

Well done Dannielle!!

 

 

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01 Oct 11 - EWKR Website Launched


EWKR Website Launched

Its been some time coming... But now its here, the new EWKR website.

You can find the site at www.englandwadokai.org

You will even find Reading Karate Club's Sensei Carl Spiller's photo on the home page.

We have plans to develop the site further and welcome and suggestions and improvement ideas.

Many thanks to those how contributed their time into bringing this together Special thanks to Sensei Paul Knight and Sensei Rob Barrett for designing and developing the site

Sensei Barry Wilkinson

 

 

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09 Oct 11 - Junior Grading and Training


Training and Grading opportunity at the Edgbarrow Sports Centre, Grant Road, (off Pinehill Road), Crowthorne, Berkshire, RG45 7JL.

Training Times: 9.30am - 1l.30am, break for Lunch, facilities at the Edgbarrow Sports Centre are very basic, resume training 12pm - 2pm, Grading's at 2pm beginners & lowest grade examinations
first & will continue throughout the afternoon.

Please see latest news letter or EWKR website for further details.

http://www.englandwadokai.org


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06 Oct 11 - Shiramizu Karate Internship


The Shiramizu Karate Internship has been announced for next year.

This has been going now since 2005 and is an ideal opportunity for anyone who fancies living in Japan for a year and training with the JKF Wadokai under Takamasa Arakawa sensei (6th dan).

You have to be between 20 and 35, have a university degree and you have to live there for the whole year.

Anyone interested can apply, here's the website:

http://japankarateintern.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

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