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THE BKA ARE NOW
MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH
KARATE FEDERATION (EKF )
AND THE WORLD KARATE
FEDERATION ( WKF ) THE EKF IS
THE ONLY FEDERATION
RECOGNISED BY THE WKF
April EKF TOURNAMENT
SQUAD TRAINING SESSION Saturday 3rd March
AT
Rothwell Dojo
Fox Street
Rothwell
Kettering
NN14 6AN
Training – 12pm – 1.30pm
Selections 1.30 – 3pm
For further info please contact squad coach Brian Holland – hollandbrn@aol.com 0795 2879613
PLEASE NOTE: Referee course 19th November cancelled- DOES NOT AFFECT SQUAD TRAINING ON 19TH NOVEMBER WHICH WILL STILL GO AHEAD.
At the recent WKF World Junior & Cadet Championships in Malaysia, WKF Congress Approved a new set of Competition Rules which will come into force in 2012. Until I have had chance to go through these amendments with E.K.F. Chief Referee Dale Gamble, there doesn’t seem much point in holding a Referee course on the current rules. Because of this, the B.K.A. Referee Course which was scheduled to be held alongside the B.K.A. Squad Session on November 19th will be cancelled. However, the B.K.A. Squad Session will run as planned.
As soon as I have had chance to go through these new rules in great detail with Dale, I will schedule a B.K.A. Referee Course in the New Year.
VENUE: ROTHWELL, KETTERING,
NORTHANTS
SATURDAY 19th NOVEMBER 2011
FREE REFEREE COURSES WILL RUN ALONG SIDE THE SQUAD SESSIONS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TRAINING PLEASE CONTACT
BRIAN HOLLAND (Squad training) 01536 481526 – email hollandbrn@ aol.com
PETER BIBBY (Referee training) 07835 558424 – info@redsunkarate.com
Please see attached details of BKA Referee Program
OPEN TO JUNIOR AND SENIOR BKA MEMBERS
Please bring clean white Gi together with training t-shirt and EKF style sparring equipment.
Refreshment i.e. bottled water for breaks would be good. £5.00 Training fee, which goes towards
squad costs. Times: 12noon – 3pm. For more information please contact Brian Holland
01536 481526 email hollandbrn@aol.com
Although being held in the middle of the August holidays, both the Squad session and the ref’s course were well attended Peter Bibby took the Referees and prepped them for a written test on the WKF competition rules, they then joined the squad for some practical training.
Geoff Dixon, Emma Holland and Alison Hinds then retired to a quite room to take their written exams.
Well done to those passing and also those attending.
The squad and squad hopefuls wee put through an intense session working on the basic techniques required for karate competition Starting with a good a cardio warm up, followed by repetition of techniques using a number system. This was followed by relaxed sparring giving students a chance to practice the number system.
After a little break we had fight offs with referees and judges overseeing the action.
Peter Bibby then ran the squad and referees through WKF Shitei Katas – Jion – Bassi dai – Kanku dai – Seienchin and Seishan.
It is early days for the squad and we are learning all the time, we will be attending a number of national competitions next year (dates to follow) and I will be looking for fighters and students who want to compete in Kata. Those looking to gain a place on the BKA team should attend as many club level competitions as possible to gain experience.
12noon -3pm £5.00 training fee
FREE REFEREE COURSES WILL RUN ALONG SIDE THE SQUAD SESSIONS.
SATURDAY 7TH MAY AT MANCHESTER, RYU DO KARATE & FITNESS ACADEMY
FOR MOR INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE TRAINING DATES PLEASE CONTACT
BRIAN SEABRIGHT 01484 843400 – email bka “at” thebka.co.uk
BRIAN HOLLAND 01536 481526 – email hollandbrn “at” aol.com