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Blackbelt Class – now for ALL Brown Belts too
Blackbelt classes are on the first Saturday of every month at Pent Valley Leisure Centre.
4.00pm to 6.00pm. Junior and Senior. ALL Brown Belts will be able to take part in this class. £8.00. Students grading for a black belt grade are expected to attend at least 8 of these courses per year.
2nd Open Knockdown Sunday 25 April 2010
Full Contact
Pent Valley Leisure Centre, Tile Kiln Lane, Folkestone
Doors open at 10.00am Competitors £10.00 Spectators £5.00
Students under 16 years of age wanting to take part must be advised by their instructor
If you’re not taking part then come and watch
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| Programme of Events 2010 | |||||||
| January | |||||||
| February | Sunday | 7 | Beach Training | Sensei Mike | Joss Bay (10 - 12am) | Broadstairs | |
| Sunday | 28 | Folkestone Clicker Tournament | Pent Valley | Folkestone | |||
| Last week | Tile break (21st to 28th) | In classes | In classes | ||||
| March | Saturday | 13 | Pre Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | ||
| Sunday | 14 | Pre Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| Saturday | 27 | Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | |||
| Sunday | 28 | Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| April | Sunday | 25 | Folkestone Novice Knockdown Tournament | Pent Valley | Folkestone | ||
| May | Sunday | 9 | Kata Competition | Pent Valley | Folkestone | ||
| June | Saturday | 5 | Black/Brown Belt Pre Grading | Pent Valley | Folkestone | ||
| Saturday | 12 | Pre Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | |||
| Sunday | 13 | Pre Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| Sunday | 20 | Black/Brown Belt Grading | Pent Valley | Folkestone | |||
| Saturday | 26 | Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | |||
| Sunday | 27 | Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| July | Sat/Sun | 3,4,5 | Summer Camp | Kearsney Campsite | Dover | ||
| Sunday | 18 | Beach Training | Shihan Mick | Joss Bay (5pm) | Broadstairs | ||
| August | Sensei Kevins Summer Training | Sensei Kevin | Herne Junior | Herne | |||
| Sensei Kevins Summer Training | Sensei Kevin | Herne Junior | Herne | ||||
| Sensei Kevins Summer Training | Sensei Kevin | Herne Junior | Herne | ||||
| September | Saturday | 11 | Pre Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | ||
| Sunday | 12 | Pre Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| Saturday | 25 | Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | |||
| Sunday | 26 | Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| October | Sunday | 10 | Sandwich Clicker Tournament | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | ||
| November | Sunday | 7 | Folkestone Knockdown Tournament | Pent Valley | Folkestone | ||
| Saturday | 20 | Black/Brown Belt Pre Grading | Pent Valley | Folkestone | |||
| Saturday | 27 | Pre Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | |||
| Sunday | 28 | Pre Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| December | Sunday | 5 | Black/Brown Belt Grading | Pent Valley | Folkestone | ||
| Saturday | 11 | Grading | Herne am, Folkestone pm | Herne/Folk | |||
| Sunday | 12 | Grading | Sandwich Leisure | Sandwich | |||
| Saturday | 18 | Christmas Party (Children then Adults) | Canterbury | ||||
| Thursday | 23 | Last Karate Classes 2010 | |||||
Mas Oyama and Kyokushin
History of Kyokushin Karate Sosai Masutatsu Oyama was born on July 27th, 1923, in a village in Southern Korea. At the age of 9 whilst staying on his sister's farm in Manchuria, he first learnt the Martial Arts, studying the southern Chinese Kempo form known as "Eighteen Hands." In 1938 Mas Oyama traveled to Japan with the desire to enter an aviation school and become a fighter pilot, but he was forced to abandon his dream and find work. He continued practicing judo and boxing and his interest in Martial Arts led him to the dojo of Gishin Funakoshi and thus, he started practicing Okinawa Karate.
With his dedication, Mas Oyama progressed quickly and by the time he was 20 years old he had obtained his fourth Dan. It was at this time that Mas Oyama entered the Japanese Imperial Army and began studying judo in the hope of mastering its holding and grappling techniques. When he stopped training in judo, after about 4 years, he gained a fourth Dan. Following the defeat of Japan after the second world war, Oyama like all other young Japanese, was thrown into a personal crisis. He found a way out of his despair by training with So Nei Chu, a Korean Master of Goju-Ryu Karate. This great teacher, renowned for the power of his body, and deep spiritual inclination ad a profound influence on young Mas Oyama. Master So taught him the inseparability of budo and the spiritual fundamentals of Buddhism. After a few years of training, Master So advised Mas Oyama to make a firm commitment to dedicate his life to the Martial Way and retreat to a mountain hideout and train his mind and body.
In 1946, Mas Oyama went into training, at a remote spot, on the Mt. Kiyosumi in Chiba Prefecture. He was accompanied by one of his students named Yashiro and a friend Mr. Kayama brought them food supplies every month. Through vigorous training, Mas Oyama learnt to overcome the mental strain caused by solitude but Yashiro could not bear it and fled after 6 months. About fourteen months later Mr. Kayama told Mas Oyama that due to unforeseen circumstances he could no longer sponsor Mas Oyama's retreat in the mountains and thus Mas Oyama's original plan of remaining in solitude for three years was brought to an end.
In 1950, Mas Oyama began his famous battles with bulls; partly to test his strength and also to make the world sit up and notice the power of his karate. All together, Oyama fought 52 bulls, killing 3 instantly and taking the horns of 49 with knife-hand blows. Mas Oyama opened his first "Dojo" in 1953 in Mejiro, Tokyo. This was the time that Mas Oyama's karate strength was at its peak so the training was severe. Many students were members of other styles and Mas Oyama would compare styles and build on his karate. He would take what he felt were the best techniques and concepts from any Martial Art and gradually fit them into his training; therefore, laying the foundations of Kyokushin Karate.
The first "School of Oyama" outside Japan was opened in 1957 by Shihan Bobby Lowe in Hawaii. In 1952, Mas Oyama gave his first demonstration in Hawaii. After the demonstration Shihan Bobby Lowe met Mas Oyama and arranged to train with him. Bobby Lowe's father was an instructor of Kung Fu so he had done much training in the Chinese Martial Arts. He had participated in any fighting Art he could; by the time he was 23 he had earned his 4th Dan in judo, 2nd Dan in Kempo, shodan in Aikido but Mas Oyama's powerful demonstration had stunned him. Mas Oyama invited Bobby Lowe to Tokyo to train with him and Bobby Lowe did and trained for over a year and a half. In this way Shihan Bobby Lowe became the first "uchi-deshi" of Kyokushin, a tradition that later grew to be known as the "Wakajishi" or Young Lions of Mas Oyama, where a select few are chosen each year to devote themselves to Karate for one thousand days.
The building of the World Headquarters started in 1963 and was officially opened in 1964. It was at this time that Mas Oyama adopted the name Kyokushin "The Ultimate Truth". Kyokushin had started its spread around the globe and at present is one of the largest martial art organization in the world. It goes without saying that a style is only as strong as the students who represent it. This is why it is the responsibility of all those who have chosen to follow Sosai, to train hard and forge and indomitable spirit so that the tradition of strength in Kyokushin Karate may be recognized by all for many years.
by Adnan Tarsha
Kyokushin Karate was first seen in Great Britain in 1965. It was brought to this country by Sensei Bob Boulton. Sensei Boulton had studied in Japan at the Honbu (HQ) dojo of the legendary Masutatsu Oyama. On his return to this country he founded the first Kyokushin Dojo, the London Karate Kai in Kennington, South London. The fame of this Sensei and the Kyokushin style of Karate soon spread. He was later joined by Sensei Steve Arneil and it was not long before members of the dojo were competing and winning tournaments. Soon after this the British Kyokushinkai Karate was formed. Its first chairman was Bruce Donn. The B.K.K. continued to grow in size and within a few years there were over thirty dojos practising Kyokushin Karate.
International Karate
International Karate Kyokushinkaikan, established 10 years ago, is an organisation supporting kyokushin karate martial arts clubs in the UK. Our current membership is from martial art clubs based in London and Kent and is gradually expanding its membership from break away kyokushin karate clubs at a steady rate.
Teaching
The teachers are experienced martial artists all trained in kyokushin karate.Some also have a degree of knowledge of other martials arts: Aikido, Judo, Kick Boxing, Self Defence, Taekwondo, Shotokan Karate, Gojo Ryu Karate, Ju Jitsu and Boxing.
With this knowledge and training they have become proficient in teaching childrens karate, adults karate and ladies self defence.
Standards
The karate clubs offer a strong traditional style of karate for men, women and children. We strive for increasing the quality of our teaching and the improved standard of our students.
Positive Attitude
The karate classes are disciplined but still fun and friendly with every part of the karate students progress being positive for the student.
Opportunities
Karate students, children and adults, will have the opportunity grade for their different coloured karate belts, attain karate black belt grades and gain karate coaching qualifications.
The karate organisation is non-political and offers novice and open full contact knockdown karate tournaments and also non contact multiple scoring clicker karate tournaments national and internationally.
Locations
Current karate club locations are at London, Canterbury, Folkestone, Dover, Sandwich, Margate, Herne, Whitstable, Hersden, Sturry, Lympne
Check the club pages for the following karate clubs. Most of the clubs offer separate karate classes for adults and for children whilst others specialise in childrens karate for children only.
Hong Kong Phoey
The series stars Hong Kong Phooey, the “number one super guy” who travels about the city in his “Phooeymobile”, fighting crime with the aid of his manual, The Hong Kong Book Of Kung Fu.[2] The stories begin at the police headquarters, where Hong Kong Phooey's alter ego, Penry, works as a mild-mannered janitor under the glare of Sergeant Flint ("Sarge"). Also at the police station is Rosemary, the telephone operator, who has a crush on Hong Kong Phooey. After Rosemary gets a call and explains the crime, Penry runs into a filing cabinet and (always getting stuck) transforms himself into Hong Kong Phooey.
Despite the theme song, Hong Kong Phooey is a classic screw-up, and often fails to save the city only to be saved by his sidekick cat, Spot. In a few rare circumstances, Hong Kong Phooey actually does save the city, but usually as an unintended side effect of his intended attack going horribly wrong. Hong Kong Phooey is a respected superhero who always gets full credit for Spot’s success.
A running gag is that Hong Kong Phooey is such a respected hero that when his incompetence causes him to crash into, harm, or otherwise inconvenience a civilian, the passerby feels honored as opposed to annoyed or embarrassed, such as when he drove the Phooeymobile through wet cement, splattering the workers, who responded that it was an honor to have a whole day's work ruined by "the great Hong Kong Phooey."
source: wikipedia