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Ipswich Shotokan Karate Club is the very first club in the whole of the Japanese Karate Association of England to be awarded the prestigious Sports England Clubmark accreditation after over eighteen months of meetings, hours of paperwork building a comprehensive portfolio on running a safe and professional Karate club. The instructors at ISKC have attended courses from sports first aid to child protection and all matters in between, to run a safe and well structured Karate club, where people, young and old, can develop their sporting skills in a completely safe environment. IN the words of Suffolk Sport; "By ISKC gaining Clubmark, we are setting a shining example for other clubs to follow. Can I at this time thank the assistant instructors, Phil Harold, Barry Crozier, for attending numerous courses for ISKC in their own time throughout this venture, and to thank Alice Donohoe, who is attending the next sports first aid course, in aid of ISKC, in September this year. That will bring the number of sports first aid club members to four. Chief Instructor of Ipswich Shotokan Karate Club
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ISKC NEWS
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At the National Championships at the beginning of July ISKC had two successes : In the Junior Section, Kerry won a silver medal in the kata competition and Robert won a silver medal in the kumite competition. Many congratulations to them both.
At the ISKC summer grading session overseen by Sensei Adel Ismail, 5th Dan, JKA, there were many successes. In fact it was the most successful grading for seven years with every candidate gaining a full pass. Sensei Ismail singled out Caitlan, Danny and Robert who he said trained particularly well. Caitlan and Danny have been invited to train with the JKAE National squad. Congratulations to everyone who took part in the grading.
Looking to the future – we are planning to send a group from the Club to Brussels in November to train at Sensei Sawada’s annual international training session from 11 to 13 November, inclusive. Visiting instructors are expected to be Sensei Ogura, 7th Dan JKA and Sensei Ohta, 6th Dan JKA and Chief Instructor of JKAE. And of course Sensei Sawada, 7th Dan JKA will also be teaching.
For more details please contact Sensei Jon and/or Barry.
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