Traditional Association of Shotokan Karate

What a busy day at our Olney grading today

Congratulations to all who achieved their next belt, as Sensei we are proud of you for your training and moving up the ranks is so great to see.

To those who were awarded a trophy, this is indeed a great award. Your spirit, effort and etiquette are a testament to you. to have that recognised in front of your peers is a great thing. Well done.

Wow!!

What an amazing weekend.

The championship had a fantastic turnout and so many medals were won.

Congratulations to all who took part, some of you joined in for the first time and got a taste of what it's like. But whether you won or not you were there cheering on your fellow karateka and showed great spirit.

Sensei from all clubs are so very proud of our students.

Next stop... Grading!

https://www.karatetask.org.uk/task-31st-championship/

TASK 31st Championship 14th May 2022 Participants £5 for junior students, £7 for seniors. Spectators are £2 each (under 5s go free) Fantastic day for all the family.

Some information about grading this weekend.

https://www.karatetask.org.uk/kyu-gradings/

https://www.karatetask.org.uk/task-calendar/

https://www.karatetask.org.uk/2021-dan-grading/

2021 Dan Grading On Saturday 27th November, we held our Dan Grading at the Hombu in Flitwick. This was noted as being the largest Dan Grading ever in 30+ years of TASK – a momentus day for all! We’d lik…

Wonderful to see NPKC working as a whole class with their line training.

It's always important to train with all abilities. Lower grades can glean so much from their higher grades equally it reminds our higher grades where they've come from, keeping them humble, but also that they won't always have a compliant participant!

Super lesson at NPKC today. Practiced sets in smaller groups and then as a whole class with line training. Brilliant fun but also gets you thinking on your feet a as the attacks are dealer's choice! Well done everyone

It's always a great boost to the association when a black belt opens a new club. But when we see that club go from strength to strength and be supported by other clubs and students too is really amazing.

The newest club to open as an affiliate to TASK is Fishermead Shotokan Karate, and is run by Sensei Norman.

If you're in the area, pop along! And if you know someone who may enjoy karate and they want to go along, drop him a line

https://www.facebook.com/fishermeadshotokandojo/

Fishermead Karate Dojo Classes - Monday
Junior Grade 18:30 - 19:30
Senior Grade 19:30 - 21:00
Fishermead Trinity Centre

Update to grading in 2 weeks time.

There will be a lesson ahead of the Dan grading.

Lesson starts at 12 noon. The grading will commence at 1pm and run until 8pm.

2021 Dan Grading After a tough year, we are pleased to announce that this year’s Dan grading will be taking place at the Honbu. Those looking to grade, please ensure you follow the Dan Grading Requirements (click f…

Over the last 2 weekends we have held our kyu gradings.

It is clear that a lot of work has been put in and for so many this was their first experience of a grading.

After our grading at the Hombu in Flitwick the Dan grades went for a meal and it was announced that Shihan has now been awarded his 9th Dan and shall now be known as Hanshi.

He has written a letter to TASK which can be found on our website.

A Message From Hanshi I would like to congratulate all twenty five students who were successful in passing their grading examination on Sunday 12th September 2021 at the Flitwick Hombu, and the sixty four students who s…

If anyone has any personal memories or experiences they'd like to share, please do and we will ensure Shihan gets to see them!

Happy Birthday Shihan

A Very Special Day Over the years, many people have had the pleasure of both meeting and being taught by Shihan John van Weenen.He has been a true inspiration to so many people and we are incredibly lucky to have suc…