Hermitage Park Karate Club

Had a great evening practicing our kumite! We gave everyone a chance using flag to score points to learn more about what a point looks like on the mat. Thrilled to see some really enthusiastic participation and all grades getting stuck in!

We've had some very varied lessons this summer, using the heat to train slightly differently. We had a delivery of Bo Staffs today so decided to use them for our one step attack. Some great ideas and demonstrations from our adults tonight in a very warm dojo!!

Thanks to Hermitage Park Community Centre for having us today as part of your "Around the World Week" at Hermitage Hawks.

Just shy of two hours and we all had a great time doing some basics, pad work, balancing and lots of games!

The kids were great, and thanks to the staff that were on hand to help out!

Unfortunately Sensei Chloe & I were unable to attend the competition at Thames today, but a huge congratulations to Archie for winning his cadet kumite category for Kent Michi Karate Association. Two wins from two competitions, only a week apart. Fantastic work Archie, we're both super proud!

Congratulations to the rest of the Michi squad, sounds like a good day all around!

Well done to our competitors at this years KMKA Kumite competition!!

Jan 🥉
Maisie 🥉🥈
Ben 🥉
Archie 🥇🥇
Emma 🥈
Ash 🥉
Gareth 🥈

Special mention to Gareth, Ash, Emma and Jan for their kumite debut! Looking forward to seeing what you do next.

Super proud of you all!

Huge congratulations to all of our Hermitage Park students that graded yesterday, a fantastic effort! Here's a few of them from our Monday session showing off their shiny new belts!
Special mentions to Oli who double graded from white to red, and to Imogen from Ditton Karate on getting her junior shodan!
We're so proud of you all 🥋👊🏻

Another busy one at Hermitage Park tonight! Well done to everyone that came along to train. Good luck to those that are grading this weekend 🥋

Half term is over, 18 in the dojo tonight, fantastic numbers for a Monday and a lot of our Thursday regulars now getting the benefit of doing a second lesson 💪🏻

A focus on hikite training tonight and the importance of bringing a technique back nice and quickly. We also focused on accuracy using the hoops to make sure punches were coming back in a clean straight line.

A stunning day for HPKC today- Everyone who graded today absolutely smashed it and did us proud! Congratulations to Jan and Ash (who both double graded!) Amy, Avyaan, Riona, Charlie, Sarah, Emma, Mia, Harry and Gareth!!

A special mention to our Sophie who is testament to what you can achieve with practice, sheer determination and a genuine love of karate.✨She might be little, but let me tell you this girl is as fierce as they come!!

We are so proud of you Sensei Sophie- our newest SHODAN!!