International Seminar 2019

Katana Jiu-Jitsu Club hosted it's annual international seminar on Saturday the 12th October. As always it was a fantastic event and very well attended. This year was one of our biggest with an amazing line up of guest instructors. We would like to thank all the guest instructors for supporting the event and passing on their knowledge to all the attendees. Thank you to Hanshi Riley, Soke Mancini, Shihan Ntanovaslis, Sensei Mitchell Sensei Fraser and Sensei Clarke for their great instruction.

Thank you to our amazing line-up of instructors, their techniques were amazing and their passion inspiring.

 

These events could not continue without the support of the students and clubs who attend. We offer a huge thank you to Reading Jiu Jitsu, Chorley Jiu Jitsu, Katana Jiu Jitsu, Leigh and Westhoughton Jiu-Jitsu, Poole Jiu-Jitsu, White Tiger and Leeds Kodokan for their support.

 Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this event.

Black Belt Gradings and Coaching Course

We had a fantastic day on the 5th October at our Autumn black belt gradings and coaching course.

The day started with our junior coaching course where students learnt the importance of health and safety, how to conduct warm-ups, the science behind a warm-up and first aid skills. All our juniors did exceptionally well and fully deserved their awards.  

Following directly on from their coaching course our juniors went directly into their gradings. We have come to expect great skill and technique from our students during their gradings and they did not disappoint us.  It was a tough afternoon for them all but they did not let us down, they were all fantastic and fully deserving of their new grades. A special mention must go to Reuben Adefoly who was promoted to junior black belt!

THe afternoon continued into the senior coaching course where duty of care, risk assessment, loco parentis, health and safety, session planning and first aid were all covered. Just like the juniors before them, the seniors passed the course with flying colours.

  We continued straight into their 1st Dan gradings where our three candidates were certainly made to work hard- there was not a dry Gi in the dojo! They all proved themselves more than worthy of a black belt, showing dedication, commitment and skill. Congratulations to Dennis, Patrick and Andy from all of us at Katana.