Grading Jan 2014

Grading Jan 2014

Connor Lockett wins flying kick award

Grading Jan 2014

And we are underway

Grading Jan 2014

The calm before the storm 

Good Luck for Grading

Its that time again as we approach grading.  

Put into practice all that you have learnt over the past three months.  

Good Luck tomorrow to all our students.  

We start at 10am, so please attend for 9:30am

Sensei Riley

Meeting of Masters

The Meeting of Masters International Event 

Bradford 2013

Sensei Riley and Sensei Starling

Sensei Riley and Sensei Tom Starling 

President of the Jiu Jitsu IBF England

Junior & senior black belts an gold tab grading

March 1st starting at 2pm till 6pm at Castleton community centre. 

International Meeting of Masters

Some photos taken from a very special evening.  

The International Meeting of Masters brought together some fantastic people 

as we host Team Mancini from Italy.

The Christmas Break

Castleton is open tonight as normal

Friday December 20th.

Juniors 6:45pm and Seniors 7:45pm  

Jiu Jitsu at Middleton Arena resumes after the Christmas and New Year break on the 2nd January 2014.

We would like to wish everyone a Very Happy Christmas and New Year.  

Sensei W.Riley and all the Katana team

Bradford Grading Day

A fantastic day was held at Bradford and this photo shows all the students after receiving their certificates.  

A big congratulations to everyone.

"A very high standard of Jiu-Jitsu was shown today.  

Well done to all the students" 

Sensei W.Riley

Grading Day

Grading at Middleton Arena

A Fantastic day and awesome performance by everyone.  

"Excellent technique and skill shown by everyone" Sensei Riley

Krishan wins Golden Glove

Golden Glove Winner!

Krishan Mistry shows his skills and wins the Golden Glove competition.  
The award is presented to Krishan by Sensei Riley

A brilliant time in Pisa

A photo of Sensei Riley and Sensei Stefano Mancini 

after a recent Jiu Jitsu course in Pisa.  

We are looking forward to our course in November.

Please contact us at katanajj@gmail.com if your 

interested in our course as places are very limited.

Meeting of Masters Form

Meeting of Masters 

Seminar & Dinner Dance

Print off the form ASAP as places are becoming very limited

http://katanajj.blogspot.co.uk/p/masters-form.html

Grading

Kyu Grading 

Sunday 29th September 2013

9:30am - 12.00noon

Middleton Arena

Black Belt & Gold Tab Grading

Saturday 26th October 2013

2pm - 6pm

Castleton Community Centre

Katana Display Team 2013

A HUGE thanks to the 

Katana Jiu-Jitsu Display Team 

of 2013

Meeting of Masters

The Meeting of Masters

International Jiu-Jitsu Seminar 2013

Meeting of Masters 

International Jiu Jitsu Seminar 

and Presentation Dinner

Saturday 30th November 2013 

11am-2pm

McMillan Building

Bradford College

Trinity Road

Bradford

BD5 0JE

See all the info on the dedicated page:
Meeting of Masters page

download and print off a form here

MASTERS FORM

40th Anniversary Masterclass

We are proud to show some of our recent photos from our Masterclass event.  We had an amazing day to celebrate Sensei Rileys 40th Anniversary in Martial Arts.

Callum achieves Golden Glove

A BIG congratulations to Callum Hill who won his Golden Glove award recently. 

 Callum can be seen here shaking hands with Sensei Riley, who added: 

"Callum continues to make us very proud.   

Our standards are very high and Callum shows excellent technique"

Middleton Arena Open Day

We have been invited to participate in the Middleton Arena open day again and we are delighted to announce the date and time slot.  

Everybody is welcome to come and join us and try out Jiu Jitsu on the mat.   

Feel free to come and join us for a fun day.

Date:  Saturday July 13th 2013

Time:  11.00am - 12.00 noon

Congratulations to Leon Guest who was awarded his headband for winning the Flying Kick Competition at Katana Jiu Jitsu Royton.  

Leon demonstrated excellent technique to achieve this.  

Well done Leon

Liam Grabs Golden Glove Award

 Liam King had a very impressive Golden Glove awarded to him for outstanding punches in a recent competition.  Sensei Riley said "Liam has been very consistent with great punches. Well done Liam"

Ulani grabs the golden glove

Well done to Ulani Greene who won the coveted Golden Glove award. Sensei Riley said "Ulani continues to show excellent technique".

Mason Kicks on

Well done to Mason Nuttall who performed brilliantly in a recent Flying Kick Competition.  Mason shown his "Flying" Colours as he won the competition 5 times to receive this medal.  

Sensei Riley added " A very good performance, well done Mason"

Bradford Grading Day

A big well done to everyone at Katana Jiu-Jitsu Bradford who performed brilliantly at their recent Grading day.  Sensei Riley has been teaching at Bradford for many years and has added "A great display with good technique shown by all our students, well done"

Junior Gold Tabs & Black Belts

Congratulations to everyone on Grading day, as the Gold tabs and the Junior Black Belt grading was an impressive display.  

Sensei Riley added "Excellent technique shown and to a very high standard"

40 Year Anniversary

This year, Sensei William Riley celebrates a landmark 40 YEARS in Martial Arts.

As an independent club, Katana Jiu-Jitsu 

is happy and privileged to invite 

Sensei Alan Campbell from Australia as a guest instructor to mark this momentous occasion.

Everyone is welcome to attend this fabulous occasion 

which is being held at Middleton Arena on 30th March 2013.

Juniors:  10am till 12 Noon

Seniors:  12 Noon till 2pm

Congratulations to all our Junior Black Belts on our recent Grading day.  Well done to everyone.  

Sensei Riley said "Im Proud of everybody.  A very high standard of Jui Jitsu was shown"

Mark attains Shodan

Congratulations to Mark English who passed his recent Grading to attain 1st Degree Black Belt (Shodan).

A very proud moment for Mark who really impressed on Grading day and his years of dedication shone through.  Well done Mark

Katana Jiu Jitsu Club host their first Grading in Bradford. 

 

What a fantastic day.  A proud moment for the club and Sensei W.Riley 

Hannah Taylor grabs gold

A big congratulations to Hannah Taylor who won both the punching AND flying kick competitions at Katana Jiu Jitsu Castleton on 2nd September 2012. Well done Hannah! Awesome achievement.

Hannah was presented with her award by Sensei W.Riley

Grading Day September 2012

A big congratulations to all our students who attended grading and passed to attain their new belts.  Everyone performed admirably and we look forward to the next stage in our syllabus.

 

Ulani grabs gold!

Well done to Ulani who achieves Gold and joins the few elite who have won the Olympic gold medal. Ulani won the flying kick and golden glove on the same night.

Sensei Riley presented Ulani with her medal at Castleton :)

Josh wins Olympic gold medal

A huge congratulations to Josh who wins the Olympic gold medal. This is a new award reserved for the Elite!!

This is achieved by Winning the flying kick and golden glove competition on the same night!

Well done Josh :)

Sam makes Prefect

A HUGE congratulations to Sam Blair who was awarded his Prefect medal.

Sam has know won the Flying Kick competition 5 times to become prefect.

An Awesome achievement.  Sam was presented with his medal by Sensei Riley at Royton.

Oliver becomes 2nd Dan

A special moment for Oliver becoming a 2nd Degree Black Belt.

Oliver was presented with his certificate at Middleton Arena.

Oliver

2nd Dan Nidan (二段:にだん)