Regretably there will be no club training on Wednesday 7th April due to major road works on Northumberland Avenue.

However we will still be having our Easter Egg training session on Wednesday 31st March.

With regret, due to the continuing weather and road conditions there will be no karate this week.

We plan to resume training next week on the 20th Jan.

We also plan to run our Christmas competition, with medals for everyone, the following week on the 27th Jan.

Watch this space for the latest information, or contact us>

We have received word that there will be no training this Saturday (9th Jan) at the Crowthorne club due to the weather conditions.

For further details please contact Sensei Wilkinson directly, you can find his phone number in the back of your registration books.

Now the snow has started to thaw and life is getting back to normal; training at Reading Karate Club will start on Wednesday 20th Jan.

We will run our postponed Christmas competition, with medals for everyone, the following week on the 27th Jan.

Due to the current extreme weather conditions there will be no karate this week.

We plan to resume training next week.

Watch this space for the latest information, or contact us>

Happy New Year and we look forward to training soon . . .

There is no karate on Wednesday 16th September 2009 due to essential heating works being carried out at the South Reading Youth and Community Centre

Training will be back to normal the following week (23/09/09).

Sensei Barry Wilkinson will be visiting Reading Wado Kai Karate club to offer some training on Wednesday 8th April 2009. This is a rare opportunity for club members to train with Sensei Wilkinson at our dojo, so please make the effort to attend.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Congratulations to Billy, Bradley, Aaron, Sam and Alex on passing their recent gradings at the England Wado Kai junior training and grading Course held at the Aldershot dojo on Sunday 22nd February 2009.

For further information about grading please click here>

This year's Summer grading course will be held at the Surrey University Sports Centre, Stag Hill, Guildford Surrey. Directions>
 
There are 3 days training and grading opportunities over the weekend of 23-25 May 2009.
 
For further details see your newsletter.

Success for England Wadokai at the Wado Ryu Federation Karate Tournament on Sunday 16th November held at Yate Leisure Centre, Kennedy way, Yate, Bristol. We came away with 18 Trophies.

The EWKR fielded a mixed ability squad for this event, including some for the first timers, such as Grace Curry, Izzy Cashmore & Ellie Mathews. Well done to all who competed, including those who achieved a great deal but were just pipped in to fourth place. It will I am sure be, with such determination, a next time success.

England Wado-Kai Karate-Do Renmei (EWKR) Results:

Kata

Cadets Kata 1st Nico Marengo (Farnham), 2nd Carl Spiller (Reading)
9 - 14 Years - Up to 6th Kyu Kata- 1st Samantha Hilton(Liphook) 2nd George Lee (Applemore) 3rd BenMatthews (Liphook)
9 - 14 Years - 5th - 1st Kyu Kata 1st jack Franklin (Guildford)
Boys Team Kumite 1st - Scott Rawlings (alias The Noodle), George Lee & Ben Mathews

Kumite

11 - 14 Girls Kumite - 1st Samantha Hilton (Liphook), 2nd Emily Aldridge (Crowthorne)
9 - 11 Boys Kumite - 1st Scott Rawlings (Alton), 2nd Ben Mathews (Liphook)
12- 14 Boys Kumite - 1st Jack Franklin (Guildford)
Cadets Kumite - 3rd Carl Spiller (Reading)
Mens Kumite - 1st Nico Marengo (Farnham), 2nd Dan Radford (Bordon)
Ladies Kumite - 1 Amanda Hollwey (Farnham)

A very well done to all those EWKR Squad members and hearty Congratulations to those listed above

Congratulations to Oli, Sahil and Annika on passing his recent gradings at the England Wado Kai Winter Course held at Farnham Sports Centre on Sunday 7th December 2008.

Sahil and Annika earned their Orange Mon (7th Mon).

Oli earned his Green Belt (6th kyu).

For further information about grading please click here>

We are very happy to report that the association won four medals for England in The Europeans in Luxembourg last weekend (Saturday 25th October), doubling what we won last year and in Paris and the year before in Budapest.

Results for England were:

Christine Cook (Farnborough Club) , Bronze in Kata
Jack Franklin (Guildford Club), Bronze in Kata
Carl Spiller (Reading Club) won a Bronze in Kumite
Daniel Peach (Glossop Club near Manchester), Bronze in Kumite.

There were 17 Countries represented with 16 Countries taking an active part Ireland being the only Country not to send any Competitors.

On Monday 4th August 2008 six members of England Wado-Kai (Scott Rawlings age 10 alias The Noodle, Jack Franklin aged 13, Carl Spiller age 16, Steven Wood age 17 alias Andy Pipkin Dan Radford age 19 and Barry Wilkinson) and two Mums (Julie Franklin and Anne Rawlings) got up at crack of sparrow to travel to Gatwick Airport to fly to Copenhagen to participate in the JKF Wado-Kai Denmark Tour.

This was held at The Tokai University Japanese Boarding School in Prastoe 80 kilometers south of Copenhagen. The gang were picked up on Monday by mini buses by Sensei Haru Hirota 5th Dan Wado-Kai who was a Maths teacher at the School in Denmark for 8 years and Mr Taguma an adminstrator of the Tokai School. The first session from 18.30 until 20.30 and was very in-depth Wado-Kai Training under the JKF Wado-Kai National Coach Sensei Toshiaki Maeda 7th Dan assisted keenly by Sensei Sano assistant National Coach and translated by Sensei Haru Hirota.

After training we had an international Dinner of Pasta and Salad washed down with Danish Beer many "Campai's" cheers with an old friend of England Wado-Kai Tamara Schuu 2nd Dan from Luxemburg also the World Famous Sensei Shingo Ohgami 7th Dan accompanied by Sensei Thomas Tossbrant 5th dan and Dan Grades Daniel & Christian from the very Famous Samurai Dojo of Gothenburg, Sweden.

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Jack.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.

It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Jack!!

Congratulations to Jack on passing his recent grading at the England Wado Kai Summer Course held at the University of Surrey..

Jack earned his Orange Belt (7th kyu).

For further information about grading please click here>

Congratulations to Carl Spiller and Stewart Ratcliffe for winning gold for kata on 13th April 2008 at the UK Open Karate Tournament in Bristol.

To celebrate their success Lorraine arranged for this wonderful cake and got their picture in the papers.

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Jack.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.

It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Jack!!

On the last karate lesson of the year Santa took some time out from his very busy schedule to visit the Reading Wado-Kai Karate Club. He dropped off some early Christmas presents of exclusive club tee-shirts to all the students.

After watching some of the fun and games Santa then presented our prestigious 'Student of the Year' and 'Most Improved Student' awards; this year going to Jake and Olli.

Congratulations to the well deserving winners of the awards who have both worked extremely hard over the year. To find out more about the Kids Club click here>

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Ollie.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.

It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Ollie!!

Congratulations to our students who worked very hard and passed their recent gradings at the SKW Winter Training and Grading course in Farnham.

Levis earned his Yellow Stripe (8th mon), Alex her Yellow Belt (8th Kyu) and Oli and Sam both earned their Green Stripes (6th mon).

For further information about grading please click here>

European success for 15 year old Reading Wadokai karate club member Carl Spiller.

Carl was selected to represent England along with 3 other children in Paris for the 35th Federation of Wadokai European Karate Championships on 2nd November 2007 held at the Institute de Judo, Port de Orleans, Paris.

During a competition that saw 13 nations competing against each other he was awarded for his hard work and dedication by winning a coveted bronze medal in kumite.

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Chloe.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.

It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Chloe!!

Congratulations to Jack on passing his recent grading.

Jack earned his Yellow Stripe (8th mon).

For further information about grading please click here>

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Levis.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.

It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Levis!!

Congratulations to Sam and Graham who both graded at Aldershot this month.

Sam earned his Green Stripe (6th mon) and Graham his Yellow Belt (8th Kyu).

For further information about grading please click here>

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Hayden.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.
It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Hayden!!

Congratulations to Jamie and Chelsea who both graded this month. Jamie earned his Orange Belt (7th Kyu) and Chelsea earned her Yellow Stripe (8th Mon).

For further information about grading please click here>

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Chelsea.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.
It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Chelsea!!

We have had lots of students successfully grade this month; early in the Month Dave and Lorraine earned their Yellow Kyu belts after being graded by Sensei Terry Armsworth at his club in Basingstoke.

Later in the month Reading Wado Kai Karate Club was well represented at this years SKW Summer Course held in Guilford over the bank holiday.

we had 4 club members who successfully graded which is a fantastic result and testiment to all their hard work and training. Well done!

Results
Jake - Brown 1st Kyu
Jasmine - Blue Mon
Chloe - Green Mon
Lorraine - Yellow kyu
Dave - Yellow kyu
Ben - Yellow kyu

For further information about grading please click here>

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Jasmine.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.
It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Jasmine!!

Carl represented Wado England and made it through five rounds of tough competition to reach the final of the Open Wado Kata Competition in Bristol.

To win the gold unanimously Carl did Seishan Kata and went home with the biggest trophy in the world!

See Carl in action here>
 

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Sam.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.
It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Sam!!

Reading Wado Kai Karate Club was extremely well represented at this years SKW Spring Course at the Robert May School, Odiham, Hampshire.

we had 7 club members who successfully graded which is a fantastic result and testiment to all their hard work and training. Well done

Results
Alex - Yellow Mon
Billy - Orange Mon
Olli - Orange Kyu
Rob - Brown 1st Kyu
Sam - Orange Kyu
Sinisa -Brown 3rd Kyu
Stefan - Green Kyu

For further information about grading please click here>

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Orin.

The Student of the Month Award is presented by our instructors each month.
It is awarded to the Kids Club Karate Student who displays an extremely enthusiastic, positive and hardworking attitude to training throughout the month.

Well done Orin!!

Well done to Jamie and Ashley who earned their Yellow belts (8th kyu) at the SKW Junior Training and Grading course at the Connaught Leisure Centre in Aldershot.

For further information about grading please click here>

On the 3rd February 2007 Carl Spiller entered the Belfast, North v South, open karate tournament at the Devenish Complex in Belfast.

In the kumite tournament Carl progressed through two rounds before losing in the 3rd.

In the Kata competition Carl did extremely well, winning a bronze medal.

This month's Student of the Month Award was presented to Alex.

The Student of the Month Award is presented to the Kids Club Student who has worked the hardest and has progressed well over the month.