NEW SSKI CLUB STARTS IN FEBRUARY 2022

Welcome to the newest member of the SSKI family.  The club is in Newnham near Hook in Hampshire and is the SSKI Newnham and Hook Karate Club with Sensei Peter Welch 5th Dan.  The club also welcomes back Dan grades, Niaaz Hoque and Eve Messenger both shodans with SSKI and also other returning students from the Old Basing club.  This new club trains on a Monday and Friday evenings and all the details are on the website under the clubs section

A HUGE SSKI WELCOME TO THE NEWNHAM AND HOOK KARATE DOJO
 

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DOJO's KYU GRADING

Many congratulations to the eight students who took and passed their kyu gradings on Thursday evening (3rd March) at the Highfield Community Centre Dojo in Hemel Hempstead.

To 7th Kyu - Daniel Brooks
To 6th Kyu - Sophie Webster, Rani Sarvaiya and Theo Kalyan.
To 2nd Kyu - Habib Al Haddad, Jasmin Al Haddad, Ruth Samuel and Avyukta Nair.

Well done to all and an excellent standard overall.
                      Sensei Malcolm

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DOJO's KYU GRADING

Four youngsters from the Highfield Community Centre dojo in Hemel Hempstead pass their very first grading; Well done.

L to R: Isha Saini, Lana Saini, Olivia Zajkowska & Joshua Ball

SSKI Reading have completed  a sponsored kata charity event, raising over £1,400 for local refugees. Every student, aged 8 to 60 performed 50 kata, which is over 1,000 moves.

Reading Refugee Support Group helps and supports refugees and shows them how to get help from government sources and the private sector. So every penny raised will help refugees from Ukraine, Yemen, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Well done to all students who took part in this epic event!
 

Sensei Nick Forgham’s SSKI Reading dojo sponsored kata charity event.

NETHRA NAIR PASSES HER SHODAN GRADING!

On Thursday evening at the Highfield Community Centre dojo in Hemel Hempstead, Nethra Nair (13) passed her 1st Dan black-belt in real style.  Her instructor, Sensei Malcolm Phipps 9th Dan stated, that it was an excellent grading for one so young.   Nethra is a credit to the club, the association and her family and trains twice weekly at the Highfield dojo. Anyone interested in training at this club, a club that has been training in Hemel Hempstead since 1977, whether adult or child, please ring HH 266048 or email phipps@globalnet.co.uk and ask for details.

The successful students were:

1st Dan – Nethra Nair

1st Kyu – Darshith Biju and Naitik Biju

5th Kyu – Rani Sarvaiya and Sophie Webster

6th Kyu – Daniel Brooks

Many congratulations to all the above.


 

PHOTO: The successful students who passed their respective grades