Uechi Ryu Essex Karate Club

Blog Update

2014-02-02T10:58:00.003+00:00

Hi Gang,

So it's only been three years, but we're going to have a go at updating the Uechi-Ryu blog!

The plan is to use this alongside Facebook and the new Uechi Ryu Essex Twitter account to colllate ALL important information and news relating to all things Uechi Ryu Essex.

The club is going from strength to strength and 2014 is going to be a MASSIVE year for everyone involved.

To all our new students and families, a BIG welcome to the Uechi family, we hope you're already seeing the benefits of your kids learning karate, the Uechi-Ryu way!

It's a big year for a number of reasons, from our new beginner's classes, right through to our cadet and junior squad competing internationally for club, England region and England teams.

I'm hoping to get someone who knows what they're doing to give the website a well deserved make-over but in the meantime, please check out our latest blogs giving you all the essential Uechi Ryu Essex news.

Here's a pic taken from Friday's class, which will be appearing on the Evening Echo soon!

All the best

Sensei Dean Lowe

Wayne Otto Seminar

2011-11-22T10:05:00.000+00:00

If you want to go speak to Sensei Dean 07590993055 we went last year and it was very good and worth the money.

UECHI CHAMPIONSHIPS

2011-10-21T21:18:00.000+01:00

THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX

Results Essex Kings 43 individual medals and 6 Team trophies and Uechi club of the year.

Uechi championships - 6th November - Birmingham - club will be going by coach - all students should attend as it will be Uechi club against Uechi club!

And we need to beat Terry & Wayne's club!!

Name: Gold Silver Bronze

Uechi Ryu Essex           16           14           21
Uechi Ryu Bow               8             7             9
Uechi Ryu Nechells         4            6             7
Uechi Ryu Southfields                   2             4

TheSquad selected for the Junior World Championships Malaysia.

2011-10-11T08:53:00.000+01:00

Congratulations to the selected athletes, with 4 Uechi fighters going!!
Kata:
Natalie Payne, Aimee Sell, Emma Lucraft
Navin Patel, Kieran Nunkoo, Alex Gardner

Kata Team:
Melissa Williamson, Kelly Horsfall, Kira Munns-Charlton

Coach:
Jonathan Mottram

Kumite:
Chloe Sheldon, Lauren Crawford, Hannah West, Charlotte Wastell, Phillipa Morris, Stephanie Thorndick, Sophie Santillo, Rebecca Croly, Lauren Tutty
Ryan Jay, Ashley Taylor, Jack Lowe, Joshua Farrand, Michael Burke, Callum Holmes, Thomas Hickman, Jamaal Otto, Alfie Ambrose, Joe Kellaway, Ryan Lambert

Coaches:
William Thomas, Davin Pack

Willie and Davin

The Final medal position

The Final say:

On the 8^th October 2011 the England Junior squad flew out to Malaysia to compete in the world championships, the Squad was made up of the elite hand picked fighters from across the country. These fighters are from a number of different styles and clubs from across

England

We are proud to say that we had four fighters from Uechi –Ryu GB representing England at these championships – Jamaal Otto (East London), Jack Lowe (Essex) , Alfie Ambrose (Essex) and Hannah West (Essex).

Jamal Otto showed his pedigree, fighting his way to the quarter finals, to meet a Turkish opponent. This was perhaps the most exciting and spectacular bout of the whole Championships. Trailing 7-4 at the end of the allocated time, Jamal scored with a magnificent spinning back kick to the head to take the scope to 7-7. The Turkish officials protested, but the point was deemed to have been scored on the bell and not after. At 4-4 in the extension, the bout went to the Turkish competitor. There were a total of six 3-point scoring techniques in this magnificent contest! In the reperchage, Jamal fought through to the bout before the Bronze Medal final and sustained a back injury against his Japanese opponent. Jamal actually won the bout, but because he had been on the ground more than 10 seconds, he was disqualified. It was a shame as he looked very capable of winning a well-delved medal.

Jack Lowe was fighting a German opponent in the first round and it was 0-0, with each seemingly cancelling each other out. With one second to go, the German attacked and scored. His opponent did not make the final so no repercharge. This was a hard way for Jack to go out of the championships considering he looked the fighter in control for the whole fight.

Alfie Ambrose made the last 16, losing out to a Greek opponent. Alfie won a Bronze at the Europeans in February and continued to show his pedigree.

Hannah West also looked very good. She is only 14, yet showed great maturity, using her height and long kicks. She battled her way into the last 8, then fought a French competitor who closed the distance and denied Hannah the possibility of using her reach advantage. The French competitor then lost unluckily to a Bosnian, denying Hannah the repercharge.

I attended the championships in support of our Uechi fighters and the rest of the squad.

I was totally impressed with the attitude and commitment of our representatives. I have watched and worked with our gang this last few years and I would like to point out how proud I am of you all. From seeing your faces when you were picked for this great achievement to represent your country, to seeing you stand out on the tatami wearing your

England

badge with pride, was nice to see your hard work pay off.

Was so happy I was able to witness this special time for you all.

Good luck for the future and may Uechi Ryu in

England

and across the world continue to grow and achieve.

Sensei

Dean Lowe

BIKO Competition

2011-10-10T09:48:00.000+01:00

The third competition of the season has just been completed and another set of good results by the Uechi fighters:

Team Gold Alex, Ryan, Bryce

Gold for Willem Marais, Jack Hooker, Kirsty Reid, Alex Jones,
Silver for Ryan Luke and Elise Williams x2
Bronze for Aaron Pelagrinio, Tianee Harvey, Elise Williams

Joe, Bill and Richard just outside the medals this time.
Total fighters 12 Total medals 13!!!!!!!

Southern England Karate Championships

2011-09-26T09:23:00.000+01:00

Second comp of the new season was at Clacton for the Toyakwai Southern Championships and another good result by the Uechi fighters, 9 fighters & 7 of them picked up a trophy:

Willem Marais Gold in the Champions Cup

Kirsty Reid     Gold
Elise Williams Gold

Billie Costa     Silver
Lucy Costa      Silver
Tianee Harvey Silver

Joe Denham     Bronze

Students being graded.

2011-09-21T17:10:00.000+01:00

2nd October grading for students notified by Sensei Dean and here is the syllabus in case your not sure what you should know:

10th Kyu, Jukyu White belt: all students start at this level no test necessary.

9th Kyu, Kyukyu, Red belt: Sanchin warn up exercises; must know how to tie their belt without help.

8th Kyu, Eachikyu, Yellow Belt: Sanchin; Hojundo.

7th Kyu Sichikyu, Orange belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kurnite 1.

6th Kyu, Rokkyu, Purple belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kumite 1; Konshiwa.

5th Kyu, Gokyu, Green Belt: Sanchin Hojundo (in Japanese); Kumite 1; Konshiwa; Konshiwa; Bunkai; Arm rubbing and pounding (Katicki-Tai); sparring.

4th Kyu Yonkyu, Green Belt with 2 Inch Brown Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese); Kyu Kumite; Daini Seisani; Konshiwa Bunkai; Katicki-Tai; Sparring.

3rd Kyu Sankyu, Brown BeIt with I Black Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kurnite; Seichin; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

2nd Kyu, Nikyu' Brown BeIt with 2 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kunite; Seisan Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

lst Kyu Ikkyur Brown BeIt with 3 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Eojundo ( in Japanese) t Dan Kumite (Ten Point) Seisan; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

Ist Dan, Shodan, Black Belt: Sanchini Eojundo ( in Japanese) ; Katicki-Tai; Dan Kumite; Seisani; Seisan Bunkai Questions (General 'and History of Uechi-Ryu); Sparring.

Fundraising night

2011-09-21T10:35:00.000+01:00

What a great night 140 odd people turned up including Wayne Otto and Ian Cole let the pictures do the talking:

Or let the drink do the talking ( i think thats what the pictures are saying)!!!

EKKA East England Open Championships

2011-09-21T09:51:00.000+01:00

The new competition season is now under way and the first competition was the EKKA open where we had some new up and coming talent in the Uechi kumite squad:

Tyler Flemming Gold
Holly Mole Gold
Olivier Griffiths Silver
Monique Pauley Silver
Ellie Hooker Bronze

Hopefully big things from these in the future.

The more experienced fighters also got in the medals and it was a good warm up for them for the up and coming season:

Jamaal Otto Gold x2 Special mention to Jamaal who also fought in the adults section and one Gold (Jamaal is only 15)

Tianee Harvey Silver

Billy Towler Silver

Jack Hooker Silver

Joe Denham Bronze

Tom Lowe Bronze

Billy Towler in his first competition as a Uechi fighter gets a silver keep up the hard work in training and they will turn to Golds.

Bring on the next comp!!!

Grading Syllabus

2011-09-07T09:29:00.000+01:00

Sensei dean has added the Uechi-Ryu grading sylabus to the blog so all the new starters can see what they need to learn.

GRADING SYLABUS

UECHI-RYU KARATE-D0 ASSOCIATION (GB)a member of OKIKUKAI GRADING SYLABUS

10th Kyu, Jukyu White belt: all students start at this level no test necessary.

9th Kyu, Kyukyu, Red belt: Sanchin warn up exercises; must know how to tie their belt without help.

8th Kyu, Eachikyu, Yellow Belt: Sanchin; Hojundo.

7th Kyu Sichikyu, Orange belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kurnite 1.

6th Kyu, Rokkyu, Purple belt: Sanchin; Hojundo; Kumite 1; Konshiwa.

5th Kyu, Gokyu, Green Belt: Sanchin Hojundo (in Japanese); Kumite 1; Konshiwa; Konshiwa; Bunkai; Arm rubbing and pounding (Katicki-Tai); sparring.

4th Kyu Yonkyu, Green Belt with 2 Inch Brown Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese); Kyu Kumite; Daini Seisani; Konshiwa Bunkai; Katicki-Tai; Sparring.

3rd Kyu Sankyu, Brown BeIt with I Black Stripe: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kurnite; Seichin; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

2nd Kyu, Nikyu' Brown BeIt with 2 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Hojundo (in Japanese) Kyu Kunite; Seisan Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

lst Kyu Ikkyur Brown BeIt with 3 Black Stripes: Sanchin; Eojundo ( in Japanese) t Dan Kumite (Ten Point) Seisan; Katicki-Tai Konshiwa Bunkai; Sparring.

Ist Dan, Shodan, Black Belt: Sanchini Eojundo ( in Japanese) ; Katicki-Tai; Dan Kumite; Seisani; Seisan Bunkai Questions (General 'and History of Uechi-Ryu); Sparring.

Sensei Willam Thomas

2011-08-15T14:37:00.000+01:00

When Sensei Willie updates his own blog or puts a new post on his blog it appears on the UECHI RYU blog as well cool!

Look for it on top left or our blog so we can keep up to date with him (when he remembers to update it) lol

Plyometrics and speed with Sensei Willie Thomas

2011-08-08T12:08:00.000+01:00

New training ideas and sessions for Karate - a master class on developing power and speed in Karate.

Hutton Dojo re-opens

2011-08-05T08:21:00.000+01:00

Wednesday class will restart the 17th august in Hutton , 6:15 til 7:15 juniors - 7:30 til 9pm adults

Hutton Community Centre, Harrison Close, Hutton, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 1LP
*and dont forget to have a look at our sponsor/adverts

New Blog members

2011-08-04T09:35:00.000+01:00

A big welcome to all the new blog members:

John, Mel Crab, Joe, Jenny and Topaz

You can post add comments and share with Facebook and don't forget to visit our sponsor/advert on the side as this will help with funding for the club.

Fundraising Night

2011-08-04T09:09:00.000+01:00

Uechi Ryu and friends fundraising night - Sunday 18th September - 6pm til late - tandoori parlour , Thundersley , Essex .

DJ and Meal included £12 ticket , students family and friends all welcome , tickets on sale at club at Tuesday and Friday class, or contact Topaz on 0780 2193177

Lessons for the holiday period.

2011-07-28T09:42:00.000+01:00

Tuesday: St Marys Hall 378 High Road Benfleet Essex SS7 5HL7pm to 10.00 pm (Cadet, Junior, Seniors from 8pm)

Wednesday class will restart the 17th august in Hutton , 6:15 til 7:15 juniors - 7:30 til 9pm adults

Friday: Holy Family Church Hall, Tarpots, Benfleet SS75FD

Where our audience is watching from

2011-07-28T09:30:00.000+01:00

The page views we have had so far listed below:

United Kingdom

1,993

United States

149

Germany

Slovenia

Canada

Russia

India

Finland

Netherlands

Argentina

Midland squad head coaches

2011-07-28T09:20:00.000+01:00

Midlands region coaches are:

Greg Francis –

Head coach

Davin Pack

Paul Harris

Joe Mongan

Sean Doyland

Mark Adams Kata

EKF to send teams to the 2012 European Regional Championships

2011-07-28T09:18:00.000+01:00

The forthcoming 10 European Karate Championships for the Regions. Since its

inception in 2003 in Spain, the tournament has been continuously increasing in

both size and quality.

The unique opportunity for all European Regions to compete under their own

name, flag and personality in an official sport event makes these Karate

Regions Championships a rather singular and attractive activity, bringing to the

reality an historic aspiration that has proved to meet so many expectations.

The categories are as follows: For more infomation see appendix ’1’

COMPETITION CATEGORIES

1. MALE KUMITE TEAM

2. FEMALE KUMITE TEAM

3. MALE KATA TEAM

4. FEMALE KATA TEAM

AGE CLAUSE

1. KUMITE SENIOR: +18 years old

2. KATA SENIOR: +16 years old

3. KUMITE CADET AND JUNIOR:

age from 14 to 17 years

4. KATA CADET AND JUNIOR: age

from 14 to 17 years

Selections for these categories will take place within their respective regions

starting with the first regional squad session on Sunday 23 October. The

standard of the European Regional Championships is of the highest calibre as

Europe’s finest represent their regions in earnest. These championships will

provide essential experience and promote the team culture within English

Karate.

Up until now cadet/junior team categories have been excluded from the English

international karate calendar. In addition to their senior counterparts each

region can now enter four cadet/junior teams totally of 50 competitors across

the three regions representing their country in the European Regional

Championships. There will also be an English regional team championships.

Some of England’s most successful coaches have come together, pooling their

experience to drive the regions and national squads forward to ensure an

enjoyable and developmental climate.

National and Regional Squad Calendar-new dates

2011-07-26T17:21:00.000+01:00

Dates and schedule from new England coach Willie Thomas.

http://www.englishkaratefederation.com/sport/kumite_squad_selections.php

Tweet from @iain_denham

2011-07-19T09:49:00.001+01:00

@iain_denham: Uechi-Ryu Dean Lowe on are 10.10 am 95.30. BBC Essex

Regards iain denham (Denhams)
Sent from my BlackBerry®

2011-07-18T20:45:00.001+01:00

Sensei Dean Lowe on BBC essex radio tomorrow 10:00 am. Tune in and have listen.
Regards iain denham (Denhams)
Sent from my BlackBerry®

Sensei Willie Thomas

2011-07-18T12:20:00.000+01:00

Head Coach of England Sensei willie Thomas will be running a seminar at Deans Uechi Ryu Dojo in Hutton on the 23rd of July.

British Champions Uechi 2011

2011-07-18T12:10:00.000+01:00

Tianne Gold, Kirsty Bronze

Team Champions 16-17 years from left Joe, Jack, Alf

Rob Camp Gold

Team Gold 14-15 year olds

New British Champion 2011

2011-07-18T12:01:00.001+01:00

The new British Champion Jack Hooker