July 13, 2024: Thanks to Sensei Hing-Poon Chan and the students from Gloucester Traditional Karate Association for traveling to Kingston for two hours of training; to include conditioning exercises such as the infamous Flexible Horse, Sanchin kata, Seienchin, and Seipai kata!
April 6, 2024: A big congratulations on the following kyu belt promotions:
Mikaila - Purple Belt
Mathieu - Blue Belt
Andrii - Green Belt
An excellent performance, all!
August 6, 2023: Congratulations to Sempai Daniel on his promotion to Sandan, and to the following kyu belt promotions:
Mikaila - Blue Belt
Mathieu - Green Belt
Andrii - Orange Belt
Special thanks to Sensei Hing-Poon Chan and his students for coming down from Ottawa this week to teach and participate in the gradings.
March 5, 2023: Congratulations to Ethan, Andrii, and Mathieu on their successful grading to Yellow Belt! It was a long, hard grading spanning two classes, including kihon, partner basics, traditional conditioning exercises, Renzoku and Kakomi kumite, ground position-keeping drills and self-defence, padwork, individual and group kata, breakfalls, bunkai, and throws. Congratulations to all for a well-deserved promotion, and thank you to Sempai Zach, Dan, and Mikaila for their assistance that made it all possible. And a special thanks to Sensei Marty Tucker for his excellent photography.
Nov. 19 2022: Congratulations to Sensei and Sempai on their promotions to Godan and Sandan (5th degree and 3rd degree black belt), respectively.
Nov 18 2022: Huge congratulations to Mikaila on a phenomenal green belt grading, including kihon, group and individual kata, Kakomi and Renzoku kumite (12 rounds of the latter!), Ippon kumite, bunkai, breakfalls, throws, conditioning exercises, padwork, grappling positions drills, ground self-defence, and continuous grappling (8 minutes).