Lower Hutt Seido Karate

It was another energy filled class last night with the attendances of the black belt candidate students from Kyoshi Tony Gaeta’s South Wellington Seido Karate Dojo….Senpai Rob Campbell and Christine Lin-Barraud…

All black belt candidates sharing some intense floor time together as the countdown to grading day gets closer and closer…

Keep up the great work candidates and we will all be there to support and encourage you all on the big day – 9am Saturday 7th May….

Warmest regards
OSU
Sensei Ken Szeto

Pictured left to right: Christine Lin-Barraud, Senpai Leighton Szeto, Senpai Rob Campbell, Senpai Jon Mackie and Peri Stackhouse

It will indeed be a special Day of Celebrations for our wonderful little Dojo….

We will have the privilege of some very special SEIDO Karate guests for the day…
Hanshi Renzie Hanham (8th Dan) – Head of Seido New Zealand
Sei Shihan Ino Macquirang (6th Dan) – Head of Seido Australia
Sei Shihan Michael Higgs (6th Dan) – Chief Instructor Seido Timaru
Sei Shihan Ben Otang (6th Dan) – Regional Chief Instructor Seido Wellington
Our programme outline for the day…
5am Nidan Grading (2nd Dan) – Closed to the Public, Only Seido Karate Black Belts allowed to attend
9am Shodan Grading (1st Dan) – Open to Public, All Seido Karate students, families and friends allowed to attend
There will be a post Shodan Grading BBQ, mix and mingle session at the Dojo (about 12.30pm) where everyone can congratulate those students that graded and then enjoy each others company over BBQ food and celebratory drinks…

I look forward to meeting old friends again and making many many new ones….

With much gratitude and thanks to everyone
OSU
Sensei Ken Szeto

A new initiative to be implemented at the Dojo this year is the Dojo’s Collegiate Development Programme

Aimed at supporting the Dojo’s teenage students as a collective GROUP, the programme will seek to introduce a focus upon achieving academic and trade related success at College with an emphasis upon supporting them to look at their academic and career options and opportunities for their futures

A key goal for this Group being fundraising together for the next 12 months to raise enough funds to attend the SEIDO Karate International Tournament to be hosted sometime next year in JAPAN…

Keep up the great work Collegiates and welcome to the programme…let’s get busy and reach our goal of getting everyone to JAPAN next year…

OSU
Sensei Ken Szeto

Pictured: Dojo Collegiate Group students for 2016

It was a great night for parents and selected Junior Academy Group students at the Group get together last week at the Dojo…

The development programme was introduced 2 years ago and has proven to be hugely successful in many ways..

In addition to the extra demands expected of students in weekly classes, a key goal of the Junior Academy Group being fundraising together to get as many Academy Group students as possible to be able attend the SEIDO Karate Australia National Tournament held every year in November in Sydney, Australia….

Last year’s monumental fundraising efforts providing the opportunity for 30 Junior Academy students to attend…a great achievement indeed…

This year 17 new junior students have been selected to join those junior students from the previous year, making the Junior Academy Group student total 34 for 2016

Congratulations to all 2016 Junior Academy Group students and thank you to your amazing parents for their wonderful support…

Thank you everyone….
OSU
Sensei Ken Szeto

Pictured: Mixed Junior Academy Group and Junior Development Class students