Club News Archive

Exciting News!!!

  SKK have been invited to train with the Northern area England squad. This is available for students aged 8 years+ and who are minimum of a 5th Kyu. The training will be held on Sunday 8th February at the Seaburn centre in Sunderland.   There are two sessions available to attend. Kata session- 12-1.20pm …

Price Increase

As of the 5th January, we will be making a slight price increase to a few items. This will reflect the increase we have felt from our suppliers and hall fees.  East Stanley school lesson- £2.50 Childrens suits- £14 Adults suits- £18 Kyu grading- £14.50 Black belt grading- £50 All other prices remain unchanged including …

***NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS/PARENTS***

The advanced kata lesson on Wednesday 3rd December will not be on. The time being dedicated to students going for their Dan gradings. The advanced kata lesson will resume again as usual on Wednesday 4th February

December Grading Start Time

The grading on 21st December will start slightly earlier than usual with registration starting at 3.30pm at the Louisa Centre and the grading starting at 4pm prompt. This is expected to be a large grading and we are likely to have at least 3 dan grades too.

21 years of S.K.K.

Wow!!.. In the business for 21 years! Thank you to everyone who has been, still is and will be part of our club in the future.

Anti-bullying Competition

***Competition time*** In support of anti-bullying week 2014 we want you to design a poster on the subject of ‘anti-bullying”. There will be a prize for the winning poster which will be judged by our facebook friends. The poster with the most likes wins. Please inbox us via facebook with your poster and we will …

A request from Darrel Birket

Anyone at Shikkari Karate Kai just FYI, I am collecting old winter coats for Winter Coat Amnesty my work is a drop off point and will be taking coats over to them by Dec 9th. So if anyone wants to bring any in I can make sure they reach the right place. To read more …

***IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL ADULT STUDENTS AND PARENTS***

Sensei Brett Wilkinson will be holding two meetings this week and it is essential that all parents and adults attend this. It should take around 10 minutes. Sunday 9th November- 6.30pm Monday 10th November- 7.15pm The meetings will be held at the same venue as the lesson held at the day and time posted above. …

New club badge available now!

***Our official club badge is now available to buy!!!*** They cost £4.50 and you can get them from your Sensei at tonight’s lessons at East Stanley school and Consett. Please note all badges must be paid before upon receiving it.

A message from Sensei Tony Smith

Just a short message to all the children at Sunday’s karate lesson tonight, I am so very proud of you all for your efforts and excellent behavior, you were fantastic keep up the good work, I am so proud of you Sensei Tony

Liz makes the papers!!

Well done to Liz Lawson who made the newspapers this week!.. She’ll also be in the advertiser due out on Thursday 02/10/14.

A few words from Sensei Brett Wilkinson

A massive well done to everybody who passed their respective grades tonight! Unfortunately its always hard when not everybody passes. And that can be very difficult to take. My advice is to pick yourself up, brush yourself off and believe in yourself. We all make mistakes in life….and that’s how we become better and stronger …

Monday 15th September

Outstanding contribution, commitment and display of karate tonight from both classes…especially Consett! The determination made me very proud. A great platform for Sunday’s grading. Osu!!

Summer Offer Ended!

We would like to share with you how much of a success our summer offer was!!! So many of our students parents took our challenge and started training with their children… Many of them have continued after the offer has ended which is fantastic!!! Well done to everyone who took part and gave it a …

Well done Erin

Well done to S.K.K student, Erin Wright on her fantastic GCSE results! 10A* grades in her GCSE’s  

Well done to Emily Henson

Well done to Emily Henson, who’s name was drawn from the list of winners from Wednesday’s Kumite lesson. Emily wins a Karate Duffle bag.