At the KUGB Special Dan Course held on 3rd October in Egham, Daryn Hobden was promoted to 3rd Dan by the grading panel consisting of Sensei Andy Sherry 8th Dan and Sensei Bob Poynton 7th Dan.  This was an excellent result for Daryn and is testament to his hard work over a number of years.  [...]

A party of 13 LKA Karateka led by Sensei’s Heald and Price have just returned from Tokyo after a 2 week trip to Japan where they were able to train with some of the World’s leading instructors.  A trip to Japan is, for most, a once in a lifetime event so we tried very hard [...]

How do you measure a club’s success? If the answer is in number of Dan Grade Promotions combined with competition success, then 2006 will be a difficult one for the LKA to better!