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Magnus graded to 1 kyū, Alva and Mattias to 3 kyū
On Thursday the 21st of March we had a kyū grading were three members did their grading test. It was Magnus who graded to ikkyū (1 kyū) and Mattias and Alva that tested for sankyū (3 kyū).
A big congratulations to them all!
Linda and Christer after their successful grading to sankyū
On Thursday the 7th of March we had a kyū grading where two people did their test for sankyū (3rd kyū).
It was Linda Hybinette and Christer Enfors that both passed their test.
A big Congratulations to them both!
Pelle practice jo (short stick) with Lasse Andersson
On Saturday the 2nd of March the branch’s ordinary practice session was cancelled, instead members had the opportunity to participate in the Swedish Budo & Martial Arts Federation district “Mellan” (Svenska Budo & kampsportsförbundets distrikt Mellan) common “try-out-practice-day” that was held the same day as their annual general meeting.
The practice was held in Sundsta idrottshus and had Aikido, Aikijo as well as Shorinji Kempo on the program. Continue reading
Neo shows one of those who came and tried Shorinji Kempo how to punch, under the supervision of Erik
During the week we have had “try out days” that was advertised in a pamphlet printed and distributed among school children by the Karlstad community with a lot of activities to try out during the school break for children and youth. We took part in this and had information that it was possible to try Shorinji Kempo for free during the school’s winter break (week 9). It was mainly children (under 13 years of age) that came and tried in our junior’s group. Continue reading
We have had some problems with the website recently, basically since the end of last spring. Now most of the technical problems have been resolved and we are recovering all the material. Unfortunately, it will take some time since it involves a lot of manual work to do this. Continue reading
Anders went to England for a few days and visited Steve Williams, shibu-chō in Harrow Shibu. There was obviously some training when the United Kingdom Shorinji Kempo Federation (UKSKF) organized a couple of events. It was a half-day for yūdansha (black belts) in Acton, where the instructors for the day was Steve Wiliams and our own Anders Pettersson.
On the Sunday they had a one day gasshuku (training camp) in Peterborough, where the teaching also was made by Maehara-sensei, 7 dan seihanshi and also an official WSKO instructor. Continue reading
Christer and Simon practice during the camp in Gothenburg
During the weekend of January 12 to 13 there was a Gasshuku (training camp) in Gothenburg, that was focused on embu, but there were also a lot of time for seihō. We were five kenshi from Karlstad who went down to Gothenburg early on Saturday morning. It was Christer, Alva, Simon Pelle and Anders.
Grading on the 6th of December, from the left back row: Hannes, Rickard, Olivia & Johanna. Front row from the left: Alvin, Marcus, Isabelle, Josef & Julia.
We had two gradings for the juniors group at the end of the semester. On December 4th and 6th. A total of thirteen children graded. Continue reading
Andreas from Skövde in action with Pontus
During the regular practice session on Saturday the 17th of November, we were visited by Pontus Lijequist, 4 dan seikenshi and former shibu-chō for Stockholms Studenter, Pontus was also one of the very first who started to practice Shorinji Kempo Karlstad (see here). On top of that we had as many as five kenshi from Skövde shibu visiting as well.
On Thursday the 11th of October we had a grading for Christer and Alva.
It went well and both passed their test without any problems.
A big congratulations to Christer and Alva!!!
