On May 22, it was finally time for grading for Filippa and Tindra. 3rd kyū (sankyū) in the children’s group means brown belt and it’s a pretty big step compared to the previous gradings. The girls worked hard and did very well at the grading.

Congratulations to Filippa and Tindra, very well done!!!

DEtails regarding the training camp for children in Gothenburg are now settled
See attached pdf regarding details and application.
Information about the training camp for children in Gothenburg (Swedish only)

No practice for the Children’s group on Thursday 17th of May. Practice for the general group as usual 18.30-20.30

During the last weekend in April there was the Swedish National Embu Taikai as well as a gasshuku (training camp) in Skövde. Continue reading →

During the school’s winter holidays the branch had offered free try-out for children and teenagers. Karlstad community had printed a booklet with lots of activities, during the school’s holiday, for children and youths and we had information that there was going to try Shorinji Kempo free during winter vacation (week 9).

We had a total of a little over 20 children/teenagers that tried out Shorinji Kempo during the two sessions during the week, several of them attended both on Tuesday and Thursday’s classes. The vast majority were under 13, and joined in the class for our children’s group.

On Thursday, we were also visited by Värmlands Folkblad (local newspaper) who wrote an article which resulted in a full page (last page) in Friday’s issue. The article is also available on their website: www.vf.se/nyheter/karlstad/shorinji-kempo-smattingar
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During the weekend of 18-19 February there was a yudansha gasshuku (training camp for dan grades). The camp was also open to ikkyū (1 kyū) who had permission from their shibu-chō. Instructors for the camp were Anders Pettersson, daikenshi 5 dan and Åke Olsson, seikenshi 5 dan, shibu-chō of Karlstads Studenter Shibu.
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Örjan graded to sankyū

On Tuesday the 21st of Februariy we had a kyū grading, it was Örjan who tested for sankyū (3rd kyū, green belt). The grading went very well and Örjan passed the test without any problems. Congratulations to Örjan!

Over the weekend, 4 to 5 February we had a small gasshuku (training camp) with our friends from Harrow shibu in England. In addition to a number of members in Karlstad Shibu and then of course our visitors from Harrow, there were another two branches represented over the weekend. Karlstads Studenter Shibu had their shibu-chō Åke Olsson attending on Saturday, and Jörgen Andersson on both days. Skövde was represented on Sunday by Peter Thorvald.
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Filip Kjellgren, graded to 8th kyū

On Tuesday we had a grading for Filip, who was ill and couldn’t do the test at the grading before Christmas.

Filip did well and passed hist grading for 8th kyū, yellow belt one yellow chevron.

A big Congratulations to Filip!