As some of you will know a Dan (Black belt) Grading was held at Roffey on Sunday October 2nd. There were four students taking part, three going for 1st Dan and one for 3rd Dan. I am very pleased to say that all were successful. Roffey now has it's second 3rd Dan Sensei Colin Jackson, who assists with teaching at many classes.
We also have three new Sensei's, Sensei Richard Fitton (who we won't see for a while as he had to leave straight after his grading to start life at Cambridge University) Sensei John Mathews and Sensei Darren Malpas both of whom turn up early on a Tuesday and help with the teaching.
Congratulations to them all and a special thanks to Sensei Andy Coe (3rd Dan)for coming over from Hampshire to sit on the examination panel and also to Sensei Paul Lucas (2nd dan) who partnered Sensei Colin and took part in the Kumite section of the grading.
The grading took almost 3 hours and consisted of 10 sections covering basics, blocks, kata as well as the presentation of a Kata Bunkai, self defence and kumite.
I hope to put some photos up on the site very soon.
Sensei Phil
