News. 

(04/04/12) There will be NO TRAINING on Friday 6th April (Good Friday) Monday 9th April (Bank Holiday)

Training resumes as normal on Friday 13th April

Enjoy your Easter

Kyu Grading with Sensei Brennan.

(16/03/12) The next club grading date has been finalised. Monday 28th May 2012 with Sensei Frank Brennan 7th Dan.

Training will start at the normal time of 6.30pm (grading will follow training)

Ensure that your KUGB licence will be in date at the time of the grading, see Sensei Blundell for an application form if required.

Please make every effort to attend and support your club (Grading or not) and take advantage of training with this exceptional Karateka

Kyu Grading with Sensei Higgins.

(16/01/12) Monday 6th February 2012 at the Northgate Arena with Sensei Billy Higgins 7th Dan

Training time: 6:30 to 7:45pm

Grading: 7:45 to 9pm

You must have an up to date KUGB licence to grade, make sure you bring it with you on the night.

Costs:

Training only: Adults �5.00 / Juniors �3.50

Grading fee (All ages) �7.00

Please support your club and take advantage of training with this highly experienced successful Karate-ka.

Club committee.

Christmas Training.

(30/11/11) 19th December: Training as normal.

23rd December: No training Aaisatsu meal.

26th December: No training �Bank Holiday�.

30th December: Training as normal.

2nd January 2012: No training �Bank Holiday�.

6th January 2012; Training as normal.

May we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thank you all for your support and commitment in making our non-profitable club so successful. We look forward to your continued support throughout 2012.

The next club grading will be in late January 2012. Further details to follow.

Nidan Sucess.

(05/11/11) Many congratulations to Vicki who has passed her Nidan grading at the recent Black and Brown course with Sensei Sherry. Oss!

Club Grading.

(28/06/11) The next club grading will be held with Sensei Billy Higgins at Northgate Arena on 12th September, 2011.

Aaisatsu Change in training times.

(01/06/11) From Friday 17th June 2011 is 6:30pm to 7:30pm in the Dojo at Northgate Arena.

Aaisatsu Grading with Sensei Rhodes.

(25/04/11) Those who graded were, Standing left to right:
Gary Williams, Mark Townend, Tom Flood, Steve Fallows, Emma Flanagan, Anthony Richards, Jushir Contratista, Adam Gomm, Janine Worthington, Hayley Phillips.

Sitting down: Adam Williams, Daniel Richards, Yaseen Sati, James Richards, Eddie Pollard, Ruth Campbell, Holly Worthington. Congratulations to all those who graded.

Aaisatsu Grading with Sensei Rhodes.

(21/04/11) There will be a training session and grading with Sensei Rhodes at 6.30pm on Monday 23rd May. If you wish to grade please bring your up to date KUGB license. Please also ensure your gi is clean, no jewellery should be worn, nails are clean and short and you have no ink marks on your hands. The Aaisatsu Karate Club Committee would like all members to make every effort to attend this course and grading, and would like to thank you all for your continued support in our non-profit making club.

More dan grading success.

(21/04/11) At the KUGB Rhyl Black & Brown Belt course on Saturday 16th April, Jamie Bagby passed Nidan and Russ Campbell passed Shodan. Congratulations to both!

Aaisatsu Grading with Sensei Sherry.

(21/02/11) Sensei Sherry attended at the club on Monday 14th February 2011, for a training session and grading. It was well attended with over 35 members training and 17 taking the grading.
The training commenced at 6.30 for One and a half hours of first class tuition. then the gradings commenced, everyone passed with flying colours:
Pictured are.....
Adam Williams
Scott Jones
Gary Williams
Emma Flanagan
Mark Townend
Tom Flood
Emma Jones
Roger Mahon
Sensei Sherry
Daniel Richards
James Richards
Steve Fallows
Janine Worthington
Holly Worthington
Eddie Pollard
Tony Richards
Hayley Phillips
Mia Smith
Congratulations to all on their achievement.

(01/11/10) K. Dowling passed her Nidan under Sensei Sherry at the Lichfield Black and Brown course on the 31st of October. Many congratulations to our new second dan!

Aaisatsu Grading with Sensei Higgins.

(12/10/10) Congratulations to all who graded with Sensei Higgins n the 11th October. Special congratulations go to S. Fallows who double graded.

Aaisatsu's 40 year anniversary.

(03/10/10) See the poster below for details of our celebrations!

Aaisatsu Club Grading.

(02/10/10) A grading has been arranged! Sensei B. Higgins will be coming to Aaisatsu. It will be held at the Northgate arena Dojo on Monday 11th October 2010, session starts at 6:30 pm  to 8pm, grading starts at 8pm. Training cost is �3.50 for juniors, �5 for adults, Grading fee is �7. If you wish to grade please bring your up to date KUGB license. Please also ensure your gi is clean, no jewellery should be worn, nails are clean and short and you have no ink marks on your hands. The Aaisatsu Karate Club Committee would like all members to make every effort to attend this course and grading, and would like to thank you all for your continued support in our non-profit making club.

Grading at Aaisatsu.

(09/06/10) Grading with Sensei Sherry will be held on 14th June, starting at 6.30pm at the Northgate Arena. If you wish to grade please bring your up to date KUGB license. Please also ensure your gi is clean, no jewellery should be worn, nails are clean and short and you have no ink marks on your hands. The Aaisatsu Karate Club Committee would like all members to make every effort to attend this course and grading, and would like to thank you all for your continued support in our non-profit making club.

Easter at Aaisatsu.

(30/03/10) There is no training over Easter, we are not training on Good Friday 2nd April and Bank Holiday Monday 5th April. Training is back as normal on Tuesday 6th April. The Aaisatsu instructors wish all members and their families a very happy Easter.

Aaisatsu Club Grading Results.

(03/03/10) Congratulations go to the following on sucessfully passing their Kyu grading with Sensei Higgins on Monday 15th February, 2010: R. Campbell, G. Williams, A. Williams, A.Williams, M. Mullock, E. Flannagan, D. Maddock, M. Townend, P. Loftus and J. Jones

Aaisatsu Club Grading.

(02/02/10) A grading has been arranged! Sensei B. Higgins will be coming to Aaisatsu. It will be held at the Northgate arena on Monday 15th February 2010, session starts at 6:30 pm  to 8pm, grading starts at 8pm. Training cost is �3.50 for juniors, �5 for adults, Grading fee is �7. If you wish to grade please bring your up to date KUGB license. Please also ensure your gi is clean, no jewellery should be worn, nails are clean and short and you have no ink marks on your hands. The Aaisatsu Karate Club Committee would like all members to make every effort to attend this course and grading, and would like to thank you all for your continued support in our non-profit making club.

Aaisatsu Christmas Training Times.

(18/12/09) Mon 21st Dec (As normal), Tues 22nd Dec (As normal), Friday 25th Dec (No training), Monday 28th Dec (No training), Tues 29th Dec (As normal), Fri 1st Jan 2010, (No training, )Mon 4th Jan (As normal)

We wish all our members a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thank you for all your support over this last year. We look forward to training with you all in 2010, when this will be our 40th anniversary of AAISATSU. Best wishes from the club committee

Guest Instructors in Leigh.

(21/11/09) Ryu Do Shotokan Academy has kindly invited Aaisatsu (and any other Shotokan Karate-Ka to their upcoming Shotokan Master Class. A fantastic opportunity to train with Sensei T. O'Neill 7th Dan, Sensei B. Rhodes 7th Dan and Sensei S. Oliver 6th Dan. The course is to be held on Saturday 20th March 2010 Time: 11.00am -3.00pm, Venue: PROFILES SPORTS CENTRE, LEIGH SPORTS VILLAGE, SALE WAY, LEIGH, GREATER MANCHESTER . WN7 4JY. For more details and booking please see the Ryu Do website: http://www.ryudoshotokan.moonfruit.com/ and Contact Sensei Bentham.

Aaisatsu Club Grading.

(08/10/09) A grading has been arranged! Sensei Bob Rhodes (see guest instructor page for more about him) will be coming to Aaisatsu. Grading and training will be held at the Northgate arena on Monday 12th October, 2009, the training session starts at 6:30 pm  to 8pm, grading starts at 8pm. All are welcome to train - just drop us a line if you need more details. If you wish to grade please bring your up to date KUGB license. Please also ensure your gi is clean, no jewellery should be worn, nails are clean and short and you have no ink marks on your hands. The Aaisatsu Karate Club Committee would like all members to make every effort to attend this course and grading, and would like to thank you all for your continued support in our non-profit making club.

New Nidans!

(08/10/09) Nidan (2nd Dan) Pass!

Joe Eradun (front) passed his 2nd dan at the recent KUGB Black and Brown Belt course! Many congratulations

 

New Nidans!

(11/08/09) Our two new Nidans (2nd Dans) are:

On the left: Tom Nugent passed Nidan on the Lancaster course 7/8/09

On the right: Tom McGoldrick passed Nidan on the Bath course 25/7/09

Welcome to the new website!

(12/07/09) With the closing of Geocities (where the old site was!) later this year the club site had to move to somewhere else - so here we are! From October 26th 2009 the Geocities site will vanish so make a note of our new address here! The site will be exactly the same, just a change of address. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or recommendations for the website! My email is karatechester(at)yahoo.com just remove the (at) and replace with @. Thanks!

Aaisatsu Club Grading.

(18/06/09) A grading has been arranged! Sensei B. Higgins will be coming to Aaisatsu. It will be held at the Northgate arena on Monday 13th July 2009, session starts at 6:30 pm  to 8pm, grading starts at 8pm. Training cost is �3.50 for juniors, �5 for adults, Grading fee is �7. If you wish to grade please bring your up to date KUGB license. Please also ensure your gi is clean, no jewellery should be worn, nails are clean and short and you have no ink marks on your hands. The Aaisatsu Karate Club Committee would like all members to make every effort to attend this course and grading, and would like to thank you all for your continued support in our non-profit making club.

Budo Ka Club Grading.

(17/06/09) Sensei Roberts has kindly informed us an opportunity to train with Sensei Sherry. The course will be held at the Barton Dojo (Barton Memorial Hall, Townfield Lane, Barton, Northwich, CW8 4LH), on the 3rd of July. Training 6.30 - 7.30pm for grades upto 2nd Kyu, Black and Brown Belts 8.15 - 9.45pm cost is �5.

Two new Shodans for Aaisatsu!

(25/04/09) Congratulations goes to K. Heratige and E. Easton who sucessfully graded to Shodan under Sensei Sherry at the KUGB Black and Brown Belt course Wales!

Torbay Spring Camp.

(16/04/09) Aaisatsu members trekked down to Torbay for the Annual week long KUGB Spring Camp. 5 days of training with the KUGB's top instructors; Senseis Sherry, O'Neill, Poynton, Rhodes, Higgins and Brennan. The course involved two karate training sessions per day, with optional Bo (6ft Staff) lessons, kata competition, instructor training and grading examinations.

Double congratulations are necessary as Emma Page successfully graded to 2nd Dan (photograph below), and she also came 3rd in the Torbay Kata Competition held at the course and fellow Aaisatsu member Tom Nugent came 4th. Well done to both!

Emma Page 2nd Dan with Sensei Andy Sherry 8th Dan and Sensei Frank Brennan 7th Dan.

Easter Holidays.

(05/04/09) There will be no training on Good Friday and Eater Monday (10th & 13th). We wish all members and their families a happy Easter.

North Gate Arena.

(05/04/09) There is now a barrier system in place at Northgate Arena with a 50p entrance fee payable when you exit the Arena.

Tuesday night training.

(04/04/09) Please note that for the foreseeable future our Tuesday night training sessions will be held in the main hall.

Grading and Class with KUGB Chief Instructor Sensei Sherry, 8th Dan, 16th March

(21/02/09) Aaisatsu will be holding a class with Sensei Sherry followed by a Kyu grading. The class will start at 6.30pm prompt, in the Northgate Arena on Monday 16th March. Cost for training is �6 for Adults and �4 for juniors. Grading is an additional �8. If you wish to grade please bring your up to date KUGB license. Please also ensure your gi is clean, no jewellery should be worn, nails are clean and short and you have no ink marks on your hands. The Aaisatsu Karate Club Committee would like all members to make every effort to attend this course and grading, and would like to thank you all for your continued support in our non-profit making club. For a profile of Sensei Andy Sherry please see our guest instructors page.

Happy New Year from all at Aaisatsu

(02/01/09) We would like to wish all Aaisatsu members past, present and future a very happy new year.

Christmas Training Times at Aaisatsu

(12/12/08) Please ensure you put the following training dates in your diary:

Fri 12^th Dec 2008 (As normal)

Mon 15^th dec 2008 no training

Tues 16^th dec 2008 (as normal)

Friday 19^th dec 2008 NO TRAINING

Mon 22^nd dec 2008 Christleton 7pm � 8pm

Tues 23^rd dec 2008 Christleton 7PM � 8PM

Fri 26^th dec 2008 no training

Mon 29^th dec 2008 (as normal)

Tues 30^th dec 2008 (as normal)

Friday 2^nd Jan 2009 (as normal)

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family and very happy Christmas!

Past news from Aaisatsu SKC.

(08/08/08) At the recent Lancaster Summer Karate Course, J. Bagby achieved the rank of Shodan (1st Dan).  At the course Aaisatsu club members trained with KUGB Chief Instructor Sensei Sherry, Sensei O'Neill, Sensei Poynton, Sensei Rhodes, Sensei Higgins and Sensei Brennan. See KUGB News for the summer camp photo and more details!

(26/04/08) Many congratulations to J. McAlinden who passed her Shodan grading at the recent Deeside grading with Sensei Sherry 8th Dan and Sensei Poynton 7th Dan. See KUGB News for further details.

(19/04/08) Many congratulations to Sensei Brown who graded to 6th Dan at the Special Dan Course in Chesterfield. Details at KUGB News and the Chester Chronicle.

(01/12/07) Congratulations to V. Whitehill who passed her Shodan under Senseis Sherry and Brennan at the Reading Black and Brown belt course. See KUGB News for more details.

(10/07/07) Well done to M. Hibbs who graded to Shodan at the recent KUGB Summer camp. See KUGB News for photos of the 2007 summer camp and details of the grading.

(06/04/07) Congratulations to E. Page for coming second in the KUGB Spring Camp kata competitions AND for successfully grading to first dan (Shodan). See the KUGB News page for photos and details of the KUGB Spring Camp.

(04/11/06) T. Nugent passed the Shodan Dan grading examination at the KUGB Black and Brown Belt course in Nottingham under Sensei Sherry 8th Dan and Sensei Higgins 7th Dan-WELL DONE! Further details can be found by clicking on the following: KUGB News.

(04/04/06) Sensei McKenzie graded to 6th Dan at the Special Dan Course Chesterfield (April 2006). Check out the: KUGB News page

(30/04/05) Many Congratulations to K. Dowling for achieving the rank of Shodan, 1st Dan at the Black and Brown Course in Deeside. See KUGB News for details.

(02/10/04) Sensei Blundell passed his 5th Dan - Godan at the Special Dan Course held in Slough. Sensei Sherry was assisted by Senseis Poynton and Naylor during the training course. Many congratulations to Sensei Blundell, photos and details can be found at KUGB News.

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