NEWS & REPORTS ARCHIVE 

2011

Wado Karate Federation course, Yate, Bristol.

 September 10th 2011

 On Saturday Kenkyukai members Luke Strinchcomb, Tom Green & myself travelled to Bristol to attend a course hosted by George Grimes Kyoshi 7th Dan of the newly independent Wado Karate Federation. Not only were we priveleged to have grimes Kyoshi teachung but also his long time friend Tony Heap Sensei 7th Dan, chief instructor on the Wado Karate Union. So much was learnt from these two fine Sensei who have both been training since the mid 1960's.

To go into everything we covered would take far too long, but we all came away with much more knowledge than I think we could fit in. I cannot recommend highly enough training with these two gentlemen, and advise anyone to attend one of their courses.

 Thankyou both, and for making us so welcome. On a personnal note I was able to renew a friendship with someone I haven't seen for over 10 years, namely Graham Evans from the Wado Karate Union's Dojo in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. I was lucky to train there under Graham's brother Gwyn whilst I lived in that beautiful part of the world.

 Graham Chuck.

Kenkyukai Dan grading 

August 7th

Congratulations to Tom Green & Adel Gibson on both obtaining their second Dan's this weekend,

 Examiner's were Gary Swift Kyoshi 7th Dan & Nick Smith Shihan 7th Dan.

Well done Tom and Adel!

This year it was only Adel Gibson & myself attending this course. The two hours went by very quickly.

 Earlier in the day we also attended a course run by Barry Wilkinson 7th Dan. So a good days training in all.

 Thanks to Kevin for coming to meet us after Barry's course and for his usual hospitality!

 Graham Chuck. 

 2010

Trevor Wickett 4th Dan!

Congratulations to former member and friend of Kenkyukai Trevor Wickett who recently passed his 4th Dan in Jiki Shin Ju Jitsu. Congratulations Trevor from all of us!

Kenkyukai Dan Grading

On 31st October Kenkyukai's Autumn Dan grading took place with Josh Brown achieving Shodan (1st Dan) & Luke Stinchcomb achieving Jido-Nidan (junior 2nd Dan).

The panel consisted of guest examiners Gary Swift Kyoshi 7th Dan & Nick Smith Shihan 7th Dan along with myself.

Both Josh & Luke performed to the best of their ability which was reflected in them both passing unanimously.

I would like to wish them both my heartiest congratulations on a job well done, and to say that you make Kenkyukai what it is, a group of dedicated, loyal Karateka with a desire to learn and improve.

G Chuck Renshi.

Kenkyukai's 14th Anniversary Course

Another milestone for the Kenkyukai Karate Club! On the 26^th of September, 24 Karateka including myself attending the 14^th Anniversary Open Wado Course at the Weston Mill Dojo in Plymouth. After registration at 12.30 we warmed up, talking amongst ourselves about the potential course ahead. What always fascinates me about the Karate Courses I have attended is the collective knowledge at hand for students to tap into, and in this case it started before the course had! I was delighted to meet both Mally Holmes and Peter Mills Sensei for the first time, of whom I had heard a great deal about before from my fellow Karateka. Whilst getting to know Mally and his wife Pauline we began to discuss Reiki Healing and the use of this knowledge to heal Martial Arts related injuries. It was inspiring to hear such interesting tips and techniques about looking after the body’s energy and left me with a desire to find out more. This is one of the things that Martial Arts can teach us, regardless of style or language. It is the study of the body and energy that enables us as Students to understand our techniques better, and as a member of Kenkyukai, the more research we do into this the better!

The Course seemed to have been inadvertently designed to focus on combination work as well as the study of energy and movement. Peter Mills Sensei focused on pair work combinations which began slowly and gradually built up to become faster so that the movement was to flow as well as being accurate. This got us accustomed to the partners we had and got us up and moving which left me buzzing and raring to go! Nick Smith Shihan also worked in a similar way with pair work but done at close quarters, in particular working kicks from the front leg which required a relaxed foot with a squeeze on the end. We also discussed whether this could be used in Kumite Competitions and were quizzed on the scoring points of the body. I’m often thrown by what is allowed and what is not allowed in such competitions, particularly when I accidentally get them mixed up! This reminded me of a previous course with Smith Shihan where we had a go at being Competiton referees-it takes a lot of knowledge and a fast eye!

 Next we moved on to Graham Chuck Renshi who continued the theme of fluid movement by explaining about 'vector' points on the human body. These points work much in the same way as a compass, and by rapidly striking a number of these in succession can cause a greater effect than striking the same spot constantly. To start us off we worked with a partner who stood on the spot with their arms raised. The other student would then work their way around the torso of their partner but hitting gently the different points as fluidly as possible ( for example hitting south, south-east, east, north-east, north etc all the way round) and gradually building the speed. The attacks could vary from back fists to reverse punch or even kicks. The trick was to make it as rapid as possible, leaving the other student with a ‘jumbled up’ feeling. This knocks the balance off kilter and can disorientate your opponent. This was quite tricky to do without trying to think of the attack, but it achieved the desired effect and it certainly left me feeling jumbled when I swapped with my partner!

Both Graham Chuck Renshi and Andy Daly Sensei taught us how to attack/defend using our sei-chu-sen, which is our centre line. When attacking/defending from our sei-chu-sen, we can block/counter more effectively as the movement is designed to protect our centre line from disruption. By not protecting our centre line we can often find that the counters/defence are off balance and will not also achieve the desire effect. Andy Daly Sensei led us through some drills with our partners which were close quarter and again worked on this principal, as accurate body twist and movement makes for better defence/counter. I always enjoy these on the courses, as thy gradually get faster and can be great fun when you get into the ‘zone’ with your partner! From previous experiences it is also a great way to break the ice if you are working with a Karateka you haven’t met before as you have to trust one another and get a rhythm going. We also did pair work which led to throws, again working on hip twist and centre line movement.

Mally Holmes ended the course with an extremely interesting set of exercises which demonstrated the kind of attacks and techniques that he deploys in Jin Soku Jitsu. The movements were extremely fluid and swift, when broken down they were very graceful, almost employing the same method of no unnecessary movement that we study in Kenkyukai. It involved grabbing the opponent’s attacking right fist with the right hand, stepping round whilst twisting the wrist and placing the left hand around and onto their right shoulder whilst applying pressure to the neck with the arm. I got the feel the power of this technique myself when we asked for a demonstration and it certainly left me powerless! The junior Karateka really got into this when the sequence next became a takedown resulting in the attacker face down with the defender on their back! Whilst making sure they didn’t try to really hurt each other, Tom Paul and I had a go and found out just how flexible you need to be! Mally Holmes really made it look easy and it was the skill with which he applied the technique that really fascinated me. I didn’t manage to take down Tom quite as effortlessly as Mally, but the technique did teach me just how much we can learn from other styles.

Not only did we have an excellent afternoon but we also managed to raise a whopping £368 for Children’s Hospice South West and the Children Leukaemia Ward in Luton Hospital, an organisation kindly alerted to us by Mally & Pauline Holmes. By the end of the course we had developed quite an appetite and it was a pleasure to catch up with a few friends of Kenkyukai and Mally and Pauline over a curry.

I would like to say a big WELL DONE and THANK YOU to all of the Karateka that joined the course that day and for their participation and support for our charities. And I would also like to add my sincere thanks and gratitude to our instructors Peter Mills Sensei, Andy Daly Sensei, Nick Smith Shihan, Graham Chuck Renshi and Mally Holmes Shihan for a fantastic day and for all their knowledge and help. Hope to see you at the next one!

 BTKA Summer Gashuku

On the 29th July I was invited to attend the BTKA's summer Gashuku for a day's training with their chief instructor Chris Thompson 8th Dan, and guest instructor for that day Y. Ohta 7th Dan JKA. My good friend and former student Steve Long got me invited- thankyou!

I had met Thompson Sensei many years before (although he couldn't remember) at Crystal Palace. It was nice to make his acquaintance again and also to meet the members of his organisation, many of which I had heard a lot about through Steve.

The training was held at Milton Abbey school in Dorset, a very beautiful part of the country, and only about a 2 hour drive away. After a thorough warm-up we went through basic & combinations, some sparring drills and Tomari Rohai Kata from Shitoryu. It has been a few years since I practised this one, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. After a nice lunch it was time to train with Ohta Sensei. He is one of the finest exponents of Shotokan I have ever trained with. He took us through Kata Sochin & Chinte. His method of teaching & explanation is superb, and he incorporates a brilliant sense of humour whilst doing so.

All too soon the day was over. I had a nice chat after with Sensei Thompson and he very kindly invited me along to any other BTKA courses.

I must also add that another visitor to the course was George Grimes Sensei 7th Dan, who has recently left the Wado Academy. I managed to have a quick chat and he has invited us to any courses he will be holding, so look out for them on the date section.

WKU competition 2nd May

Congratulations to Charlotte Rockey 7th Kyu for achieving 1st place in the up to 6th Kyu Kata event at the WKU invitional competition held at Hutton Moor leisure centre. Also well done to Tom Paul who got to the second round in the 5th & 4th Kyu Kata event. It was the first competition for them both and I was very impressed with their performances. Thanks to the WKU for inviting us along, and to Nick Smith for getting our entries sorted out.

On a personal note it was nice to see many old friends, some of whom I have known for over 25 years and as usual we were made most welcome, as we are at any of their events. Although we are not a competition based club this was our first venture into competition since Kenkyukai established it's Dojo in the Southwest. Tom & Charlotte showed exemplary tenacity in attending their first event and done kenkyukai proud! 

Thanks also to Adel Gibson Sensei for coming along and giving support.

WKU Kata course 21st February

Here's a short report by Kevin Barrett, courtesy of Clevedon Karate Club's website.

"Another successful kata course held at Gordano School. Many thanks to members from Bristol, Portishead, Esporta and Clevedon along with a friend from the past Graham Chuck and a couple from his club in Plymouth. With between 50 - 60 students attending we were pleased to be able to call upon the experience of twelve instructors who were also there to help out. With such a number we were able to break down into smaller groups giving a lot more individual attention to what was predominantly a Wado kata course. Many thanks to everyone for their support, we shall try for another in a couple of months time."   

(Kenkyukai members attending were Adel Gibson Sensei & Tom Paul Gokyu).                                           

Visit to Swindon Oasis HKK

On Tuesday February the 15th Kenkyukai members Luke Stinchcomb, Tom Green, Adel Gibson & myself travelled to Swindon to visit the Dojo of my long time friend Pete Whitney Shihan 7th Dan. (You can read about Pete here).

As ever we were made most welcome and as usual the training was fast, varied and with so much to learn. Pete has been in Karate for 45 years now and his depth of knowledge is very deep. We trained Kihon, Kata and of course some of the pairwork that he is famous for. To finish the lesson we got into groups and had 5 minutes to make up a Kata between us, some fun to end a good hard session indeed!

Afterwards we had a chat and a good catch up, and Pete has promised to try and pay a visit to our Hombu Dojo sometime before May. This is something not to be missed, and he will be made most welcome. He is someone I have known for 27 years now, and his  friendship I hold most dearly.

My thanks to Pete Whitney for his hospitality and knowledge, to the members of Swindon Oasis HKK for their friendship, and to Adel for driving us there and back safely, and for successfuly navigating the infamous 'Magic roundabout' in Swindon!

 2009

A good year for Kenkyukai

I am happy to say that 2009 was one of the most successful years for us.

We gained two new Dan grades- Tom & Adel who both passed their 1st Dan, and we also hosted two well attended courses, My 30 years anniversary on February the 14th & our annual Kenkyukai anniversary course held this year on the 27th september. As usual we had some excellent guest instructors, who will definately be asked to teach again for us.

Our membership has stayed steady, even when someone decides Karate is not for them a new beginner steps in to take their place.

We had members progress as Kyu grades which is good to see as they are the future Dan grades of tomorrow.

Talking of Dan grades a personnal highlight of my year was my good friend Nick Smith being promoted to 7th Dan on his 35 year anniversary. What made it even more special was that I was asked to present the award to him in the abscence of AIWa president Gary Swift.

Sadly AIWa has had to close it's doors due to political reasons, but from the ashes has risen a new association for Wado Karate in the Southwest of England- the Southwest Wado Alliance. This is a union of Kenkyukai, Kenshukai Wadoryu Karatedo under Nick Smith and Bushi Karate Kai under Andy & Jim Daly. We are proud to be part of this new chapter for Wado, and the future promises to hold many exciting opportunities, such as regular courses and a Kata & Kumite squad.

As usual Kenkyukai went on tour again this year, with many members attending a total of five courses, including Kevin Pell's Shoku Geiko course in Norfolk on which I was very honoured to be an instructor. We even managed a trip to Swindon to visit the Dojo of one of my oldest friends in Karate Pete Whitney Shihan 7th Dan.

Visiting Sensei were Gary Swift who came down almost every month and always gave us something new, and my old friend Mike Sutcliffe who always makes time to visit us when he is visiting his wife's family. Thanks Mike!

I would personally like to thank everyone who has visited our Dojo this year, whether to teach or to train. I would also like to thank each and every member of Kenkyukai for their dedication, loyalty and support. A happy Christmas everybody, and here's looking forward to a successful and exciting 2010, which if it's half as good as 2009 will still make it brilliant!

Best wishes;

Graham Chuck Renshi, Chief instructor & founder.

Kenkyukai's 13th Anniversary course

On Sunday 27th September 2009, I attended Kenkyukai‘s 13th Anniversary course held at the Kenkyukai dojo in Camel’s Head, Plymouth. It was going to be an exciting day ahead, as we were to be taught by a number of excellent instructors who all had something different and stimulating to offer.

When I arrived for registration I was pleased to see some familiar faces from previous courses I had attended earlier in the year. As we all warmed up and chatted amongst ourselves, I reflected on those who had obviously graded since I had last saw them and as I offered my congratulations, I thought about my own journey in Wado, having obtained my 7th Kyu on the 24th. It was my first course and first training session as an orange belt, which not only made me think about how I anticipated the course from this new perspective, but also made me feel much more aware of what I had learnt so far and confident enough to put it into practice. That is the excellent thing about karate; you are constantly learning and trying new techniques in order to progress and develop not just as a karate ka, but also in yourself. So as I took another step along my path of learning in Wado, I was eager to see what we would be doing that day.

The Dojo was split into two, the higher Kyu grades and Dan grades at one end, and the rest of the Kyu grades at the other. We had a nice mix of blue, green, orange, white and yellow within the group and there were lots of opportunities to work with all different abilities which was great fun, particularly when we were practicing Kumite techniques.

First up to teach us was Nick Smith Shihan, who had us up and moving straight away, focusing on our ability to move in Kumite, mostly concentrating on moving on the balls of our feet which really made us think and challenged the way I had previously experienced sparring. It was extremely insightful as we worked on distance and working with our partner closely, keeping them in focus and examining effective attacks such as head-chest punch combinations.

Next we were taught by Andy and Jim Daly Sensei  which was probably my favourite part of the course, as we started with some fun drills to practice with our partners, getting in close and throwing elbows with a corresponding block in a loop, so once it was fluid and well practised, could continue for some time! It involved some concentration right from the start, but this was part of the fun and it allowed me to connect with my partner and for the two of us to encourage each other. There was also much emphasis on the distance between opponents, and what could be achieved at close range (and I have to admit, elbow strikes have always been a personal favourite of mine!) We also had a go at gaining control over an opponent through demonstration of common blocks such as gedan barai and jodan uke, which was especially interesting because something so simple could be so effective. There were also some demonstrations of restraining blocks, some of which involved putting pressure on the windpipe and although these left you feeling like there was a little man in your throat squeezing your windpipe every now and then , we all had fun applying these and understanding how affective small movements could be against any attack.

Then Graham Chuck Renshi  got us to show off our junzuki and revealed just how much strength could be achieved through body movement, rather than tensing the arms and shoulders. At first we all wondered what was about to be revealed, and it soon became apparent that too much emphasis on the punch was putting the body out of balance. Sensei explained how keeping the body relaxed and squeezing on the end of a punch rather than loading up a punch from the start could prove effective against an attacker and also improve posture and self-awareness. We broke it down slowly, focusing on how the body should twist as it moves forward (mostly the waist) and the tremendous results of just applying the hip into the movement. I could see how everyone was really getting into this way of moving and later we discussed how we felt the benefits as we went along. Sensei pointed out how he could see us all developing from start to finish and certainly left us with something to consider for future training.

Our last instructor was Joe Johnson Sensei  who taught us some excellent Kumite techniques and explained what to look for and what to avoid in Kumite. As Kumite is not my strong point yet I found this part of the course extremely useful as I was able to ask Johnson Sensei  whether he had any tips to stop me from edging my way across the dojo rather than advancing towards my opponent! His insight was much appreciated and I think a lot of our group took away some good advice, I especially liked the idea of practicing blocks and counter-attacks so that I would have no doubt what to use, as Sensei suggested.

The day flew by and it seemed to be over all too soon, but I think it was a truly successful course and it was great to train with members of different clubs. Our instructors were fantastic and I would like to thank them for their help, dedication and guidance, as I am sure everyone else would agree it was an excellent day. I would also like to thank Chuck Sensei  for organising the course and providing a brilliant venue for such an inspiring get-together.

Afterwards everyone sat down to a buffet that was provided for those attending as well as their families. It was then that Chuck Renshi announced that we had made nearly £400.00 for Cancer research, a very worthy cause. Well done everyone!

Charlotte Rockey,7th Kyu, Wadoryu Karatedo Kenkyukai Hombu Dojo,  Plymouth.

Chuck Sensei's 30th anniversary course.

On 14th Feb 2009 Kenkyukai held an anniversary course in recognition of their chief instructor Graham Chuck's 30 years in Karate. Attending the course were many Kyu and Dan grade students from various different wado clubs, not just in the south west, but London, Kent and Hampshire. This is a personal journal of the day.

Arriving at the Dojo with great anticipation and a feeling of excitement I was looking forward to a day of training and learning from senior instructors who have a wealth of knowledge to share with us. Firstly we were split into 2 groups and I was honoured to train with the Dan grades.
Andy Dare Sensei was the first instructor on the mat that I was training on. We did some basics and he was explaining the movement of each technique. These included maegeri, mawashigri, sokutogeri, Kette junzuki/no tsukkomi and kette gyakuzuki/no tsukkomi. We then went on to Kata. The chosen kata was Kushanku. Sensei explained the timing of this kata but at all times making it our own.
Chuck Sensei then followed Dare Sensei's Kushanku practise by showing us some of the Kaisetsu Bunkai from this Kata. This contained the precepts of Wado- unbalancing, throwing and locking techniques as well as control using pressure point manipulation.
Next we were with Craig Finch Sensei. We were given an insight into Shorin ryu. This style is known widely as the roots of Wado Ryu. Master Otsuka studied this form of karate before developing Wado. First we did Naihanchi Sho, this is the first kata that students learn in Shorinryu. Then we did all 5 pinan kata and although whilst being very similar they are very different too. The punch stance is shorter whilst blocking techniques are performed with a very long deep stance. This was a very interesting lesson and personally a favourite part of the course.
After a short lunch break we were then with Nick Smith Sensei. We did some pair work that can be be applied into kumite.This was very interesting as each pair work contained a throw. This was very good practice of distance and posture to perform the throwing techniques.
Finally we were with Gary Swift Sensei. We were taught all about feeling an opponents movement. We were working in pairs with the attacker doing junzuki whilst the defender was blocking with jodan uke. But we were doing this exercise very slowly, keeping contact with our partners all the way through the technique. When we were confident with this practice defenders were to close their eyes and this was a brilliant way to feel the movement. This was also done with Uchi uke and Soto uke.
All the way through the course every single student from ungraded to the highest Dan grade was totally focused. There was a wide range of ages attending, the youngest being 8yrs and not wishing to offend anyone I will not say the age of the eldest!! Each and everyone of us was given lots of knowledge and encouragement. At one point during the break I looked around and every single student had a big smile on their faces. This was a true testament to the instructors dedication and teaching. I feel, as I?m sure that everyone else does, that it was an honour to attend and train under the instruction of these great teachers. Congratulations Chuck sensei on 30yrs in Karate and thankyou for bringing us all together as one in Wado.
Adel Gibson Shodan.

Nick Smith - 35 years of Wado

On the 15th March my very good friend Nick Smith celebrated his 35 years in Wado karate.  Kenkyukai members Sarah Hazeldine 2nd Dan, Luke Stinchcomb, Tom Green & Adel Gibson 1st Dans and myself journeyed to Nick's Dojo at Burnham-on-sea to take part in a special training session. I was asked to teach the senior members traditional Wado Tantodori which was a pleasure and an honour for me. Just before the end of the session Nick's wife Julia proceeded to bring many old faces from Nick's Karate life into the Dojo. The look of surprise on his face said it all, and to be honest it almost looked as if 'Ice man' Smithy was a bit emotional! I was asked to say a few words about Nick and our friendship over the years, and I also read out a letter from Gary Swift congratulating him on his achievement.
(Gary was at an EKF meeting that day).
This was followed by another surprise for my long time friend - and something that was one of the greatest honours for me in my thirty years - presenting Nick with his 7th Dan on behalf of the Alliance of International Wadoryu.
Afterwards we retired to the bar to catch up with some old friends and enjoy a lovely buffet that Julia had laid on, as well as one or two drinks! Afterwards we went to Nick's to continue the day with a further tipple to celebrate this great day.

On behalf of all the members of the Wadoryu Karatedo kenkyukai congratulations Nick on your 35 years of Wado and your well deserved promotion. It has been a pleasure to have known you for nearly all of that time and you will always have my deepest respect and friendship.
Graham Chuck

Visit to Swindon Oasis HKK

On Tuesday the 7th of April Kenkyukai members Luke Stinchcomb, Tom Green, Adel Gibson (all 1st Dan) & myself travelled to the Oasis Leisujre centre in Swindon to visit and train with Pete Whitney Shihan, 7th Dan.
I have had the pleasure to have known Pete for over 26 years now, and he has always been someone special to train with. He started in kempo Karate back in the 1960's before switching to Higashi karate under Peter Spanton in the early 1970's. Having been a member of Higashi I got to know him very well and a strong friendship was formed, which has endured to this day. I actually met Pete when I was a member of the EKA and visited his club as a guest, from the first time I visited I was always made to feel most welcome. This hospitality was extended to our members last night during a superb session which managed to include a few of the Kempo pair work which are all based on self defence principles. We also had a chance to practise Kempo Kata no.1 which we all found very interesting. After the session we went to the bar for some quick refreshment before bidding our goodbyes. We will be planning another visit to Pete's Dojo so watch this space!
We all arrived back home about 2am, a tiring but worthwhile journey.
Thanks Pete for making us most welcome, hope to see you soon!
Graham Chuck

GRADINGS ARCHIVE

Grading results for 2003

Kashi besso (Plymouth)
23/1/03 Mike Bradbury & Adam Thomas- 8th Kyu
20/2/03 Reece Drage- 8th Kyu
01/5/03 Mike Bradbury - 7th Kyu
15/5/03 Luke Stinchcomb & Jordan Hardwick- 8th Kyu
24/7/03 Mike Bradbury- 6th Kyu, Reece Drage- 7th Kyu, Tom Green & Alex Green- 8th Kyu
04/9/03 Luke Stinchcomb & Jordan Hardwick- 7th Kyu, Kimberley Everatt- 8th Kyu
18/12/03 Luke Stinchcomb- 6th Kyu & Tom Green- 7th Kyu

Kajuen (Gunnislake)
20/6/03 Matthew Taylor (assessed) 8th Kyu
04/7/03 Kay Bowring-Newman (assessed) 8th Kyu
25/7/03 Daniel Barnett- 8th Kyu
03/10/03 Mike Bissenden & Liam Franz- 8th Kyu
17/10/03 Chrystal Bissenden- 8th Kyu
31/10/03 Alexander Frederick-Preece- 8th kyu
21/11/03 Dean Smith- 8th Kyu
12/12/03 Kay Bowring-Newman & Daniel Barnett- 7th Kyu

AIWA Hombu (Blisland)
21/4/03 Rod Forsyth, Kenkyukai Essex, 6th Kyu

Grading results for 2004

Kashi Besso (Plymouth)
26/02/04 Jordan Hardwick - 6th Kyu
29/04/04 Josh Brown & Dan Bailey - 8th Kyu
22/07/04 Luke Stinchcomb - 5th Kyu & Tom Green - 6th Kyu
26/08/04 Joe Wilson - 8th Kyu
25/11/04 Adel Gibson - 8th Kyu & Josh Brown - 7th Kyu
20/12/04 Luke Stinchcomb - 4th Kyu, Tom Green - 5th Kyu & Ryan Stinchcomb - 8th Kyu

Kajuen (Gunnislake)
13/02/04 Robert & Sarah Szczepanski - 8th Kyu
23/04/04 Kieron Prescott - 8th Kyu
7/05/04 Malcolm Szuplewski - 8th Kyu
28/05/04 Harry Colwill - 8th Kyu
18/06/04 Daniel Barnett - 6th Kyu
06/07/04 Jamie Southcott - 8th Kyu
30/07/04 Liam Franz, Robert & Sarah Szczepanski - 7th Kyu & Alex Bailey - 8th Kyu
22/10/04 Dean Smith - 7th Kyu
17/12/04 Kern Ball - 8th Kyu

Grading results for 2005

Kashi Besso (Plymouth)
31/04/05 Joe Wilson - 7th Kyu, Josh Brown - 6th Kyu, Jordan Hardwick - 5th Kyu
19/05/05 Adel Gibson - 6th Kyu

28/08/08 Jess Green - 8th Kyu, Ryan Stinchcomb-7th Kyu
04/09/05 Megan Stinchcomb - 8th Kyu
29/09/05 Adel Gibson - 5th Kyu
28/11/05 Stacey Bishop - 8th Kyu
22/12/05 Jess Green & Megan Stinchcomb - 7th Kyu, Ryan Stinchcomb - 6th Kyu,
Josh Brown - 5th Kyu, Tom Green - 4th Kyu, Luke Stinchcomb - 3rd Kyu

Kajuen (Gunnislake)
28/01/05 Daniel Barnett - 5th Kyu
28/2/05 Malcolm Szuplewski & Jamie Southcott - 7th Kyu
4/03/05 Alexander Frederick-Preece, Kieron Prescott & Adel Gibson - 7th Kyu
22/04/05 Liam Franz & Dean Smith - 6th Kyu
27/05/05 Robert Szczepanski - 6th Kyu
16/12/05 Alexander Frederick-Preece - 6th Kyu, Liam Franz - 5th Kyu

Grading results for 2006

Kashi Besso (Plymouth)
27/02/06 Adel Gibson - 4th Kyu
24/07/06 Caitlin Butchart - 8th Kyu, Josh Brown - 4th Kyu
24/08/06 Trevor Wickett - 8th Kyu
24/09/06 Anniversary course shinsa Tom Green & Adel Gibson - 3rd Kyu
Luke Stinchcomb - 2nd Kyu & Sarah Hazeldine 2nd Dan
5/10/06 Peter Smith, Jaime-lee Rolfe, Jamie Griffiths & Josh Griffiths - 8th Kyu
21/12/06 Sam Crawley & James Martin - 8th Kyu
Trevor Wickett - 7th Kyu

Kajuen (Gunnislake)
10/03/06 Sarah Szczepanski - 6th Kyu
21/7/06 Alexandra Szuplewski - 8th Kyu, Malcolm Szuplewski - 6th Kyu,
Dean Smith & Rob Szczepanski - 5th Kyu & Liam Franz- 4th Kyu
22/12/06 - Amy Sheldon & Thomas Bradford - 8th Kyu

Grading results for 2007

Kashi Besso Dojo (Plymouth)
29/03/07 Josh Brown - 3rd Kyu
24/05/07 James Martin - 7th Kyu, Trevor Wickett - 6th Kyu & Gerald Day - 3rd Kyu
06/08/07 Karen Tucker & Josh Tucker - 8th Kyu, Sarah Szczepanski - 5th Kyu, Gerald Day - 2nd Kyu,
Adel Gibson - 2nd Kyu, Tom Green - 2nd Kyu & Luke Stinchcomb - 1st Kyu
27/09/07 James Roberts - 8th Kyu & Liam Franz - 3rd Kyu
17/12/07 James Martin - 6th Kyu, Alexander Frederick-Preece & Trevor Wickett - 5th Kyu,
Dean Smith - 4th Kyu
20/12/07 (Winter Yudan Shinsa)
Roger DeVries - 4th Dan

Kajuen Dojo (Gunnislake)
13/07/07 Alexandra Szuplewski & Amy Sheldon - 7th Kyu
14/12/07 Leo Franz - 8th Kyu

Grading results for 2008

Kashi Besso (Plymouth)
27/04/08 (Spring Yudan Shinsa) Tom Green & Adel Gibson - 1st Kyu & Luke Stinchcomb - 1st Dan
22/05/08 Thomas Paul - 8th Kyu
21/08/08 Thomas Paul - 7th Kyu
18/09/08 Jordan Daymond-McCowan - 8th Kyu
29/09/08 James Martin - 5th Kyu, Dean Smith - 3rd Kyu & Josh Brown - 2nd Kyu

Kajuen (Gunnislake)
13/06/08 Ollie Lowe & Eleanor Brown - 8th Kyu
08/08/08 Caroline Brown - 8th Kyu

Grading Results 2009

14/02/09 (Anniversary Yudan Shinsa)

Tom Green & Adel Gibson 1st Dan.

02/03/09 Eleanor & Caroline Brown 7th kyu.

06/04/09 Charlotte Rockey 8th Kyu.

27/08/09 Tom Paul 5th Kyu.

24/09/09 Josh Brown 1st Kyu

& Charlotte Rockey 7th Kyu

 30/11/09 Tom Chauhan & Jamie Cook 8th Kyu.

Grading Results 2010

27/05/10 Vicky Pearse - 8th Kyu, Sammy-Lee Carr - 7th Kyu, Charlotte Rockey - 6th Kyu & Thomas Paul - 4th Kyu.

31/10/10 (Autumn Yudan Shinsa)

Josh Brown Shodan & Luke Stinchcomb Nidan

13/12/10 Dean Smith 2nd Kyu

Grading Results 2011

07/08/2011 (Summer Yudan Shinsa)

Tom Green Nidan & Adel Gibson - Nidan