On the 2nd and 3rd of March 2019, a team from the recently reformed ESKA competition squad competed in the AMA International Karate Championships held in the international sports centre Ponds Forge Sheffield
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The first outing for the new ESKA squad was to the AMA Southern Championships in Kent on the 17th of Feb 2019.
It was a great competition, read on to hear about our successes!!!
Read moreSaturday 20th October saw ESKA hold its annual championships at the Stevenage Hombu. As always, the event was a great success and all that attended enjoyed the high quality of karate on show. From the youngest junior to the oldest adult; everyone showed a high level of commitment and spirit. Judges were particularly impressed with the etiquette of the students participating.
On 26th and 27th May the rearranged AMA International Karate Championships took place in Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
The great news is ESKA had some winners… Read on for more details:
On the weekend of 7/8th April a few of the students from the Hatfield/Birchwood/Codicote clubs went down to Sittingbourne in Kent to take part in the AMA Southern Competition.
I thought it would be a good idea to check it out ahead of potentially committing the whole of the ESKA squad next year… Read on to see how we got on.
Every year the AMA (Amature Martial Association) hold their International Competition and invite amature Martial Artists to compete in Kumite or Kata categories.
This years competition will be held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. It runs across the weekend of 3rd & 4th March 2018.
On 29th October ESKA held its annual competition. You can see the full write up here thanks to Luke Santilli we had some amazing pictures which can be found here.
Now its time for the videos…
Sunday 29th October saw ESKA hold its annual championships at the Stevenage Hombu. As always, the event was a great success and all that attended enjoyed the high quality of karate on show. From the youngest junior to the oldest adult; everyone showed a high level of commitment and spirit. Judges were particularly impressed with the etiquette of the students participating.
Yesterday (29th October) we held our annual ESKA Competition at the ESKA Honbu (Stevenage Leisure Centre).
It was a fantastic, albeit long day, with some great competitors.
Oss Karate-ka,
With only a few days to go, are you getting excited? I know myself and the other instructors are!
I thought I would share a few reminders and further details about the day, just to help alleviate some of those pre-competition nerves.
News
The ESKA ‘East is East’ Real Ale Tour 20198th July 2019 - 12:27 pmThe day begins in biggleswade This years tour started in the first pub of the original beer tour a decade ago and the location of the now infamous “PIE GATE” incident (which will be marked by Biggleswades first Blue Circle plaque outside the pub – but it might have a bite sized chunk missing!!).
Dan Grading Results – May 201911th May 2019 - 6:00 pmOn Saturday 11th May we held our Summer 2019 Dan grading. As usual it was held at Little Staughton Village Hall. It gives me great pleasure to be able to share the results below.
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UWK National Championships – Sheffield
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tel: +44 (0)1234 376450
email: info@eska.org.uk
Next Kyu Grading
15/12/2019 @ 10:00 - Stevenage Leisure Centre
Next Dan Grading
16/11/2019 @ 10:00 - Little Staughton Village Hall