Blog – Page 18 – Seitou Ryu Karate

Seitou Ryu Karate is proud to present one of the most exciting karate tournaments in Essex, back for it’s 7th year in a row!

The SRK Spring Open Championships is a popular event, with last year’s events attracting over 200+ competitors from Essex, Kent, London and beyond coming to test their skills against each other in kata and kumite.
With divisions for all levels from beginner to black belt, there is a place for everyone to come and compete!

Sunday 11th May 2014

The Gateway Academy (Main Sports Hall)

Marshfoot Road, Tilbury, Essex, RM16 4LU

Google map location

Competitors check in: 9.00am

First events: 9.30am

Competitors Entry Fees • £12 individual events • £24 per team (£8 pp)

Spectators fee on the door •£3 Adults (16yrs+) • £1 Children under 16yrs • Under 5’s go free

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DOWNLOAD YOUR INFORMATION PACK HERE
http://seitouryukarate.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/SRK_SPRING_OPEN_2014.pdf

CLUB INSTRUCTORS DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM HERE
http://seitouryukarate.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Club-Entry-Form.xls

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All event entries and fees must be received by Sunday 4th May 2014

Fees payable by either cash, cheque (payable to Seitou Ryu Karate) or online bank transfer (please contact us for details).

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The event will run according to WKF (2013) rules with some slight modifications, although please refer to the information pack for full details including compulsory equipment for kumite.

For those on Facebook, here is a link to the event page where you can get up to the minute information https://www.facebook.com/events/1457505944467458

The day will run according to the format of our previous tournaments: 4 mat areas (all 8m x 8m), with individual and team kata events will be on in the first half, followed by individual kumite events in the second half.

DE Photo will be taking pictures which will be available to purchase from them throughout the day and online after the event.

The SRK Café also will be open once more, providing plenty of tasty and refreshing food and drinks available to purchase throughout the day.

To help make the day run smoother we kindly ask all attending clubs to provide at least 2 officials to help out, but if you can provide more, this would be even better of course. If there are plenty of officials between all the clubs, then we can rotate them throughout the day so they’re not overworked and to keep the judging as fair and unbiased as possible for the competitors. Officials will be provided with lunch plus free tea & coffee throughout the day for their services. There is a section on the entry form for you to write down your officials details. We thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please email me or call me on 07899 827 476 otherwise I look forward to seeing you and your students on 11th May.

Kind regards

Richard Hang Hong

With the introduction of the Mon grading system for junior students (5-12yrs) this year, I thought it be apt to elaborate a little more on what each Mon grade (tag) means and what the students should be doing from one Mon grade to the next.

This is not a definitive list of what the students should be practicing at home, just what we as instructors recommend they do for a few minutes (5-10 mins) each day.

All of the gradings drills can be found in your syllabus handbook. For more advice, please speak with your instructor in class.

From 10th kyu (White Belts/Beginners)

Lessons 1-2

Head, Middle, Low Punch
First four movements of kata Taikyoku Jodan

Lessons 3-4

Head Block, Middle Block, Downwards Block
Up to first kiai of Taikyoku Jodan (8 moves)

Lessons 5-6

Front Kick, Round Kick
Up to second kiai of Taikyoku Jodan (16 moves)

Lessons 7-8

Forward Stance, Hourglass Stance, Sumo Stance
Full kata (20 moves)

From 9th kyu (White Belt + Yellow Tip)

2-3 lessons

All basic punches, back fists and elbow strikes
Grading Combination for 8th kyu (Yellow belt)
First four movements of kata Taikyoku Chudan

3-5 lessons

Blocks
Grading Line Drill for 8th kyu (Yellow belt)
Up to first kiai of Taikyoku Chudan (8 moves)

5-8 lessons

Kicks
Grading Kumite Drill for 8th kyu (Yellow belt)
Up to second kiai of Taikyoku Chudan (16 moves)

9 lessons-grading date

All techniques, combinations, line drills, kumite drills and Full kata (20 moves)

From 8th kyu to 7th kyu to 6th kyu to 5th kyu to 4th kyu

Working towards 1st Mon

Grading Combination
25% of kata

Taikyoku Gedan (5 moves)
Gekisai Ichi/Ni (6 moves)
Saifa (6 moves)

From 1st Mon to 2nd Mon

Grading Line Drill
50% of kata

Taikyoku Gedan (10 moves = 2 moves after first kiai)
Gekisai Ichi/Ni (10 moves = up to first kiai)
Saifa (10 moves = up to the step back double punch, circle down and hammer fist)

From 2nd Mon to 3rd Mon

Grading Kumite Drill
75% of kata

Taikyoku Gedan (16 moves = 2nd kiai)
Gekisai Ichi/Ni (15 moves = 2nd kiai)
Saifa (14 moves = 2nd kiai)

From 3rd Mon to 4th Mon

Full kata

From 4th Mon to grading date

All techniques, combinations, line drills, kumite drills and full kata

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