Summer Grading

On Saturday, July the 12th, 15 members of Shidokan Great Britain graded at the
Somers Town London Dojo. Members came from York, Macclesfield, Cambridge, Worcester, Glasgow, and London. In all there were a total of 67 fights during the afternoon and 3 new brown belts were created. Congratulations especially to Kirsty Henderson, Guy Noble, and Andrei Zukov
for completing 7 fights each.

Other members passing were Roy D'Souza, Matthew Sidebotham, Paul Sharpe,
and Dennis Austin who all gained Green belts. John Yarwood and Gary Miller gained Yellow belts.
Bill Butterworth, John Luvett, Miriam Zulkarnain, Helen Smith, Erin Yorulmaz and Ann Smith who all gained Blue.

Black belts in attendance were Kevin Hone, Peter Mortlock, Danny Monks, Steve Fenwick,
Adam Everest, Don Clift, and JJ Burnel. Also in attendance as a guest was Malcolm Martin,
journalist of Combat Magazine, Channel 5 Thai Boxing, and Fight School fame.
Would like also to thank Jon Tilley, 3rd Dan of Shuko Freestyle karate, Macclesfield for
helping in the proceedings. Thanks also go to all members of London Dojo who took several
hours out of their Saturday to contribute to the kumite.