The Winter grading was held at Somers Town dojo, Central London on December 11th 2002. Black belts in attendance were JJ Burnel 5dan, Don Clift 3dan, Danny Monks shodan and Simon Margot shodan.

Several members from Cambridge dojo were in attendance and Sam and Owen graded alongside their London colleagues. For the first time ever in Shidokan England we had a girl, Fiona Carson, attempting 7 person kumite for 2nd kyu brown belt. Also going for 2nd kyu brown, after his first ever tournament, was Tim Higham. I am very pleased to announce that all those who took the test passed despite one knockout and a few broken ribs! A total of 53 x 2 minute fights were held.

The full list is as follows;

Fiona Carson 2nd kyu brown 7 fights.
Tim Higham 2nd kyu brown 7 fights
Andrei Zhukov 3rd kyu green 5 fights
Rob Cripps 3rd kyu green 5 fights
Takae Hirai 3rd kyu green 5 fights
Dennis Austin 4th kyu yellow 3 fights
Owen Phillips 4th kyu yellow 3 fights
Sam Cook 4th kyu yellow 3 fughts
Miho Aishima 4th kyu yellow 3 fights
Nahoko Yamada 4th kyu yellow 3 fights
Peroline Ainsworth 4th kyu yellow 3 fights
Brian Harbinson 5th kyu blue 3 fights
Gary Miller 5th kyu blue 3 fights.


Congratulations to all those who graded and also thanks to the other members who attended and gave their support to their fellow students. OSSU, JJ Burnel.

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Peri vs Fiona

Peri vs Fiona

Nahoko vs Fiona

Miho vs Fiona

Takae vs Fiona

Fiona vs Takae

Danny vs Fiona

Tim vs Simon

Tim vs Simon

Simon vs Tim

Rob vs Tim

Tim vs Rob

Andre vs Tim

Andre vs Tim

Andre vs Simon

Owen vs Dennis

Owen vs Dennis

Dennis vs Gary