Kangeiko 2015

 It was another very early start for the four intrepid karate-ka that set off from Haxby at 5am this more to make what has become an annual trip to Cleethorpes to join our friends at Kaizen No-Michi on the last day of their Kangeiko . As ever we were joined at the beach by some friends from Selby Shotokan Karate Club.

Karate-ka from Haxby, Kaizen No-Michi and Selby Shotokan Karate Club

Holly, Elizabeth, Helen and I received a very warm welcome from Andrew Sensei and the rest of his club despite the early morning chill. Training started with a quick warm up then a run along the sea front and the beach. Paul Sensei despite promising to take it easy soon sprinted off with the front runners and left us mere mortals in his wake! 

The Haxby Four!

After some very quick basics to get the blood flowing we then moved onto two quite complex combinations for partner work, which of course resulted in us being thrown around the beach and covered in sand!

The method in Andrew Sensei’s teaching was soon discovered when we did Junro Yondan and discovered that these two combinations were in fact bunkai for two of the more curious parts of the kata.

It was inevitable that we would end up face down in the sand!

A quick team based running game finished of training and then as is traditional we all retired to Browns Cafe for a hearty fry up!

The well earned reward!

I would like to thank Andrew Sensei for his invitation, and to all from Kiazen and Selby who were mad enough to train with us on the beach. It was a brilliant morning, well worth the early start and I would strongly encourage you to join us next year – you never know we might even arrange our own Kangeiko!



OSU Jim

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