Ditton Karate Club

On a good note I’ve had two sets of siblings set up there own team Kata competition and send them over to me for marking. Well done to Tom, Matilda, Holly and Jake for your efforts. Great dedication and training 👍🏻On a good note I’ve had two sets of siblings set up there own team Kata competition and send them over to me for marking. Well done to Tom, Matilda, Holly and Jake for your efforts. Great dedication and training 👍🏻

Juniors, I’ve not had much be way of the videos for the video Kata competition! Come on Ditton, we need to give Malling Karate some competition! Get them over to me this week please.Juniors, I’ve not had much be way of the videos for the video Kata competition! Come on Ditton, we need to give Malling Karate some competition! Get them over to me this week please.

Junior quiz answers
QUIZ 4-9 YEAR OLDS
1) What is the name of the room we train in? Dojo
... 2) What is the name of the suit we wear? 🥋 Gi
3) What country does karate come from? Japan
4) What’s the name of Kung Fu Panda? 🐼 Master Ping Xiau Po or Po
5) What is the name of the cartoon dog that turn from the janitor into a mask wearing Kung Fu expert? Hong Kong Fuey
6) In the Disney film, what is Stitch and for a bonus point what is his number? Alien Nr 626
7) In the first frozen film, what happened to Ana’s hair? Turned white
😎 In Beauty and the Beast, where in the castle was Belle not allowed to go? 🏰 The West Wing
9) What is Spider mans name? 🕷 Peter Parker
10) In Shotokan karate what is the name of the ‘shout’ that you do in your Kata? Kiai
11) What animal is Captain Hook scared of? Crocodiles 🐊
12) Name the four basic blocks in karate? Rising block, outside block, inside block and lower block
13) Name all 7 of Snow Whites Dwarves. Dopey, sleepy, grumpy, happy, doc, sneezy and bashful
14) How many belts are there in our karate including white and black? 11
15) What is the name of the Kata you have to do to earn your yellow belt? Heian Nidan
16) What colour belt do you have if you’re a 5th kyu? Purple
17) How many months must you wait in our association between earning you brown 2 stripe and going for your black belt? 📆 6 months
18) Which Kata do you do at more than one grading? Bassai Dai
19) What must you remember to do when entering and leave the training hall? Bow
20) What is the word for your teacher in karate? Sensei
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Also a special mention to Maisie Harris who only missed being joint first in the junior quiz by one point 👍🏻Also a special mention to Maisie Harris who only missed being joint first in the junior quiz by one point 👍🏻

Quiz results The winner for juniors is James and for the older group Matilda. Well done to you both and everyone who participated 👍🏻Quiz results The winner for juniors is James and for the older group Matilda. Well done to you both and everyone who participated 👍🏻

Happy Easter 🐣 to you all. Can’t wait to get back to the dojo and get training again. Have a great day and stay safe 👍🏻Happy Easter 🐣 to you all. Can’t wait to get back to the dojo and get training again. Have a great day and stay safe 👍🏻

Morning all, hope you’re all well and making the most of any free time you have due to the lock down. We will be announcing the winner of the Quiz on Friday so if you haven’t got your entry in yet make sure you get it to me by then. Then will be a winner in the older category and the younger category. Also if you need your karate training fix check out the videos that Sensei Robert has kindly let me share to our page. Good luck and keep training 👍🏻

Happy birthday Matt Jones from all of us at DKC 👍🏻Happy birthday Matt Jones from all of us at DKC 👍🏻

Another quick lesson to keep you all training courtesy of Sensei Robert 👍🏻

These I would like to see. Or maybe invent a new one! A change is always a possibility if it’s impressive enough.

Some more activities courtesy of blitz. Post back your answers

Have my teens run out of questions?? LolHave my teens run out of questions?? Lol

QUIZ 10-16 YEAR OLDS
1) Where did Shotokan Karate originate from?
2) Who was the founder of Shotokan Karate?
... 3) What does ‘Shotokan’ mean?
4) Who was the first Japanese instructor who led the British team to victory in the World Championships and was also known as ‘The Tiger’? 🐯
5) Who was the founder of our association when it was known as Thames Karate Association
6) What is your Sensei’s favourite drink? 😂 🥤
7) How many traditional katas are there in Shotokan karate?
😎 How many gradings are the to got to Shodan, Shodan included (& presuming no temporaries)?
9) If a student trains 3 times a week, grades every times and doesn’t get any temporaries, how many months would it take to achieve Shodan?
10) What’s the Japanese word for fist? 🤛
11) What does ‘Heian’ mean?
12) What you’re in a natural stance, feet shoulder width apart, what is the name of the stance? 🦶
13) Name one of the Katas it is compulsory for you to learn to take your 2nd Dan.
14) What must you do before grading for your black belt if you hold a temporary 1st kyu?
15) What is the name is the stance that resembles Kiba datchi but with the feet turned outwards instead of parallel?
16) What is the Japanese word for knife hand?
17) What is the English meaning to the Kata name ‘Jitte’?
18) Where and what year was our founder (in question 2) born? 👶
19) Where and what year did our founder (in question 2) pass away?
20) What is the Japanese for the word kick? 🦵
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QUIZ 4-9 YEAR OLDS
1) What is the name of the room we train in?
2) What is the name of the suit we wear? 🥋
... 3) What country does karate come from?
4) What’s the name of Kung Fu Panda? 🐼
5) What is the name of the cartoon dog that turn from the janitor into a mask wearing Kung Fu expert?
6) In the Disney film, what is Stitch and for a bonus point what is his number?
7) In the first frozen film, what happened to Ana’s hair?
😎 In Beauty and the Beast, where in the castle was Belle not allowed to go? 🏰
9) What is Spider mans name? 🕷
10) In Shotokan karate what is the name of the ‘shout’ that you do in your Kata?
11) What animal is Captain Hook scared of?
12) Name the four basic blocks in karate?
13) Name all 7 of Snow Whites Dwarves.
14) How many belts are there in our karate including white and black?
15) What is the name of the Kata you have to do to earn your yellow belt?
16) What colour belt do you have if you’re a 5th kyu?
17) How many months must you wait in our association between earning you brown 2 stripe and going for your black belt? 📆
18) Which Kata do you do at more than one grading?
19) What must you remember to do when entering and leave the training hall?
20) What is the word for your teacher in karate?
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Morning all. Hope you’re all well. Robert and I have devised a quiz for you to keeps your brains busy whilst we can’t train. We will sort prizes out for those of you who get all of the answers right. Get your answers back to us ASAP and we will reveal the answers and winners next weekend. The quiz is in two categories 4-9 year olds and 10-16 year olds (so no cheating and picking the younger one!). There’s also some fun, non karate, questions in there for the youngsters. Adults can join in too but no prizes for you lol. We will post the quiz at 6pm tonight so keep an eye out and get researching. Remember to post back your answers via messenger or WhatsApp so no one else can see your answers. Good luck!

A couple of bits to pass the time courtesy of blitz. Let me know how you get on (officially it’s for the children but I must admit I did the word search lol)

Hi everyone. Robert has kindly let me share this so everyone can join in. I encourage everyone join in and keep up with their training 👍🏻