Kata Class has been cancelled on Monday as Moot House is closed.
Instead, there will be a two hour Kata lesson in Mark Hall School from 10am to 12 noon on Sunday 11^th May.

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Reece Taylor has just become the Scottish Open Senior Kata Champion 2008 with the final judged by European Kata Judges.

Reece's Suparimpei beat French National Champion/ National Team Member Minh Dack's Chatanyara Kushanku 4 flags to 1 to claim his third Gold this year at senior level.

Everyone at Hanko-Ryu would like to extend their congratulations to Reece on this fantastic result.

Hanko-Ryu Karate-Do Association sent their biggest squad to date to the EKF National Championships at Ponds Forge Sheffield and came home with 5 new national champions and three bronze medals.

There were over 585 competitors from 43 associations at the nationals and the Hanko-Ryu squad did the association proud. All competitors showed excellent discipline on and off the mats, Chief Instructor Nariman Jeddi said "I am ever so proud of everyone who competed for Hanko-Ryu. Some of the students have only been training with us since January and the results speak for themselves."

Reece Taylor attended the British University Championships while our own inter-club tournament was taking place last Saturday.

Although this was the British Championships, foreign students attending universities throughout Britain are eligible also, providing some tough competition. There were 44 competitors in his category and Reece won through six rounds beating a German competitor 4-1 in the final to take the Gold.

Congratulations Reece.