17/11/2024
🚨 DAN GRADE ALERT!!! 🚨Following our mixed styles course on Sunday 20/10/24, 4 Forge Shotokan students undertook Dan gradings under the watchful eye of Forge Shotokan Chief Instructor Sensei Stuart Hughes, accompanied by esteemed Sensei from BSKA Sankukai, Sensei Calvin Collins, and Ryusyokai Goju Ryu, Sensei Glyn Jones.
Many congratulations to our newest Yondan, Gary Envine, and 3 new Sandans, Bradley Holmes, Paul Warman and Joe Hughes. All 4 of these Forge Shotokan students are longtime practitioners, all with over 20 years worth of experience each, so it is a fitting recognition of their commitment, understanding, application and dedication to grade and be awarded their respective new ranks.
Years of hard training, both personally and in class every week, through injury and illness, changes in the karate landscape, the pandemic and assisting kyu grade development and progression, have paid off and you all very much deserve your new grades.
This doesn’t change the attitude of these students, they will be training for years to come, and will only intensify their knowledge and skills in the coming years, but for the moment, all at Forge Shotokan would like to congratulate these Karateka on their latest achievement.
Congratulations!🥋👊💥
