| Wakarishin Events 2009 | |||
| 1st February | Kyu Gradings | Courage Hall | 2pm start |
| 15th February | Ko-Budo | Markhams Chase | 1.30pm start |
| 28th March | Junior Kyu Grading | Basildon Sports Centre | TBA |
| 8th-9th May | International Competition | Garon Park | TBA |
| 30th May | BJJA Competition | Wolverhampton | TBA |
| 31st May | Kyu Gradings | Courage Hall | 2pm start |
| 7th June | Ko-Budo | Markhams Chase | 1.30pm start |
| 21st June | Dan Grading | Courage Hall | 2pm start |
| 21st June | Summer Celebration | Joy Fook Restaurant | TBA |
| 11th July | Junior Kyu Gradings | Basildon Sports Centre | TBA |
| 6th September | Kyu Gradings | Courage Hall | 2pm Start |
| 20th September | Ko-Budo | Markhams Chase | 1.30pm Start |
| 10th-11th October | UN Congress | TBA | TBA |
| 17th-18th October | Multiarts Course | Norwich | TBA |
| 15th November | Ko-Budo | Markhams Chase | 1.30pm start |
| 21st November | Junior Kyu Gradings | Basildon Sports Centre | TBA |
| 22nd November | Kyu Gradings | Courage Hall | 2pm Start |
| 28th-29th November | UN Competition | Denmark | TBA |
| 13th December | Dan Grading | Courage Hall | 2pm Start |
| 13th December | Christmas Celebration | Friern Manor | TBA |
| This is a list of important dates. A printable version of the calendar is listed below. | |||
All clubs are open as normal. Any news of closures will be included in this section. See below for closures over Christmas.
The following club closures dates over the Christmas period are:
Harold Hill - last class 22nd Dec, re-opens 5th Jan.
Chelmsford - last class 23rd Dec, re-opens 6th Jan.
SWF - last class 18th Dec, re-opens 8th Jan.
Basildon (Wednesday) - last class 17th Dec, re-opens 7th Jan.
Basildon (Sunday) - last class 21st Dec, re-opens 11th Jan.
Sensei Dave James - closed 28th Dec, re-opens 4th Jan.
Sensei Gary Hewitt - closed 28th Dec, re-opens 4th Jan.
Great Berry - last class 18th Dec, re-opens 8th Jan.
On Sunday 7th December we had our latest Dan gradings.
Congratulations to the following people.
Tom Grainger, Joe Mulreany, Rheanne Sun Wai and Chelsie Stansfield for Junior Black belt.
Dean Johnson and Brandon Upton for junior Black belt 2nd Tag.
Nathan Byne, Paul Guy (credit) and Kristian Lord (credit) for achieving Black belt Shodan.
Congratulations to all our juniors who graded on Saturday 22nd November. It was a busy day, but you all performed well and did an excellent grading.
Congratulations to everyone who graded on Sunday 23rd November.
Well done to Eddie Fitt and Kristian Lord for passing the level 5 kobudo assessment.
A big thank you to Phil and Sue Cox and all the members at the Chelmsford (1944) Rifle Club for the great evening. The shoot was made into a friendly competition, unfortunately I cannot remember the results (except Sensei Ian came second).
A big congratulations from everyone at Wakarishin to Sensei Gary and Catherine on their marriage Friday 7th November. We wish them every happiness for the future.
Click HERE to see pictures from the weekend of 11th October 08.
A small team recently went to Gibraltar representing Wakarishin and returned with 18 medals! Well done to all. We certainly make an impact when we travel nowadays. Click the title for pictures from the competition.
Congratulations to all our competitors at the BJJA competition in Wolverhampton. We had a great day and walked away with 26 medals, A great result! Photos, report and results available HERE.
The list of Medal winners from this years competition in Southend is available HERE.
Congratulations to all competitors and especially to our medal winners. If anyone has photos we can use from the day, please let us know.
The official photogapher has all the photos to preview on his site. to view go to www.proactionphotography.co.uk The password is Southend.
Photos and video taken by Adam Byne from the day.
Our latest multi choice anatomy quiz. Click HERE to start the quiz.
Have a go at our quiz. This one is to test how good you know the parts of a Katana. Click HERE to start the quiz.
Have a look at the items available for sale from your club. This page is for viewing only, see your club sensei regarding ordering or for further details.
Latest version for all dates of upcoming events and gradings.(version 2 Jan.)
