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EKKA Nationals
Sunday 11th May Autumn and Jack from Arena Hadleigh both competed at the EKKA National championship. Autumn came 2nd in Kumite Jack 2nd in Slam man Well done!! |
Dan grading
 We have three new ARENA Black belts! On Sunday 11th May Chris Hodgkinson, Jamie Hodgkinson from ARENA Hadleigh and Caitlin Telling from ARENA Tattingstone put years of work in to practise and took their grading. We are pleased to say they passed and look forward to them continuing their karate journey. Chris & Jamie take their new belts up to Scotland to compete on Sunday 19th. |
KDF open in Barking
 Arena Hadleigh took a small group to this completion on 17th March4 competitors..... 6 sections....... 5th on the medal table!!! 6-7yrs 7th kyu and below Jack 2nd 16-17 cadet open Jamie 1st Kyu grade open Jamie 1st - Chris 2nd 40+ open Lee 1st - Chris 2nd Couldn’t ask for much better!!! Massive well done lads! |
Fight Club 5
Our 5th fight club was ran in Hadleigh on Thursday 7th and Stuart Kitchener came down to teach for us. Stuart used to run the club in Hadleigh approx 6.5yrs ago and has many years of teaching, training and competing experience that we were lucky enough to get a taster of. Unfortunately we forgot to take a picture, but be assured that it was a hot, sweaty class with new and interesting drills! Many thanks Stuart! |
Fight Club 4
 Jamie trains long and hard and his continued effort has really paid off mainly in the last year. Not many weekends go past when he isn’t competing (and placing) in competitions or attending (and selecting) at squad training or doing various courses. This made Jamie an ideal candidate to come along and teach some of the new techniques we are seeing on the mat and show what passion and enthusiasm he has to teach and train. The feedback from this class has been super. |
Kyu Grade Championships in Leicester
 Chris & Jamie Hodgkinson put In many many hours of long hard training and were both selected to compete. This alone is a massive accomplishment and we are very proud of them both. Jamie unfortunately did not place this time, but Chris fought his way through some very determined fighters to come out with a 1st place! Well done Chris! The EKKA as a whole also came through exceptionally well! Over a 1000 competitors entered and EKKA were top of the shop on the medals table |
FIGHT CLUB 3
 Billy has a wealth of experience which if you don’t know about already (!!??) you can read about him on this page. The class was enjoyed by all. The ages went from 6 through to 55 and we all agreed there was something to be taken away to work on. Who’s in for FIGHT CLUB 4? Contact any of the Arena instructors |
ALL CLASSES ARE BACK
 We are all looking forward to seeing you in class and progressing through 2019! The calendar will be updated in the next 24hrs so fill up your diaries!! |
Fight Club 2
 Hadleigh would like to thank 5th Dan Sean Hollobone for coming down to Fight Club on Thursday and sharing his experience with us.Sean brought new drills and lots of kicks for students to work on and continuing building their fight.... Sean has taught and fought for many years, he runs his own clubs in Ipswich. You would see him on the black belt panel when you take the black belt step and he is also on the front line at summer camp. |
East Anglian Championships
Slamman 7 and under Jack 2nd place Under 10 Finnan 1st Autumn 3rd Kata 0-7th kyu Jack 3rd |  | Kumite Girls under 4’2 0-7th kyu Autumn 1st 5’2” - 5’8” 0-7th kyu Joshua 2nd Male cadet 3rd-1st kyu Jamie 1st Senior male Dan grade Lee 3rd |
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