Kirsty Bricknell and Eoin Kerrigan passed to blue belt and green belt respectively on Wednesday night at Thanet Judo Kwai.
It was a very energetic grading and they both performed really well. So a hearty well done
11 Juniors from Ashford Aikido Club plus Jim and parents
8 Juniors from Winchester Aikido Club plus Bob, Alistair, Tim, Adam, William, James and parents
17 Juniors from Tanseikan plus Vanda, Sean, Volkan, Joe, Charlie and David
Junanahon
Starter Grades
1st Emma Whitlock & Niamh Carpenter
2nd Dylan Hawksworth & Daniel Wright
3rd Lucie Dick & Louise Young
Middle Grades
1st Rebecca Norman & Kelly Dempster
2nd Oliver Hunt & Chris Wolstenholme
3rd George Ellis & Charles Ellis
High Grades
1st Charlie Keeper & Jenna Barnes
2nd Sian House-Merritt & Africe Townsend
3rd Louis Barnes & Adam Collins
Ninindori
Beta B
1st Joshua Fielding, Emma Whitlock & Tamara Field-Wilson
2nd Billy Savage, Ryan Muhareem & Dylan Hawksworth
3rd Jordon Ellis, Mathew Belayneh & Oliver Rowe
Beta A
1st Lucie Dick, Curtis Price & Oliver Hunt
2nd Thomas Murphy, Jacob Platt & James Norman
3rd Louise Young, Max Magill & George Ellis
Alpha B
1st Nick Woodman, Josie Bricknell & Chris Wolstenholme
2nd Rebecca Norman, Charles Ellis & Charles Yuen
3rd Perry Robert, Louis Barnes & Bethany Norman
Alpha A
1st Sev Nzsdejan, Charlie Keeper & Freddie Hawkings
2nd Birkan Parlar, Adam Collins & Sean Muharrem
3rd Sian House-Merritt, Jenna Barnes & Ed Thomas
Tanto Taisabaki (Beta)
1st Jacob Platt
2nd Bethany Norman
3rd Curtis Price
Tanto Taisabaki (Alpha)
1st Jenna Barnes
2nd Adam Collins
3rd Ed Thomas
Best Aikidoka Awards
Africe Townsend
Kelly Dempster
Dylan Hawksworth
Jim Dempster was promoted to second dan on Saturday 1st April (or was it a cruel April fool?).
So from all the Gowaryu's students: "Well done Jim!"