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Congratulations to all the SEKF students who passed at the Advanced grading especially George Johnson who was awarded the coverted Black Belt.
Congratulations to Sensei Sasha Haydon after being awarded her 5th Dan black belt and Sensei Debbie Schaffer her 3rd Dan.
After a great course, I was awarded my 7th Dan black belt and Danny Rudkin was awarded his 6th Dan by karate legend 10th Dan Sensei Ticky Donovan OBE. It was such an honour to receive our Dan grades from Sensei Ticky as his standard of karate is...
Congratulations to our hard working athletes who were selected onto the England National Squad. Harrison West and Ethan Stonton were selected for the England National Kata Squad whilst Carla Rudkin-Guillen managed the impossible by being selected...
I hope everyone is well and staying positive during this difficult time. Please find below some important information. During these difficult and unprecedented times, Team SEKF are determined to continue with our positive fitness and karate...
Congratulations to Carla Rudkin-Guillen, Ethan Stonton, Adam Barnes and Harrison West after being selected onto the England Karate Squad....After two tough eight hour training sessions, Carla was selected onto both the Kumite and Kata National...
Congratulations to our hard working SEKF athletes who achieved their Black Belts after a tough four hour grading. Great work Lewis Grainger, Marriott Witney, Bethany McNair and Jessica Reels...
Congratulations to all the Mentors who were selected to represent the Southern England Karate Federation for 2019-2020. The SEKF run a successful mentor program which encourages our young athletes to pass on their knowledge and experience to the...
Carla Rudkin-Guillen was awarded the prestigious "New Forest Junior Sports Person of the Year" at the Balmer Lawn hotel in Brockenhurst after a delightful evening celebrating local sporting success.
Congratulations to Elliott Lowman and Team SEKF for being recognised by Poole Council for their 'Outstanding success and Dedication to Karate' Elliott, the current English kumite champion, who also has British and Lisbon International Open titles to...
Congratulations to the SEKF's record breaking five new Black Belts who all passed with flying colours just before the summer break. Lucy Smith, Lewis Kidd, Dylan Kidd, Adam Barnes and Ethan Stonton made SEKF history as it was the first time the SEKF...
Happy 25th Birthday to the SEKF! Twenty-five years ago, I opened my first karate club with Danny Rudkin as my junior mentor. We started with nine students and now teach over two hundred and fifty a week with the added help of our two long standing...
Karate athlete, Carla Rudkin-Guillen was interviewed by the BBC recently due to her international success in Berlin. She appeared on BBC South Today News and CBBC Newsround. Carla has big dreams of one day becoming a world champion and taking part...
The SEKF Christmas party this year was a great success. The new venue went down a treat as did the amazing buffet prepared by Master Chef semi finalist, Gavin Barnes. As usual, Sasha supplied some lovely cakes and made sure the evening ran well. Our...
Congratulations to Damla Kaya and Harrison West, who were awarded their black belts after completing a tough grading program. Damla and Harrison are hard working athletes who compete nationally for the SEKF and offer their spare time to help Mentor...
What a great night at the SEKF Christmas party. I would like to thank our squad parents for suppling the lovely party food and raffle prizes. A special thank you is in order for Sasha for making all the cakes and working so hard in the kitchen to...
Well done to our three new black belts, Debi Schaffer, James Arnold and Alessio Sebis. After a grueling five hour course and grading our three determined students were all awarded the coveted black belt by chief instructor Collin Rudkin 6th dan and...
Danny and I would like to thank everyone for helping make the Christmas disco such a success again this year, especially the parents who kindly contributed food for the buffet or prizes for the raffle, A big thank you to Sasha for baking so many...
Ticky Donovan OBE, 9th Dan, ran an excellent course on June 29th covering basics and kumite with John Gardiner assisting with the kata training. Everybody trained extrememly hard and thoroughly enjoyed the course, especially Danny, who was keen to...
It gives me great pleasure in announcing that the SEKF graded four hard working students to black belt this December. I would like to congratulate Joe Grimwood, Zak Smyth, Loui Naraine and Cameron Downer for achieving their black belts. Their hard...
Congratulations to Jack Fisher who has achieved his 1st Dan Black Belt. During the ten years that Jack has been training in the art of Karate under the guidance of Danny and I, he has become an important member of the SEKF, competing as an elite...
On Sunday 5th May we are holding our 20 years in business celebration party at the Chianti restaurant. (Full details on Events page & downloads). The party is in celebration of our karate club running successfully for 20 years and will consist...
This year's Christmas party was the best to date and the new venue of the Chianti Italian Restaurant was a real hit with everyone, especially as Alberto's pizzas were delicious. With over 130 party goers, the atmosphere was great and the dance floor...
I would like to thank everyone for their support at the Disco, especially the Squad members’ parents who contributed to the buffet. As usual the disco was a great success! I would also like to congratulate all the students who won an award...