On the 20th of February 2016,at the modern “Cido” Arena in Panevezys town, Lithuania,the 22nd Open Baltic Shotokan Karate Championship took place. Over 300 competitors gathered from Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Latvia. Our very own Eduard Valchev from Alfa SKC, competed in the 18-20 year Kumite category and won gold!  Eduardalso competed as a member […]

Congratulations to everyone that took part in the Alfa SKC December grading and gained a new belt. The grading was a great success with everyone showing a very high standard of Shotokan Karate. Examiner on the day was Chief Instructor of WSKF England 8th Dan Sensei Tomiko Mitsuoka. She was impressed by the passion and […]

All students worked hard from start to finish showing true discipline, focus, effort and determination to get their next belts. Everybody was put through their paces demonstrating good kihon, kata and basic kumite. I hope you enjoy looking through the photos. Well done all ! Many thanks to all parents!

Well done to the ALFA Shotokan Karate Club Squad who competed at the recent JKA England National Championship and big thank you to the parents who supported us during the day. We saw many new students competing from ALFA Shotokan Karate Club for their first time and with all the nerves and being in a […]

On the 28th of March, 52 members of Alfa Shotokan Karate Club took part in a joint grading with East London JKA Club. The examiners on the day were Sensei Glyn Morgan and Sensei Mick Lowe. Two hours of training led by the examiners gave everyone a chance to practice their basics and katas before […]

On the 7th of December, members of Alfa Shotokan Karate Club took part in a joint grading with the East London JKA club, led by Sensei Yoshinobu Ohta, 7th Dan – Head of Association & Chief Instructor of JKA England. Over 80 students took part in a two hours course. There was a great atmosphere […]

On the weekend of the 1st of November, 10 competitors from the Alfa SKC squad were selected to compete at the JKA England Open Championships held in K2 Crawley. A big congratulations to Diana Maculska who become a champion in Kumite and took 4th place in kata, Eduard Valchev won gold by winning all the […]

Huge congratulations to Alfa Shotokan Karate Club at the 3rd annual Interclub competition! Racking up a whopping total of 41 medals and two special trophies awarded to Nahida Aziz for Best Female Junior Competitor, and Eduard Valchev for Best Male Competitor. Big thanks to all the parents and supporters who joined us today. The most […]

In the picture from the lef Omamo Binitie, Sensei Albert, Sensei Shiina and Eduard Valchev Congratulations to Eduard Valchev who passed his 1st Dan Black Belt grading with 7th Dan Sensei Shiina and 7th Dan Sensei Sawada and 7th Dan Sensei Ohta on Sunday 28th September at the K2 JKA England autumn International course and […]

On the 12th of July, 45 members of Alfa Shotokan Karate Club took part in a joint grading and course with East London JKA Club. The examiners on the day were 4th Dan Sensei Martin Dobson and 3rd Dan Sensei Tony Cronk. One hour of training led by the examiners gave everyone a chance to […]