SMASHING TIME FOR CLUB

Last week Club Deportivo Washinkai Karate, presented nearly 100 students with a gold medal to recognise their dedication to karate.  Twelve additional students were selected to be presented with trophies recognising the important characteristics that are expected of a Washinkai Karate student including technique, exceptional effort, courtesy, respect, humility and responsibility.

The students, along with five of the Club Instructors, performed a demonstration of karate techniques.at the Javea Sports Centre, which began with the huge group carrying out Kihon - kicking and punching simultaneously.Gold medallists Taylor Brown, Christian Sweeney, Henriette Merle Bolufer, Lawrence Phillips, Nathan Tongue, Adam Sweeney and Tom Winstanley reprised their winning katas, whilst instructor Geovanny Sanchez was thrown around the Sports Centre mats by tiny 5 year old Mirella.

Several advanced defences were shown by Instructors Sarah Lakin and Nikki Sweeney including a spectacular flying scissor kick, dragontail sweep and a wheel throw.Instructor Ray Sweeney demonstrated several advanced knife defences and the display finished to resounding applause with all students smashing their way through pine boards.

Washinkai Karate has over 160 students making it the largest karate club in the Valencian Community and is the Municipal Karate School of Javea and Benitachell.

Our Summer Programme begins very shortly, call Ray Sweeney on 637564416 for more details.

WASHINKAI KARATE JAVEA GANA 28 MEDALLAS

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El club deportivo de karate Washinkai de Javea viajo a Inglaterra el 6 de marzo para participar en el campeonato Britanico de Karate. El entrenador Ray Sweeney viajo con un grupo de 13 alumnos y 10 acompañantes. La alegra fue inmensa al ganar un total de 28 medallas, 12 de ellas medallas de oro.

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SMASHING TIME FOR JAVEA KARATE CLUB

On Friday 6th June Javea Councillor for Sports, Jose Erades, presented over 75 junior Club Deportivo Washinkai karate students with a medal to recognise their dedication to karate.  Ten additional students were also presented with trophies as awards for the important mental aspects of karate training such as Perserverence, Humility, Courtesy and Respect..

The students along with Club Instructors, Ray Sweeney, Geovanny Sanchez, Mari Turner, Sarah Lakin and Jose Sellitti Rangel were asked to perform a demonstration in front of the townspeople of Javea, Jose Erades and Paco Bisquert (Coordinator of Sports), which began with all of the students carrying out Kihon, sequences of kicking and punching. 

Kata were performed by several students including Elizabeth Sellitti Rangel with Chinto kata, Nathan Tongue, Pinan Yodan and Jordan Quirk who gave a powerful rendition of Bassai kata or “Storming the Fortress”.

Nathan Tongue and Tom Winstanley demonstrated Chudan Uke 1 and 2 with a knife whilst several advanced defences were shown by Jose Sellitti Rangel and Geovanny Sanchez including Ohyo Kumite 11, 12 13 and 14 (neck lock, flying hip throw, flying scissor kick and dragontail sweep). 

Geovanny Sanchez, Hari Hook and Jordan Quirk performed their gold medal winning simultaneous Saifa Team Kata and Instructor Geovanny Sanchez rounded off the demonstration with the breaking of 2 inches of  pine board to wild applause.

Washinkai Javea is now one of the largest karate clubs in the Valencian Community 

Javea's 15 Medals At Karate Nationals

Club Deportivo Washinkai Karate of Javea travelled to England on the 6th March to participate in the 2006 British Traditional Karate National Championships. Instructor Ray Sweeney took a party of seven students with him and was delighted when they won a total of 15 medals including 2 golds.

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Saturday morning Yudansha (Black Belt class)

Some of the black belts at the free Saturday morning Yudansha session.