“I’m so proud of being a black belt” Zahra is one of our young black belts, having graded in 2022 at the age of 16. She joined Harpenden JKA in 2019 as a 2nd kyu, and trained hard under Chief Instructor Sensei Miranda to reach Shodan level. Then, to...
Focus, focus, focus for JKAE sandan success Congratulations to our chief instructor, Sensei Miranda Giles (nee Price*), for passing her sandan (3rd dan) JKAE grading on Saturday 4 December 2021. It was a long, long day at K2 sports facility in Crawley, West Sussex....
We catch up with Emily following her first grading, together with 13 of her fellow students at Harpenden JKA. You’ve just completed your first karate grading – exciting? Well … yes, but the thought of standing up in front of the examining Senseis,...
