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The young black belt, his karate and autism
Thomas is one of HJKA’s growing band of young adult black belts. A very popular, committed student, Thomas has ASD (autism spectrum disorder) which he manages extremely well. Like many students, he’s discovered how to make karate and autism work for him. Thomas joined...
Zahra, one of Harpenden JKA’s young karate black belts
"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 cap it all, in...
Inter-club senior grade karate training
Harpenden JKA hosts senior grade training sessions We regularly get together with other local JKA clubs and hold focused training sessions. Recently, Harpenden JKA hosted a senior class with Stevenage JKA and Zanshin North Herts. We welcomed an excellent mix of adults...
Sensei Miranda Price, new 3rd dan
Focus, focus, focus for JKAE sandan success Congratulations to our chief instructor, Sensei Miranda 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. Luckily the M25...
Karate black belt for Adam Sharp
New shodan for Harpenden JKA Harpenden JKA has a new karate black belt; 17 year old Adam Sharp. After several months of focused training, and many years of hard work and determination, Adam was awarded his Shodan on Sunday 27 June 2021.Adam with Sensei Miranda on his...
Disability won’t get in the way of Adam’s karate black belt
Karate and disability - a powerful combination Adam Sharp is a 1st kyu in shotokan karate. For the uninitiated, that's one belt before shodan, his black belt. Pretty impressive for any 17 year old, but particularly for Adam as he is physically disabled. However, he...
Karate Training Outside – One Step Closer To The Dojo!
We set up our karate dojo outside throughout the summer and it felt so good! Following the government's phased return of outdoor sport and recreation in England, we set up karate training outside. Zoom karate is still very much part of our schedule but getting...
Sensei Miranda on Karate@Home
On Tuesday 21 July 2020, Sensei Miranda taught on Karate@Home as a Facebook live event. We were treated to a full-on hour of inspirational kumite insights and drills. It was a great honour for Sensei to be asked to teach and she joins some of the greats of...
Zoom karate
"Oh hello... I can't see you - just pop your video on. Now I can't hear you ... THERE you are - hello, how you doing...?! "You've gone again, oh, there you are... no, that's Mimi the dog... "OK everyone, put yourselves on mute and let's get going! Welcome to virtual...
New karate student: Emily’s first competition
Emily entered the JKA Open Championships just 3 months after joining Harpenden JKA. As you can see, her day went rather well! Read on to find out exactly how well she did, together with the rest of the club... Your first karate competition! I know! I had only joined...