🏆 HDKI GB National Open Championships 2025 — What a Day! A massive congratulations to our medal winners: 🥇 Ellie – Kata Gold 🥇 Hazel – Kata Gold 🥇 Yingtai – Kata Gold 🥈 Laurel – Kumite Silver 🥉 Ellie – Kumite Bronze 🥉 Alex – Kumite Bronze And a huge well done to Viraaj, Elif, Isaac, Zoë, and Marius for stepping onto the mat and giving their absolute best — you all made us incredibly proud! We couldn’t ask for more from today. Some of you came home with medals, others d

Solid energy and focus in the dojo this week! This week we shifted the focus to individual performance and personal responsibility — understanding what each of us needs to do to prepare for competitions, gradings, and regular training. Everyone ran through their kata with speed, power, and precision, followed by light sparring that emphasised efficiency and control. Those not competing used the time to polish their grading kata or tokui kata. Fantastic spirit all round! No tr

This week’s focus was on clean kata presentation and detail - sharpening performance by drilling the small things that make a big difference. We applied exercises taken from kata squad training across all Heian kata, and by the end of the week the transformation was noticeable: kata looked sharper, more dynamic, and some even began to tell a story through their movements. Those preparing for the Nationals next weekend pushed especially hard in every session, while lower grade