FGA Services
FGA Services

We train at:

University of Brighton Sports Centre
1 Denton Road
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN20 7SR 
    

 

Mon      18:30 - 19:30

Thur      18:30 - 19:30

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If you have any queries or want to come and train, please contact us:

 

07912 872892

 

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News and Events

August 2023 - Summer Club Grading

Congratulations to all of our kyu grades who graded on the 14th August with sensei Frank Jennings. Good work all round, and some excellent performances. Thanks and congratulations also go to all of our dan grades, who helped them reach this excellent standard.

October 2022 - Autumn Club Grading

Well done to all of our kyu grades who graded on the 3rd of October. Excellent performances all round!

June 2022 - Summer Club Grading

Congratulations to all our members who graded at the club on Monday 6th June with sensei Val Dale. Well done everyone!

December 2021 - Shotokan Connect Grading

Members of Red Lion SKC travelled to Loddon Valley Leisure Centre, Reading, for the final Shotokan Connect event of the year, an all grades training course and dan grading.

Congratulations to:  
   
Beatrix Veselovsky 1st dan
Maria Birch 3rd dan
Phil Peal 3rd dan

October 2021 - Club Grading

Red Lion SKC had its first club grading with Shotokan Connect on Wednesday 6th October 2021. The grading was officiated by sensei Val Dale 6th dan. Well done to everyone who graded, and many thanks to sensei Val Dale, sensei Rob Dale and all those club members who turned out to support those grading.

Congratulations to:  
   
Alexandros Veselovsky 10th kyu
Isabelle Peall 10th kyu
Eleanor Birch 10th kyu
Akeyla Hendrick 10th kyu
Aoife Birch 8th kyu
Meadow Hendrick 8th kyu
Anthony Mizak 8th kyu
Agnes Pinter 8th kyu
Zoltan Mizac 8th kyu
Tracy Redshaw 2nd kyu
Arthur Couch 1st kyu

June 2021 - Shotokan Connect

We are delighted to announce that the Red Lion Shotokan Karate Club is now affiliated to Shotokan Connect. This is a new karate organisation affiliated to the English Karate Federation.

May 2021 - We are back in the dojo!

We will return to training at the University of Brighton's Sports Centre in Eastbourne on Monday 17th May. Times of training sessions will be Monday 18:30 - 19:30 and Wednesday 18:30 - 19:30, plus the online session on Friday evening 18:30 - 19:00.

January 2021 - Happy New Year!

During the current lockdown the University of Brighton's Sports Centre in Eastbourne is closed. The club will therefore continue to train online. Online sessions will start at our usual training time of 18:30 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We look forward to seeing you all online.

November 2020 - Online Training Sessions

Online training sessions will recommence on Monday 9th November. The sessions will start at our usual training time of 18:30 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

August 2020 - Return to Training at the University

We are pleased to announce that the club will recommence training at the University of Brighton Sports Centre, Eastbourne, on Wednesday 2nd September 2020.

Training will start on both Mondays and Wednesdays at 18:30, but will now finish at 19:30. The training at the University will be supplemented by an online strength and stretch session on Fridays, 18:30 to 19:00.

Access to the University sports centre will be via the main entrance, beyond which a one way system will be in operation. Karateka will need to arrive in their gi ready to train as there will be no access to changing facilities. There will be limited access to toilets. All karateka will need to have at least two masks, one to arrive at the sports centre in, and a clean one to wear to leave the sports centre after training. Karateka will also need a plastic bag, preferrably a zip lock bag, in which to store any used masks.

During the training sessions we will be operating a 3 metre distancing rule for all parts of the sessions, with lines staggered so that karateka are not directly in front or behind anyone. The instructor will be off to the side. Karateka may wear a mask during training if they wish, but this will not be compulsory. 

 

As the club has restructured the training sessions, it is also appropriate to restructure the pricing. As from 1st September 2020 all dojo fees must be paid in advance online.  If you wish to have access to all of the training sessions, the monthly fee will be £35 for adults and £28 for children. For karateka who are unable to train at this number of sessions, there will now be a reduced fee of £20 for adults and £16 for children. This will allow kareteka to train a maximum of the equivalent of one session per week, plus the online sessions.

Dojo Fees as from 1st September 2020 

  Access to all sessions Access to limited sessions
Adult £35 £20
Child <16 £28 £16

Bank Details

account name Red Lion SKC
sort code 07-00-55
account 74055175

March 2020 - Online Training Sessions

Last Wednesday saw the first of our online training sessions, and we will continue to run these sessions while we are unable to train at the dojo. A big thank you to Jane for getting this going at such short notice. The sessions will start at our usual training time of 18:30 every Wednesday, and all the information you need to access the sessions is available on our Facebook page. See you all remotely on Wednesday!

March 2020 Covid-19

As of Tuesday 17th March 2020, there will be no training at the club until further notice. It was agreed at the last training session that those members who pay their subs directly from their bank accounts should continue to do so. Once training recommences the additional money will be used to subsidise a special training session and possibly a grading by one of the KUGB’s senior instructors.

October 2019

Congratulations to Frank Veselovsky who passed his 4th dan grading on 5th October at the KUGB's Special Dan Course at the University of Bath with sensei Sherry, Poynton and Brennan. Well done Frank, thoroughly deserved. 

September 2019 - Changes to University Parking

The University of Brighton is introducing changes to its car parking at all sites from Tuesday 1st October. 

Sportbrighton  have made arrangements with the University to make sure that customers are still able to access their facility bookings if they are travelling by car. Details of how the new system will work are detailed at:

http://sport.brighton.ac.uk/about/news/392-sport-brighton-parking

Please have a look at the information before using the University parking facilities.

August 2019 - New Training Times

As from Monday 5th August, Monday night training sessions will be from the earlier time of 18:30 to 20:00. Wednesday night sessions will continue to be 18:30 to 20:00.

July 2019

Congratulations to Ayu Miao who passed her shodan grading on the 13th July at the Black and Brown Belt course and grading at the University of Bath with sensei Sherry and sensei Poynton. Well done Ayu!

June 2019 - Southern Region Championships

Well done to all the club members who attended the event, which this year were held at the K2 Centre in Crawley.

 

Ivan Birch Referee

Chris Williams

Judge

Sam Birch

 

2019 Individual Kata Champion

2019 Individual Kumite Bronze Medalist

Joe Birch

 

Individual Kata Competitor

Individual Kumite Competitor

Frank Veselovsky 

Referee

Isaac Birch Time Keeper and Recorder
Maria Birch Time Keeper and Recorder

Ayu Miao

2019 Kyu Grade Kata Silver Medalist


 

January 2019

Happy New Year to all our club members!

 

December 2018

Well done to those club members who took their kyu gradings at the Falmer course and grading on the 8th December with sensei Bob Rhodes.

 

Congatulations to:

 

Betty Veselovsky  2nd kyu
Arthur Couch 2nd kyu
Louis Sander 2nd kyu
Ayu Miao 1st kyu

 

June 2018 - Southern Region Championships

Thank you to all those club members who made the trip to Reading on the 9th June to represent the club at the KUGB Southern Region Championships:

 

Chris Williams Judge
Jane Birch Judge

Sam Birch

 

 

 

2018 Male Team Kumite Champion

2018 Individual Kata Champion

Individual Kumite Bronze Medalist

Team Kata Bronze Medalist

Joe Birch

 

 

 

2018 Male Team Kumite Champion

2018 Individual Kata Silver Medalist

Individual Kumite Bronze Medalist

Team Kata Bronze Medalist

Betty Veselovsky Time Keeper and Recorder
Frank Veselovsky 

Referee

Tabitha Baker Team Kata Bronze Medalist
Claire Couch Time Keeper and Recorder
Isaac Birch Time Keeper and Recorder
Maria Birch Time Keeper and Recorder

Ayu Miao

 

2018 Kyu Grade Kata Silver Medalist

Team Kata Bronze Medalist

Arthur Couch Competitor

June 2018

Well done to those club members who took their kyu gradings at the Falmer course and grading on the 2nd June with sensei Jim Brennan, Frank Brennan and Garry Harford.

 

Congatulations to:

 

Betty Veselovsky  3rd kyu
Kimberley Woodhams

3rd kyu

Arthur Couch 3rd kyu
Louis Sander 3rd kyu
Ayu Miao 2nd kyu

April 2018

As always there was a good turn out of club members at the Spring Karate Course in Torbay. Well done to all those who trained, and especially to Ayu and Coco who both won medals in the annual kata competition at the course.

February 2018

Congratulations to our club memebers who passed their kyu grading on Wednesday 14th February, examined by sensei Poynton.

Coco Lu Liu 5th kyu
Betty Veselovsky  4th kyu
Kimberley Woodhams

4th kyu

Ayu Miao 3rd kyu
Joshua Walker 3rd kyu

January 2018

We are pleased to announce that sensei Rhodes 8th dan will once again be teaching at the club in 2018. The sessions will take place on:

 

Monday 5th February

Monday 14th May

Monday 3rd September

Monday 19th November

November 2017

Well done to our club members who passed their kyu grading on Wednesday 1st November, examined by sensei Poynton.

Coco Lu Liu 6th kyu
Betty Veselovsky  5th kyu
Kimberley Woodhams

5th kyu

Arthur Couch 4th kyu
Ayu Miao 4th kyu
Louis Sander 4th kyu
Joshua Walker 4th kyu

October 2017

Congratulations to Joe Birch who achieved his 5th dan on Saturday 7th October, at the Special Dan Course at the University of Bath with sensei Sherry, Poynton and Brennan. Well done Joe!

April 2017

Congratulations to Sam  Birch who passed his 5th dan grading on Sunday 23rd April, at the Special Dan Course in Chesterfield. Sam was examined by sensei Sherry, Poynton and Brennan, and is the first member of the club to have gone from beginner to godan at the club.

Torbay Spring Course 2017

Members of the club travelled to Paigntont at the begining of April to train at the annual Spring course with the KUGB's top instructors. An excellent week's training was had by all!

March 2017

Congratulations to our club members who graded on 2nd March with sensei Poynton. Well done!

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