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
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2019 Individual Kata Champion 2019 Individual Kumite Bronze Medalist |
Joe Birch
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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
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2018 Male Team Kumite Champion 2018 Individual Kata Champion Individual Kumite Bronze Medalist Team Kata Bronze Medalist |
Joe Birch
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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
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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!