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New Junior Instructor at Sennen

The Sennen MayoShinDo karate club has grown over the past 12 months with the number of students at an all time high. With class sizes increasing it was felt that an extra pair of hands was needed to help assist with the running of the classes. After some discussions between the club instructor and his...

Cornwall Autumn Grading – 2016

On Saturday 17th September members of the Sennen and Marazion MayoShinDo Karate clubs had the chance to demonstrate their skills when they attended the Annual Autumn Grading at the Community Centre, Sennen. Students were required to show their skills in front of a grading panel consisting of Cornwall Area Coach and 7th Dan Clive Double,...

Black Belt Grading – 2015

This year’s Black Belt Grading gave us a superb weekend of many hours training and assessment. Friday evening was, as usual, meeting, greeting and training followed by ale at the famous First and Last pub. The grading though is never predictable. Saturday morning was a hard slog through the syllabus ending with an hour of...

Black Belt Grading – 2014

Another year, another Black Belt Grading. As usual it was held over a weekend at the Sennen Community Hall, Cornwall. Saturday was spent on all aspects of our system and technique. Later we all spent a really enjoyable evening at Clive and Lesley’s. On Sunday we resumed on a sunny but chilly morning, not for...

Cornwall Spring Grading – 2013

Clive and Denzil conducted the Penwith MayoShinDo spring grading and training morning along with brown belts Paul, Neil and James. As usual it was at Sennen Community Hall with students from the Sennen and Marazion Clubs taking part. It was a freezing Saturday morning and everyone had to keep going to try and keep warm....

Cornwall Autumn Grading – 2012

Our 2012 “Autumn” Cornwall Karate grading took place at Sennen Community Hall. Grades awarded were: Max Wardle: White BeltRuby Wilson and Isobel Harvey: White Belt one yellow tagLoveday Thomas: Yellow BeltJonathan Thomas: Yellow Belt one orange tagTamsin Harvey: Orange Belt one green tagPaul Broocks, Neil Harvey and James Harvey: Brown Belt Coming up Cornwall Spring...

Cornwall Autumn Grading – 2004

The first combined Karate Grading for all of Penwith’s Mayo Shin Do Karate Clubs took place at Sennen Community Centre on Saturday 9th October 2004. More than 20 students from the three clubs at; Sennen, St Just and Marazion took part in the sessions which lasted for almost five hours, from 9.30am until nearly 2.30pm....

Black Belt Grading – 2001

Members from the Penwith Karate Clubs joined visitors from the Oxford Area for training and grading at Sennen Community Centre last weekend. After an energetic session for everyone, senior members from all Clubs stayed on for a more intensive session and, for some from both Oxford and Cornwall, a grading. This included a written exam...