Saturday 26 January was busy with presentations after the 12pm junior session at Litherland Sports Park. The first presentations from Shihan Peter Smith were to Ben and Lindsey. They received their Yudansha certificates for their successful black belt exams on Monday 21 January. After a few moments there was a further presentation. This time for the January Student Of The Month. As is usual it was a challenging decision. It would have been difficult to separate the winners -

On Monday 21 January two of the club's under 18 students took their black belt gradings. Shihan Peter Smith was the mat master who presented the students to examiner Sensei Jane Saunders. Their uke - partners for the grading - were Ethan, Logan, Paul, Jack F, Andy W, Mark B and Graham. The students would not have been able to demonstrate their skills without their presence. The commitment of the uke to ensure they worked hard was appreciated. The coaches at the club have all

Saturday 8 December and Sunday 9 December were quite eventful. On Saturday one of our juniors graded to 4th Kyu (green belt) At Litherland Sports Park at the Saturday session Sophie was awarded her 4th Kyu. Olivia was Sophie's uke. Sensei Saunders was the examiner. Well done Sophie! The following day, Sunday 9 December there were 2 gradings to 1st Kyu. Isla and Graham were awarded their 1st Kyu (brown belt) at the dojo in 3A Aintree Road. It was a real family affair as Graham

The Dojo in Bootle was the venue for a Junior Ground Work Competition. The event was held on Sunday 14 October. There were two competitions held. One for younger fighters - Shagakusei Fighters. The results for the Shagakusei were; Gold: Will Silver: Isla Bronze: Jack W The older fighters took part in the Chugakusei event. The results for the Chugakusei Fighters were: Gold: Daniel Silver; Ethan Bronze: Tom Congratulations and well done to the medal winners. Thank you to the ot

Well done and congratulations to Ethan on earning his green belt (4th Kyu) at Litherland Sports Park today - Saturday 30 June 2018. His examiner Sensei Jane Saunders was pleased with Ethan's work, skill and attitude during the grading. Ben was Ethan's uke (attacking partner) during the exam. Ben's help during the grading is appreciated. Thanks Ben! #juniors #kids

The kids at the juniors' class today really knew how to celebrate someone's birthday! And they'd been given sweets by her! What would've happened if she hadn't done that! I'm not telling them when my birthday is! #kids #juniors #birthday

Congratulations to Ben on being Student Of The Month for May! Ben was awarded May 2018 Student Of The Month and received his certificate at Litherland Sports Park during the session on Saturday 2 June. The list of Students Of the Month for 2018 now reads as January: Sophie and Archie February: Isla March: Ethan April: Lindsey May: Ben #certificates #awards #kids #juniors #teenagers

Well done to Lindsey on her Student Of The Month Award for April 2018! Lindsey was presented with the certificate at the first session in May at Litherland Sports Park. The usual 'Bunny Ears' perpetrator was not at the session, so Ethan took on the mantle of being the person to 'spoil' the photo shoot. #certificates #awards #kids #juniors #teenagers

The club held three gradings on Wednesday 9 May 2018 at Attitude Dance Studios. Thanks go to those that helped ensure the gradings went well. Coaches Mark B and Andy W for preparing the participants for the gradings and managing the session while the gradings were underway. Ben, Chris, Ethan, Danny and Rebeka for being uke (training partners) before, during and after the gradings. A special mention to coach Graham for being our photographer. Their help and support is really a

Congratulations to our accredited Safe Kids Officer Mark Best. Our governing body NAKMAS has posted its most current list of people that are recognised as officers of its Safe Kids Campaign and Mark's name has been added to its register. The programme helps clubs teaching martial arts to use best practice when children are involved in situations they may come across. If you need further information please contact the club or chat to a coach during a training session. #SafeKid

The club is lucky to train at two excellent venues. Litherland Sports Park is where kids aged 4 to 16 can train on Saturdays from 12pm to 1pm. The venue is also used by the club to hold competitions and celebrations. The juniors, that wish to, can take part in competition formats. They are designed to be fun, safe and help them show off their newly acquired skills. Helpers of any age are always needed at the comps. There are two main types of junior comps the club runs. Groun