HSK Tiny Tigers
Hampshire Shotokan Karate (Est. 1992)
Tiny Tigers News letter
Welcome to May 2008 news letter,
You might not have noticed but the HSK Tiny Tigers have now been going for 3 years. The HSK has been going for 16 years under sensei Harrison. The first two HSK Tiny Tigers clubs were held at YSKC and RSCK in March 2005. We currently have 6 Tiny Tigers clubs.
Notification of cancelled lessons due to the JSKA World Karate Championship. There will be no regular Karate lessons or Tiny Tigers lessons on the 22nd, 23rd or 24th August 2008. This is because most of the JSKA UK will be at the JSKA World Championship in Manchester.
Tiny Tigers lessons will not be affected during the JSKA UK championship in June. We are planning on holding a Tiny Tigers only championship later in the year. This will be finalized at the next board meeting.
Competition, Tiny Tigers newsletters, these are available on the web site and in hard copy to anyone who doesn’t have internet access. For the first 2 years we however had hard copies. We are running a competition within the HSK this month (May), find an old news letter and hand in to your sensei, who ever hands in the oldest news letter will win £10 cash
Tiny Tigers mascot name, if we don’t get names this month for the clubs mascots, then sensei will chose a name.
Tiny Tigers moving into the regular karate classes. You are welcome to train at both TT and regular classes until the age of 9. Once you are 9 you won’t be allowed to train in the TT classes. TT also have to be at least 4 to start at TT.
Photo’s at TT clubs. Please respect the HSK policy and don’t take unauthorized photo or video. Please however ask the instructor at any time, they will make a decision and arrange for you to take photos. Any permission given is per time and not intended as a blanket pass.
Clubs,
Basingstoke Sports Centre (Sunday 11am) plenty of spaces
Basingstoke Ridgeway Centre (Saturday 9.30am) plenty of spaces
Camberley Sports Centre (Sunday 9am) waiting list
Farnborough, Saturday 9.30am) plenty of spaces
Odiham RAF, (Friday 6pm) waiting list
Yateley Village Hall, (9.30am) limited spaces
For full details see the web site, www.tinytigers.info
HSK Tigers
This is for children aged 7-15
Merit badge system. The HSK Tiny Tigers have used a merit badge system since its conception. Sensei Harrison has been monitoring the effects of using such a system for our junior students in the regular lesson and has decided to implement a similar system for the newly formed HSK Tigers.
The HSK Tigers are for students aged between 7-15.
HSK Tigers train in the regular lesson or lessons just for HSK Tigers. They grade as they do now, every two months with half grades and full grades. Between the gradings, HSK Tigers will be able to do an assessment for a merit badge. A full list of current badges available is attached to this news letter. The assessment for any merit badge will be free. There is only a charge of £1 for the badge. Merit badges may be worn on, either; (1) Your track suit, (2) the sleeve of your karate gi.
Transfer from our Tiny Tigers to the Tigers lessons, The badges used in the Tiny Tigers are very similar. They are however not all awarded for the same level. Tiny Tigers going into the regular classes should only transfer the badges that are applicable for their grade within the regular class. For example, a Tiny Tiger black belt is not a black belt in the regular class and thus should not wear the Black Belt badge on their karate gi. The HSK tigers also wear a karate gi instead of a T-shirt.
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Below are some elements from old news letters.
Click here for the 2007 Kata Championship results and photos