Zanshin Kai Karate, based at Woodham Community Centre, held their second club grading recently & the instructors were impressed with the hard work and effort shown by all the students who went on to successfully gain their new belts.

Congratulations to all our Red Dragon karate kids (5-9 years) 4th Mon Purple belt: Maddison Fenton, Adam Smith, Emma Smith & Martha Noble 5th Mon Blue belt: Lola Giudice, Joey Hayman, Erin Sutherland 7th Mon Orange belt: Maisie Cochrane, Zac Hill, Connor Clark, Travis Alton 8th Mon Yellow belt: Joshua, James & Emma Henderson 9th Mon Red Belt: Izzy Lambert, Max Holehouse, Will Farrow, Poppy Farrow, Ella Myers & Thomas Towler.

Well done too to our older students who had also passed their grade test the week before: Orange Belt 7th Kyu: Glen Cochrane Red Belt, Blue belt 5th Kyu – Josh Pinder , Purple Belt 4th Kyu – Charlotte Dunn & Jagoda Socha, Brown Belt 3rd Kyu Tom Haden If you have always wanted to try karate, then we would like to invite you to come and give it a try, all newcomers get a four week Free Trial. Classes are Thursdays: 6.00pm – 7.00pm Red Dragons (Cadets) & 7.00pm – 8.00pm Juniors & Adults Sunday: 4.00pm – 6.00pm Juniors & Adults Contact: Zanshin-Kai Karate at Woodham Community Centre, Telephone 07917203421 or email zanshin-kai-karate@ hotmail.co.uk. Face book – zanshin kai karate newton aycliffe

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