Saturday 25th April saw the final squad training session before our athletes head off to the JKA European Championships in Bergen Norway.
The session, held this time in Gullane, the home of JKA Bass Rock Karate, was led by squad coaches Sensei Gordon Williamson and Sensei James Campbell. Whilst it was warm outside the atmosphere inside the hall was even better as students from all over Scotland prepared not only for the competition but the upcoming Dan test on May 2nd.
The first session consisted of brown belt kata training with emphasis of correct timing and sharpness. Lots of effort and some excellent Katas was the ideal warm up for the Kumite Session. With the heat building up nicely it was great to see not only our European hopefuls put in the effort with the drills but also the brown belts who may be relatively new to the squad experience.
Good luck to everyone for their Dan grading this weekend and to our Scotland Squad members off to do their best in Bergen. The harder you train the luckier you get 👍
