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19th March 2022 An eventful day today, 123 students from all over North Devon successfully passed their grading examinations. For over 7 hours UKD students of all ages had their abilities tested to the limit with some of the best results so far! Thank you to Tom Kite, Jon Howard, Paul Read more…
12th December 2021Fantastic results, 87 UKD students from all over North Devon successfully achieved their next belt today after 5 sessions of gradings that were carried out over eight hours.Some of the highest grading scores yet were achieved and the average standard has definitely increased since the Autumn gradings.One of Read more…
25th September 2021 What a fantastic day. 50 students took their grading with spectacular results, 20 of which couldn’t grade in July due to having to self isolate. As restrictions are lifting and we are getting back to normal it was great to see some students experiencing kumite for the Read more…
18th July 2021 It was an extremely warm day today as 59 Union Karate Do students from all over North Devon took their gradings earning their next belt, including 20 junior and 6 senior students who achieved their first rank. Our thoughts were with the 18 students who have trained Read more…
23rd May 2021 Ten junior students took their second UKD grading and twenty eight took their first. What a fantastic standard from all. Students from several different dojos came together at Kingsacre school this morning to take part in a long awaited event, some had been rigorously training on-line during Read more…
At the 2020 EKO National Championships in Solihull Birmingham Gary Blake and Aaron Blake received a promotion for Commitment to Karate Do Pictured above Gary Blake received 4th Dan and Aaron Blake received 3rd Dan. Presented by Dave Sharkey 9th Dan. Chairman EKO.