Sensei Carl Howard, 5th Dan, from Ichiban Karate returned as guest instructor. He took the regular all grades class first and got everyone to practise stances. We paired up and placed our belts around the other person and held then back while they moved. This was to encourage driving forward in stance using hips without leaning or rising up. Also we worked on kata, trying to move faster between each move. Sensei Carl remarked that he was pleased to see how everyone had improved since last time.Afterwards, he taught a small senior grades class.

Alaina also ran her second cake sale for Macmillan Cancer. She bought all the ingredients and baked the cakes all by herself! She raised £100 in total and thank you everyone for being so generous!

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