LATEST NEWS 2026
SSKI HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DOJO (KYU GRADING)
(Highfield Community Centre – 26th February 2026)
At the grading the following students were successful in passing their respective grades. The standard was excellent and the grading panel all agreed that it was one of the best gradings for quite a while.
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1st Kyu – Aliza Mungur and Oliver Marsden.
4th Kyu – Darren Golding.
5th Kyu – Adam Golding, Amelia Rambaransingh, Isma’il Ahmed and Chantelle Golding.
6th Kyu – Ahmad Wadood and Gabriel Ceausu.
7th Kyu – Hamzeh Abdelmonem and James Mould.
8th Kyu – Adiel Mwase.
9th Kyu – Hussain-Ali Hassan, Peter Cooper, Dhaneessh Vijayakumar, Ausere White and Nuvesh Suthakaran.
Well done to all, great result.
Grading Panel: Sensei Malcolm Phipps 9th Dan, Sensei Paul Carvell 6th Dan and Sensei Siva Niranjan 3rd Dan.
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ETNA NUNCHAKU COURSE (21st February 2026)
Another excellent ETNA Nunchaku Course at the Hemel Hempstead dojo with the Chief Instructor, Malcolm Phipps. The standard was really excellent and all enjoyed the Course to the full. The combination techniques and the kata were truly top class from all the students. Well done to all.
The next ETNA Course is on Saturday 28th March at the same dojo at Highfield Community Centre in Hemel Hempstead, from 1 - 3pm. All are welcome.
JANUARY ETNA NUNCHAKU COURSE and GRADING
On Saturday 17th January at the Highfield Community Centre in Hemel Hempstead, the English Traditional Nunchaku Association (ETNA) held its first course and grading of 2026 and what an excellent turnout and brilliant standard was on show. The Chief Instructor, Malcolm Phipps taught this amazing weapon for one hour and then after a short break the grading began.
The association trains once monthly with this dynamic Okinawan kobudo weapon and most definitely, TRADITIONAL NUNCHAKU, using blocks, strikes, trapping and choking techniques and not just flipping them around like a demented load of majorettes. All very clever but hardly traditional. Every technique must have a true purpose in a real defensive situation.
The next session will be on Saturday 21st February and at the same dojo and at the same time (1 - 3pm). All are welcome. Well done to everyone who attended and graded and what an amazing standard.
The successful students who all passed their first grading for Red Belt were: David Page, Daniel Harris, Sunita Saini, Darren Golding, Amelia Rambaransingh, Oliver Marsden, Isma’il Ahmed, Aliza Mungur and Ayana Mungur.
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Grading Panel: Sensei Malcolm Phipps and Sensei Siva Niranjan.
