Welcome

Welcome to the new Chris Ewing Karate Club website. If you are a casual visitor or a club member we hope you find the site both interesting and informative.

About Us

Here at Chris Ewing Karate Club (CEK) we train in the style of karate known as Wado-Kai which is a blend of traditional Japanese Karate and Jujitsu.

CEK are members of the Scottish Karate Federation which is affiliated to the Scottish Karate Governing Body and is regulated by Disclosure Scotland.

The Scottish Karate Federation was founded in 1970 and is now recognised by Sports Scotland (funded by the National Lottery) and was formerly the Sports Council Scotland.

Instructor

Chris Ewing started karate in 1986 aged 6 at Meadowbank Karate Group run by Hamish Adam 8th Dan. Chris progressed through the various 'Kyu' grades and received his black belt 1st dan in 1994, his 2nd dan followed in 2001 and his current 3rd dan in 2005. During Chris's 23 years of karate, he has won many titles including the Scottish, British, European and Commonwealth championships. It was after achieving his Scottish All Styles (Heavy weight) and Wado European Champion (Heavy weight) titles that Chris decided to retire from the national squad and to take up teaching.

History

2005 saw Chris open his first club in Portobello Community Centre. As the years have passed his reputation has grown and now has clubs in over nine different areas of Edinburgh and the Lothians, even as far a field as Stirling and Dunblane. All Chris's clubs continue to do well and grow.

CEK has various classes ranging from junior kids & advanced kids / adults to dedicated kata & Kumite (fighting) classes.

Children are accepted at the clubs from the age of 4 upwards and parents of the children are always welcome to stay and watch or better still join and learn the art of Karate. For current club locations and class times please refer to the class details tab.

Grading Structure

The Scottish Karate Federation have set a grading syllabus that all junior members sit to progress through their grades. The first two grades; yellow and orange belts are achieved during normal class time and are classed as encouragement grades which are not to difficult to achieve and do  not have a fee set against them. For upper grades of junior green, blue, purple and brown belts a formal grading examination is required along with the member holding a current Scottish Karate Federation issued licence, renewed yearly. These grades are held every three months and a nominal fee is set against this which covers the grading examination along with the awarded belt if achieved. After completion of the the junior grades your child will move to the formal 'Kyu' grade system which is the same level as required by an adult member, these examinations are also held every three months and again has a nominal fee covering the examination and new coloured belt if achieved. 

The gradings to be achieved are as follows:

Kids                                                                Adults

		White Belt (Beginner)			9th Kyu - White Belt (Beginner)
		Yellow Belt			8th Kyu - Yellow Belt
		Orange Belt			7th Kyu - Orange Belt
		Green Belt			6th Kyu - Green Belt
		Blue Belt			5th Kyu - Blue Belt
		Purple Belt			4th Kyu - Purple Belt
		Brown Belt			3rd Kyu - Brown Belt
		8th Kyu - Brown Belt Yellow Tag			2nd Kyu - Brown Belt
		7th Kyu - Brown Belt Orange Tag			1st Kyu - Brown Belt
		6th Kyu - Brown Belt Green Tag			1st Dan - Black Belt
		5th Kyu - Brown Belt Blue Tag
		4th Kyu - Brown Belt Purple Tag
		3rd Kyu - Brown Belt Red Tag
		2nd Kyu - Brown Belt Double Red Tag
		1st Kyu - Brown Belt Black Tag
		1st Dan - Black Belt

After progressing through junior and kyu grades your child will be eiligible to sit their dan grade (black belt) examination.

Karate is a fun and useful sport it can help children who have social or confidence issues and the kids are often required to support each other and build up team and club spirit. They will make new friends and might see a few familiar faces from their school classes as Chris works with all the Active Schools Co-ordinator's in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Often Chris takes part in Lothain Health Weeks by giving taster sessions at many Primary Schools. The training sessions also provide a positive outlet for excess or built up energy. More importantly it is an excellent way for your child to increase their fitness and have fun while doing so. We regularly attend competitions, and this builds up the childs confidence. If a child show's promise and dedication then they will be picked for Chris's "Elite" fighting team. This can take them all over Great Britain and Europe, which is a wonderful opportunity and learning experience. To fund these trips we hold regular fund raising events and we reward the children with "Fun Days" out. Chris Ewing Karate is always keen to hear from any kind of sponsors and this will be recognised on the childrens sports kit (joggers, t-shirts and hoodies) at competitions.

back to top

NEWS

29th Aug 2010 - 3rd Wishaw Grand Prix

Well done to all at CEK that took part in the 3rd Grand Prix of the year held at Wishaw. CEK took home a total of 9 Gold, 4 Silver & 14 Bronze medals. Congratulations to all the winners. Remember and check out the medal tables.

Thanks go out to Willie Leslie for assisting with the coaching of the kids. Also a special thanks goes to Jacqui Ferguson for looking after Chris during his recent stay at Base 1 at the new Royal Infirmary - Chris

CEK held their 2nd annual Family Fun Day at Vogrie Country Park. Everyone had a fantastic day and the rain stayed away although wouldn’t have made a difference once the water gun fights started. The biggest kids of the day seemed to have an average age of 30+ years! A huge thanks to Val & Davie Ewing for helping to organise the day and especially to Val for standing at the BBQ all day cooking over 300 burgers & sausages. Hope to see you all again next year. Ensure you check out some of the photos from the day in our gallery section.

CEK attended the recent South Yorkshire Open held in Sheffield and once again had a strong showing and returned with a haul of medals, 15 Gold, 8 Silver & 7 Bronze. Very well done to those that achieved a medal position. Detailed results can be found by clicking here. To see how this has affected the club medal table as there has been a few placing changes then click here. If anyone has any photos of the event that they would like to be considered for the gallery page then please email them to Chris. Belated photos have been uploaded to the gallery page here.

CEK took a contingent of competitors along to the recent British International Open held in the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. The event was very well attended with competitiors from various countries around the world, even as far a field as Australia taking part. Well done to all that took part, the efforts were rewarded with 3 British individual & 2 teams champions. In total we got 9 Gold, 2 Silver & 7 Bronze. Full results can be found here. Chris is sorry he couldn't make it and was pacing up & down like an expectant father by all accounts! If anyone has any photos of the event please email them to Chris for inclusion in the gallery section.

ANNOUNCEMENT - 12th June 2010
Congratulations to the following for achieving their 1st DAN black belts at Meadowbank Sports Centre on Saturday:

Morgan Cunningham age 10 - Tranent
Claire Logan age 11 - Tranent
Connor Bell age 11 - Dunbar
Rebecca Craig age 12 - Dunbar
Katie Blain age 13 - Portobello
Olivia Hand age 13 - Longstone
Courtney Szabo age 13 - Longstone

ANNOUNCEMENT
CEK are about to introduce a new club track suit, we realise there is a cost involved and parents are forever in ther pockets so we have decided that the kids should get involved in raising some or all of the funds themselves. It is planned that a sponsored karate kick will be held at each class with each child raising the money they need to pay for their new outfit. It is proposed that these sponsored karate kicks will be held between Monday 30th August and Saturday 4th September during the normal scheduled classes. More details to follow.