Karate club members coaching kids in care

MEMBERS of Seven Towers Leisure Centre karate club travelled to Belfast recently to coach a workshop for VOYPIC (Voice of Young People in Care).
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Oct 2010, 16:25 BST
Updated 4th Oct 2010, 13:32 BST

The club was invited to take the workshop at the request of former club member Nadine Simpson who now works for VOYPIC.

The workshop took place in Grovenor House, Glengall Street.

Club members who travelled to Belfast to coach were: Jamie Surgeoner (5th Kyu), Karen Agnew (1st Dan), Nicola Lamont (1st Dan), Rebecca Burns (1st Dan), Laura Burns (1st Dan), Conor Campbell (1st Kyu), Andrew O’Neill (1st Dan), Alan Logan (2nd Dan), Keith Millar (3rd Dan), Steven Surgeoner (4th Dan), Dan Redmond (7th Dan),

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The workshop theme for the young people was ‘Taking Care of You’ so the karate group structured the workshop around confidence-building techniques, exercises in defusing and talking down a possible violent situation and hands-on techniques for self-defence in both standing and ground situations.

Young Jamie Surgeoner performed the basic kata, prompting a thunderous round of applause from both participants and spectators.

The club has been invited to return again next year to do a demonstration and to then coach another workshop. Chief Coach Dan Redmond has accepted the invitation.

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