{"id":213,"date":"2014-11-07T00:24:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T00:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chojinkai.x10host.com\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2024-10-16T13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:50:44","slug":"ray-hind","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/?page_id=213","title":{"rendered":"Ray Hind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Doug James, 9th Dan presenting Ray with 7th Dan<\/em><\/p>\n

I started training in 1983 at Strand Road and St Elizabeths in Carlisle, my primary aim was to loose weight and get fit. \u00a0I certainly achieved that within six months I was down to my target weight and getting fitter. \u00a0I would point out that I put a lot of effort into the classes.<\/p>\n

Sensei Doug James was my first Sensei so I believe I had a really good base for the future ahead which at that time I didn’t realise where I’d end up.<\/p>\n

When I first started to be honest I didn’t know what to expect but found myself doing odd things with my body and mind also my confidence grew in life in general. \u00a0I seemed to gel with the martial arts, the regular gradings we’re a good way to measure my progress and I also measured myself when sparring with the senior grades. \u00a0I always recall saying to myself well I can stand my ground with him and learned quite quickly how to master certain attacks and better defensive techniques.\u00a0 Not without taking a few hits I might add and looking back it seems harsh but that was my learning process.<\/p>\n

I started competition kumite after six months and won a bronze medal (and some blisters) at the Cumbrian Open in the market hall in Carlisle. \u00a0I enjoyed the Kumite more than the Kata side purely because I thought I was better at it. \u00a0I carried on doing competitions and won some and lost more, it teaches you humility and respect.\u00a0 I still carried on with the competitions but work got in the way of weekend competing and gradually I had to step back!<\/p>\n

My coaching career started when I was just a 4th Kyu and I’ve have been doing it on and off ever since. Hopefully the tips and techniques I pass on will help those students who want to progress to move through the ranks as I did. If I was to give a tip out it would be to learn off other students mistakes, as I did.\u00a0 On seeing someone do something incorrect I would try and make sure I didn’t follow that example.<\/p>\n

After training for about four years the ultimate goal of a 1st Dan Black Belt was mine and to be honest I never thought past that point. My technique continued to improve at pace and I earned my Second and third Dan, it seems a bit of a blur really but I guess it was because I was enjoying it so much.<\/p>\n

I am the Senior Head Instructor at Carlisle Club concentrating on the Senior Class, a Permanent member of the Senior Grading Panel and in October 2024 I was awarded Shichidan (7th Dan) Black Belt by Sensei James.\u00a0 It still amazes me and hand on heart I do genuinely<\/span> feel privileged to command such an honorable position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doug James, 9th Dan presenting Ray with 7th Dan I started training in 1983 at Strand Road and St Elizabeths in Carlisle, my primary aim was to loose weight and get fit. \u00a0I certainly achieved that within six months I was down to my target weight and getting fitter. \u00a0I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[8,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3190,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}