Hannah Thorn (11Ridgeway) spent time in the summer holidays travelling to Andalucia in the South of Spain to complete a four day Karate training programme, which culminated in a three hour grading exam. In the exam she had to demonstrate her Katas, knowledge and ability regarding the applications of the offensive and defensive Kata moves and then demonstrate her ability in unarmed combat with a series of bouts of free-style fighting. After eight years of training she excelled herself in these assessments to be granted her Black Belt in Gojo-Ryu Karate and learnt a great deal from the training sessions under six, seven and eighth Dan instructors. What a fantastic achievement.