Watch John Sergeant, Will Smith, Jaden Smith, SKE and the ‘Karate Kids’ family on BBC TV ‘The One Show.’
Filmed at one of our Waltham Abbey Dojos we all enjoyed our time with John Sergeant and the film crew.
The children were so very excited and enthusiastic, and at the end of the filming John kindly presented our pair of twins Thomas and Benjamin, with surprise birthday presents as it was their birthday on the day of the filming.

Freezing cold rehearsals in Covent Garden for ITV. Snow was threatening, but there we were, rehearsing for our debut on the popular financial advice programne.

As well as filming with Martin we worked with Saira Khan who was a finalist on ‘The Apprentice’. Although having no experience of Karate or the Martial Arts, Saira was a natural – she certainly enjoyed using the Samurai sword. Martin was great, using his credit card for self defence!

SKE Instructors and members Gary James, Darren Taylor, Tony Parlour, Lee Atkinson, Kristina Baraskeva and Jade Parlour all took part in the filming of the ’Martin Lewis Money Show’ which will be shown on ITV later this year. Special thanks to Lucy Butler for taking photos and YouTube videos in the freezing cold weather.

We had a day of great fun but it was a long day with little rest. By the time we got to the evening where we were filming at ‘Danceworks’ in Oxford St, the kicks were drooping somewhat and the stances weren’t quite so low.

Here is the link to the actual ITV Program – ‘The Martin Lewis Money Show’ Click to view.

Some ‘Out takes’ below;

2013 dates of Clubmark Courses, Championships, Special Courses, Kyu and Dan Gradings are now all on the events page.
Updates are regularly added so check from time to time for new events.
We are entering our 28th year and would like to thank the many members and supporters who have helped to make these 28 years so enjoyable and successful.