New Courses

2017 will see the start of new course throughout the year. These regular course will focus on sections of the grading syllabus and will cover a more in depth look at each section. The courses will focus on each Kata and associated Bunkai, application and other aspects in connection to the kata. Other courses will[…]

Weapons Course

Sunday the 13th was weapons day; the feature was the Tonfa instruction under Pete Halloran and Tai Chi sword under Paul Bacon. The course was three hour duration of mainly form training with application to both these weapons; also an introduction to the Sai was demonstrated by Pete. Thank you both for making the day[…]

Shizendo Norway

The weekend of the 11th to 13th was Shizendo Norway course attended by 60 students both adults and children. On Friday the temperature outside was -8 degrees and snow on the ground, inside the Dojo the students covered basic’s, Kata and pairs work with cross reference to application, as always I managed to overrun by[…]

New Training Session Added

A new training session has been added at Cascades Leisure centre for Karate Kids on Friday at 6.30pm to 7.15pm exclusively for 1st Kyu and above. The session will cover all aspects of 1st Kyu training, Kata, pairs work and application, a must for all 1st Kyu’s.