Senshi Karate – shotokan in Greenwich SE10 & Charlton SE7, London. Affiliated to Shotokan Connect
Category: Training
Senshi Karate attended the training and grading hosted by our friends at Chingford Tora on Sunday 19 November at their dojo at Walthamstow Academy with karate legend Sensei Frank Brennan. In the training class beforehand Sensei took everyone through all the areas required for the grading, working on getting techniques correct. We had only one … Continue reading Training & Grading with Sensei Frank Brennan, 19 November 2017
We were delighted to host Sensei Mike Barker, 3rd Dan, who is another of our Sensei Frank's former instructors and training partners from Sussex. When we say "That block wouldn't work against Big Mike" this is who we mean! He explained why we twist our hips on blocks - to make the blocks stronger. He also used … Continue reading Training with Sensei Mike Barker, 18 November 2017
We were delighted to host Sensei Bob Rhodes, 8th Dan again for the Senshi Karate training and grading. Sensei ran an all grades class first focusing on kihon and kata. He got everyone thinking about their karate which is always a good thing! He then ran a grading. Congrats to everyone who passed. Successful students from … Continue reading Training & grading with Sensei Bob Rhodes, 18 October 2017
Sensei Carl Howard, 5th Dan, from Ichiban Karate was on form (as ever) as our second guest instructor this year. He took the regular all grades class in Greenwich focusing on kihon and kata in advance of the upcoming grading. At one point he had everyone practising mai geri front kicks with the aid of … Continue reading Training with Sensei Carl Howard, 23 September 2017
Sensei Neil Jerome, 5th Dan, was back in the UK briefly from Norway and we were delighted that he visited our usual Saturday morning class. Before he moved to Norway, Sensei Neil ran Kenmei karate in Sutton. On this trip, he split his time between Kanshin in Guildford, Kenmei and Senshi Karate. He took the all grades class … Continue reading Training with Sensei Neil Jerome, 29 July 2017
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