Senshi Karate – shotokan in Greenwich SE10 & Charlton SE7, London. Affiliated to Shotokan Connect
We celebrated Halloween in style with fancy dress, games and cakes (baked especially by Alaina)! Many had excellent costumes including vampires, witches, skeletons and zombies. We warmed up with some team running and coordination games which involved a bit of Japanese terminology. Then we went through syllabus - well, we do have a grading coming … Continue reading Halloween fancy dress, 31 October 2018
Sensei Robert Dejean 5th Dan didn't have time to cover everything he wanted when he visited us the first time so he asked if he could come back for part 2. Obviously, we said yes! He wasn't feeling well this time round, but he promised he'd come, so he came. However, he turned up late … Continue reading Training with Sensei Robert Dejean, 13 October 2018
Arianna and Frank attended the bi-annual special Dan course at Bath university's sports centre. It was taught by Sensei Andy Sherry, 9th Dan and Senseis Bob Poynton and Frank Brennan, both 8th Dans. As usual it was well-attended with black belts coming far and wide to train including Sensei Gary Harford 8th Dan and Sensei … Continue reading Special Dan training & grading, 6 October 2018
The first ever Shotorama ran on Saturday September 29th in Guildford. There was a fantastic line up of instructors including: Sensei Dave Graham, 6th dan, Basingstoke SKC Sensei John Parnell, 6th dan, Basingstoke SKC Sensei Dave Austin, 5th dan, Egham Karate Club Sensei Neil Jerome, 5th dan, Kanshin Karate Club Sensei Blyth Baker, 4th dan, … Continue reading Shotorama training course, 29 September 2018
We were delighted when Sensei Robert Dejean, 5th Dan, asked to be guest instructor at our Greenwich dojo. Sensei Robert is very fit, very flexible and very fast. The first you know about his mawashi geri jodan is after he's kicked you! In part 1 he ran a basic class focusing on "feeling" your karate. … Continue reading Training with Sensei Robert Dejean, 22 September 2018
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