Senshi Karate – shotokan in Greenwich SE10 & Charlton SE7, London. Affiliated to Shotokan Connect
During half term at the 7pm class on Wednesday 30 May, many of our students came to class in fancy dress. We had a mixture of heroes - Batman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Super Woman, Ginger Ninja, Cat Woman, Black Panther and Biggles. We also had a number of less well-known heroes, who were just as … Continue reading Fancy dress, 30 May 2018
Five Senshi Karate students attended the spring course in Paignton, Devon. In all, there were 16.5 hours of training, plus bo classes, karate lecture and kata competition. This was the 34th year in Devon and again there was a minimum of 8th Dan instructor: Senseis Bob Poynton, Bob Rhodes, Billy Higgins and Frank Brennan. And … Continue reading Spring course, 9-13 April 2018
We attended the Shotokan Tigers kids competition hosted by our friends Chelmsford Karate Club at their dojo in South Woodham Ferrers. Alaina, Jimmy and Charlie entered individual kata but sadly weren't successful. Esha, Jimmy and Eliana entered team kata and came fourth! This is a great result for their first competition. It was a great day … Continue reading Tigers kids competition, 24 March 2018
We were delighted to host Sensei John Parnell, 6th Dan from Basingstoke Karate. He taught the regular all-grades class getting everyone to work through some set piece kihon (basics) attack and block sequences. He then got everyone to pair up for kumite (sparring) and we worked through the same sequences with our partners: practise first on your … Continue reading Training with Sensei John Parnell, 10 March 2018
We were delighted once again to host Sensei Bob Rhodes, 8th Dan for our Senshi Karate training & grading at our dojo in Charlton. Sensei likes to test how well people really know their karate and he got everyone to do their moves in a variety of ways. Then he got us all practising combinations to blow … Continue reading Training & grading with Sensei Bob Rhodes, 21 February 2018
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