Thank you As the new year dawns and we resume our Karate practice, we wanted to takethe opportunity to say thank you: to our Technical Committee for their valued guidance and encouragement to our 5 th Dans for their unwavering commitment to club courses and club culture to the Management Committee and administrative teams who look after us and keep striving for excellence to all our members for their friendship,… Read More »Happy New Year
As another year draws to a close, a warm welcome awaits you and your members to the KDS Karate Winter School 2023 on the weekend of Friday 1 December to Sunday 3 December 2023, overseen by the UK KDS Technical Group. The course is open to all grades from complete beginners to the most experienced practitioners from UK and overseas. Everyone is welcome! Winter School is hosted by Keele University KDS.… Read More »1 – 3 Dec, Keele, all grades
Times Fri 19:00 – 20:30 Sat 11:00 – 13:00, 15:00 – 17:00 Sun10:00 – 12:00 Cost £35 weekend, £20 concession/student £20 Sat only, £15 concession/student Social Saturday night social at Redchurch Brewery, CM20 2SE. Location Mark Hall School Sports Centre, Harlow, CM17 9LR
Times Friday19:00 – 21:00 Saturday 11:00 – 13:0015:00 – 17:00 Sunday10:00 – 12:00 Costs Full weekend £25Concessions and NUS card students £20 Saturday Only £20Concessions and NUS card students £15 1x 2 hour session only £10 Concessions and NUS £8 Venue HSV Sports Hall 1;De Havilland Campus,Hatfield Business Park,Hatfield, AL10 9EU
The practice will include the katas heiyan needan for kyu grades and gankaku for dan grades. Bring a hand pad if you have one. Training times Sunday, 8 October 10:30 – 13:00 Cost £15 Location Old school gym, Charters leisure centre, Charters Rd, Sunningdale, Ascot SL5 9QY
Oxford University KDS invites you to our 2nd – 5th Dan KDS National Course. Register and pay Times Friday 14 July 18:00-19:30 Saturday 15 July11:00 – 13:0015: 00 – 17:00 Sunday 16 July 10:30 – 13:30 Cost One day only£20 or £15 student Weekend£35 or £25 for studentNo charge for overseas members Socials Friday and Saturday evening socials will be announced when nearer the time. Contact For further information please… Read More »14 – 16 July, Oxford, 2-5 Dan
Are you ready for some karate RAZ-matazz? We warmly invite all Grades to the Norwich course on Saturday May 20th – Sunday May 21st, under the guidance of Raz Levi (Israel KDS). For those travelling early there will be an informal practice on Friday evening (19th). Register Let us know if you’re coming along to the training and socials either through WhatsApp or by emailing [email protected]. Venue City Academy,299 Bluebell Road,Norwich,NR4 7LP… Read More »19-21 May, Norwich, all grades
The new Durham KDS club are delighted to host you in our beautiful medieval city for the first Durham Karate course. The theme is ‘fast feet’! The course will focus upon all sorts of cool stuff (we haven’t run the plan past our 5th dan yet, but it will *definitely* be cool/exciting), and be overseen by Mark Hallam, 5th dan, and will run across 3 sessions: an introductory 2 hour Saturday morning session… Read More »Durham, all grades, 3 – 4 June
Article written by Jonathan de’ Claire for the Shotokan Karate Magazine. It was after an extended period of transience that persisted throughout the 1980’s and into the early nineties, that something really dawned upon me. It was during this period that I traveled extensively and experienced Karate in many places and at many levels. But no matter where it was that I practiced, the marked difference in one particular area… Read More »Get Moving!
Training times 12:00 – 15:00 Cost £20 or £15 student Location Oxford University Sports Centre,Iffley Road,Oxford OX4 1EQ