Adult Grading
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Here is a fantastic shotokan karate video, showing Sensei Enoeda, when he first arrived in the UK and the senior KUGB Sensei. This is an amazing video, a bit lacking in film quality, but making up with the sheer quality of content. An absolute gem, grab a coffee, sit back and watch shotokan karate at […]
I produced this quick video at biggleswade karate club, mainly for the purple belts at our dojo. This is the way we practice the final manji gamae uke combinations in shotokan karate kata, Heian Godan. This combination does vary between shotokan dojo and associations. A common mistake in this combination is when karateka rush through […]
At Zanshin, we use Bassai dai as one of the 5 testing kata from brown belt (3rd Kyu) to 1st Degree black belt (shodan). Bassai Dai translates as “To storm a fortress” and is practiced in many styles of karate. There are many variations of the original Passai, which was the original name for Bassai. […]
I am very proud and pleased to inform everyone that Michael Stevenson and Stuart Amos recently tried out for the KUGB England squad at the Red Triangle Dojo and were both successful! Due to a broken hand, Michael could only enter the Kata selections. When he called me to let me know he was successful, […]