Karate Dojo use warm-up and stretching routines to stretch muscles and boost heart rates. This helps to prepare the karate students for the more vigorous karate practice that follows the warm-up and stretch session. This part of a karate class is extremely important and along with being very healthy, it will hopefully reduce potential injuries […]
So proud of everyone competing this weekend 🙂 Daniel and Max travelled to Portsmouth on Saturday and done really well, great eperience for the boys. Michael and Stuart competed in the student championships with Stuart winning the kata and Michael placing 3rd in the kata and 2nd in the kumite (Michael scored Ippons with a […]
Karate is about discipline and respect. Etiquette in the karate class is where it all begins. Master Gichin Funakoshi, who was the founder of shotokan karate, said, ‘karate begins and ends with courtesy’. Etiquette varies from karate dojo to dojo, but the points below should give you an understanding of etiquette within a traditional karate […]
