“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” That’s not a quote from a great western philosopher but from Henry Ford, the man who started that motor company you may have heard of. It’s a phrase bandied about on management courses but what Read more…
On 9 March 2017 the club held a grading for some of our students who have been training hard. I am very pleased to announce that everyone passed. Donna and Luca graded up to green belt. Holly graded up to orange belt. Mark, Mousai and Alfie graded up to yellow Read more…
I started karate at the age of 4 with Kyushinkai Karate in Telford and gained my red belt there before moving to Great Yarmouth. Fantastic club and am still in touch with them. In Great Yarmouth I trained at East Coast and Chinto but didn’t feel I fitted in so Read more…
Let me start with a little bit of copy and paste: Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate, believed that one should be “inwardly humble and outwardly gentle.” Only by behaving humbly can one be open to Karate’s many lessons. This is done by listening and being receptive to criticism. He Read more…
On Saturday 14 January a number of us attended a seminar put on by the local martial arts community where we were able to train with a number of Senseis in various martial arts. Between us we had hundreds of years of experience in various styles but none in MMA/cage Read more…
Efficacy is defined as the ability to produce a desired or intended result (or, to borrow a catchphrase, “It does exactly what it says on the tin.”). Applied to what we are doing when practicing a martial art that means keeping us safe. Keeping yourself safe involves two things: Avoiding Read more…
Ziggy and I have been invited to attend a charity seminar in Gorleston on 14 January 2017 and take a training session. This is the first time we have been asked to do so and something to be very proud about. We are planning to take the pads and do Read more…
We have been invited to attend a karate competition at the end of the month in, of all places, Stalham. That’s really no distance at all (especially when some of us can remember going to Sheffield and Nottingham). Hopefully some of us will be keen to try out our sparring Read more…
There are a few things in my life that I believe to be beautiful and kata is one of them. From the moment I was taught my first kata I was hooked. I loved it. A set of predetermined movements that you had to learn, practice and perfect. I was Read more…