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I am sure you will have noticed that I often (some might say constantly) point out little things that aren’t quite right when you’re doing your techniques. I do try to balance this out with praise and often ignore some Read more…

At the recent grading I was rather surprised to notice the range of marks given by the grading panel for an individual’s technique. I have therefore written an article to help try to clarify how we should be marking students Read more…

  Omedetō That’s Japanese for congratulations! Well done, in no particular order, to YuYan, Satori, Symon, Andrei and Kody for passing their yellow belt grading. Hopefully this will be the first of many successful gradings for them. They all tried Read more…

After a recent training session I was asked by a slightly confused student about what stance they should be practising in. That’s a nice simple question. It has a nice simple answer. Unfortunately the simple answer isn’t at all helpful. Read more…

Karate is clearly a martial art being one of a number of philosophies of self defence or single combat. Martial arts are often thought of as originating in the Far East but the term was used in Europe long before Read more…

In previous articles I have touched on a bit of both eastern and western philosophy and how they can, directly or indirectly, be used as part of our thinking and martial arts training. This time I am going to be Read more…

On 2 April some of the club’s black belts attended a karate instructors assessment session in Norwich together with members of other local Shukokai karate clubs. For Ian, James, Morgan and Steve this was the first time that they had Read more…