Sunday 14th September and Paul James assisted by Mark Christie were on hand to take on a kata squad session. Eleven students attended and after a good warm up session by Mark, Paul then gave them some insight into some of the finer points of performing a kata. All the students then took it in […]
The WKU invites you to its Winter Karate Competition Sunday 16th November 2014 – At Hutton Moor Leisure Centre Hutton Moor Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 8LY. Please contact our competition organiser Wendy White for an official entry form. 01934-823600 or wku@btinternet.com Download details here.
The WKF is highly honoured that the Special Adviser of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), Senator Wilfried Lemke, takes over the patronage for the 22nd World Senior Karate Championships 2014 in Bremen, Germany. Download WKF’s press release here.
The grading started promptly at 10am. The successful candidates for 1st Dan were: Shelby Kendal and Katherine Gildersleeve from South West Shotokan Karate Nicole Summers and Lisa Allsop from Yokai Karate Promoted to 2nd Dan were: Charlotte Bane from South West Shotokan Karate Charlotte Bane, Shelby Kendal and Katherine Gildersleeve Josh […]
Coaches in attendance were Mark Haynes, Darren Haynes WKU squad went to Leicester on 22nd June 2014 for the Wado Kai Competition. The fourteen squad members met between 8am and 9am for registration and the competition kicked off pretty sharp at 9am with the Kata. Congratulations to WKU’s Gemma Cross and Chloe Carchrie who both won gold […]
Big congratulations to WKU’s Ivor Thomas! From Wednesday 4th June – Sunday 10 June 2014 Ivor has been in Izmir in Turkey attending the 12th European Karate Championships for the Regions. Ivor was officiating at the Championships as well as doing his referee exams to qualify as a European Karate Referee which he passed with […]
Approximately WKU 40 students attended the first one hour session at the Bristol Dojo. These courses are aimed at those hoping to grade in the near future, both for first Dan and those wanting to move up the ladder as a black belt. Alan Flook, our Chief Instructor at Western Karate Union, takes the helm […]
On the 25th May 2104 WKU’s Shaun Langson and friend, Paul Lowe, will be set off from the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on a short cycle ride from Bristol to Valencia! “We both started road biking just two years ago so are still fairly new to this. After completing a Bristol to Paris Challenge we […]
