Benefits of Karate
♥ “if they could be bottled you would have……..the best medicine in the world” © Worcester Shotokan Karate Club 2014 The key benefits of learning karate are ~ Karate keeps you young. Karate is fun ...
August / September 2018 training schedule changes
Due to instructor holidays the club will be closed on the following dates in August and September ~
St Martin’s Church Hall
Monday 27th August and Monday 3rd September
Nunnery Wood Sports Centre
Thursday 30th August
The club will resume normal class schedules on Thursday 6th September at Nunnery Wood Sports Centre.
Ossu,
Normal class schedules resume
As of week beginning Monday 18th June, the club’s normal class schedules at our two advertised venues resume following the temporary annual change due to school examinations at Nunnery Wood Sixth Form College, which have now finished.
We look forward to seeing all our students soon.
Ossu,
Bank Holiday Monday 28th May
There will be no classes as the club will be closed to enjoy the Bank Holiday on Monday 28th May..
Classes resume on Thursday 31st May at St. Martin’s church hall as detailed in the previous post.
Ossu,
Training schedule changes ~ May / June 2018
Due to school exams at Nunnery Wood Sixth Form College there are forthcoming changes to our normal Thursday class schedules.
Thursday classes will take place at our other dojo St. Martin’s Church Hall on the following dates.
Dates ~
May 17th, 24th and 31st
June 7th and 14th
Please note that there are also temporary changes to our usual class times on the above dates ~
Times ~
7:15pm ~ 8:15pm » Beginners and intermediates (to 6th Kyu ~ green belt)
8:15pm ~ 9:15pm » Seniors (5th Kyu ~ purple belt and above)
Thursday classes at Nunnery Wood Sports Centre resume on 21st June 2018 at the normal times shown on the Classes page.
We apologise for any inconvenience to our students.
Ossu,
Grading success at West Midlands Shotokan Karate Academy
On Saturday 17th March 2018 West Midlands Karate Academy held a grading with Sensei Ron Bellwood 7th Dan IJKA.
A grading training course kicked off the day with Steve Cameron 4th Dan IJKA taking the students through Kihon routines.
Kata practice was then taken by Ron Bellwood 7th Dan IJKA, Steve Cameron 4th Dan IJKA and Kevin Bellwood 3rd Dan IJKA.
Three Worcester IJKA students successfully graded.
The club congratulates Billy (4th Kyu) and Francis and Kirsty who double graded (9th Kyu).
The club looks forward to their further progress.
Ossu,
