29th June : Aimee Sell & Kate Karwacinski Course

Many thanks to Kate & Aimee who ran a fantastic Kata & improvement course for beginners, intermediate and higher grades.

The detailed work on Jihon and Heian Nidan will undoubtedly improve our presentation of these Katas.

Visit the gallery for more pictures.

29th June : Dan Grading

Huge congratulations to Harry Davies & Kath Clewett who achieved their 1st Dan (Shodan) today, after a long peroid of hard training.

A big 'well done' also to Paul Davies who gained his 2nd Dan (Nidan) and Liz & Dave Phillips who both gained thier 3rd Dan (Sandan).

All of the extra sessions and hard work really paid off today, in what was a very tough, exhausting, extended grading.

Thanks to Patrizio for your commitent over the last 11 years of Yoshitaka.

Luca Valdesi Course

On 19th January we were invited to train with 9 times wold champion Luca Valdesi in Birmingham.

This excellent training session focused on Unsu and Gankaku, followed by 1.5hr kihon training session.