"Ordinary karate instructors, in my experience, are reluctant to permit their pupils to study under instructors of other schools, but this was far from true of my teachers." - Gichin Funakoshi

Thursday 30th April 2009

The club was very fortunate to have Rakesh Patel (5th Dan) visit us again and take both Junior and senior lessons.

He took us through basic punching and kicking routines and then crafted them into a drill that demonstrated certain Bunkai applications to Kata

Thank you very much for taking the time to come and teach us and we all look forward to your next visit.

Thursday 12th February 2009

Thank you to everyone who braved the aweful weather on Thursday to come and train with Sensei Kesh

Belt training with the Deeping Juniors, it just goes to show that with a bit of imagination you can train with anything you have to hand and also that your obi can be used for more than keeping your gi on.

We would like to thank Kesh for taking the time to come and train with us and we are extremely pleased to accept you amongst our ranks as an honourary member of the Deeping Shotokan Karate Club.

 

Thursday 15th May 2008

We were very fortunate to have two guest instructors visit the club on Thursday. Chas and Paul from the Bourne Judo Club were invited to help us with our ground work and give us an insight into another Martial Art.

As you can see from the photos and the video everybody relished this opportunity to learn a new skill and apply new techniques to our training.

It was also very interesting to see the crossover of Judo and Karate techniques. When a Judo move was demonstrated the similarities were quite striking to some Karate moves.

Everyone took something away from the lesson, for some it was improving their break falls and for others it was the realization that with good technique you can use your opponents strength against them.

We would like to thank Chas and Paul for taking the time to come and train with us and we are extremely pleased to accept you amongst our ranks as honourary members of the Deeping Shotokan Karate Club.

And now for some Video...............................

Karate Juniors really getting into it

Don't worry gravity will take over

Everything has a Center Of Gravity

Karen demonstrating the crossover between Karate and Judo

Can you spot which Kata Karen and Martin are demonstrating