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Ashbrook Infant School
Ashbrook Infant School, our long standing Thursday evening venue is closed until at least September due to flood damage to 90% of the school. I have been looking for an alternative venue and am waiting for confirmation that we can train in a temporary venue from …
In Isolation 2
Hi everyone, There’s all the time in the world to concentrate on Karate and yet it seems to be the hardest thing to do to train on your own. Whether it’s lack of space, lack of interest or other projects taking priority we can all struggle …
DKC in isolation
As with a lot of other clubs across the country we are currently in lock down. This doesn’t mean we can’t practice Karate, it just means it is more challenging. We are limited on space and access to equipment, students don’t have access to their Sensei. …
Last course of the year.
Saturday 30th November Karate for Mental health seminar at MCSDA with 6 top instructors for 7 hours. Looking forward to it massively.
Courses in November
There are a number of courses in November and the ones we have chosen to attend are Sensei Abernethy’s Karate trapping course in Chesterfield on Nov 11th and Lincoln Karate Academy’s course with Sensei Eleni Suzuki on Wado Ryu principles on 24th Nov. Any interested in …
Kushanku Bunkai with Shihan Jim Dart
A select few went down to Northampton to train with Shihan Jim Dart 6th Dan, as usual the fully matted area came in very useful as most of the applications included a take down to finish. A very enjoyable 4 hours in a relaxed atmosphere with …
Barry Tatlow Hanshi
Hanshi Barry Tatlow will again be visiting Derby Karate Club in October. Hanshi will be covering aspects of our syllabus from blue belt upwards meaning this will be particularly useful for those thinking of grading in November, especially those taking Shodan this year. Hanshi has a …