WUKF World Championships 2018

WUKF World Championships 2018

Members of our Basingstoke Martial Arts club made the trip to Dundee on the Banks of the River Tay in Scotland for the World Union of Karate-Do Federations biennial World Championships. This event is always a highlight in the calendar, with over 2600 competitors from...
Karate Wales Youth Nationals 2018

Karate Wales Youth Nationals 2018

Congratulations to all the members of our Karate squad from our Basingstoke Karate club, who competed at the 2018 Karate Wales Youth Nationals recently. There was fierce competition across all the disciplines with many competitors and coaches plus a few of the...
British Open Championships

British Open Championships

At the end of April we took 29 competitors, 6 officials, judges or referees and 6 coaches and 2 helpers/score keepers to the British Open in London Docklands. The British Open is one of the largest competitions in the calendar with a high standard of competitors and...

AMA Sheffield International Karate Competition

The senior squad had a very busy weekend in Sheffield at the AMA International championships. This was one of the biggest competitions many of them had ever been to and they all did really well. Competitor entries for events ranged from 10 to 42, with almost all of...
Kata Course report

Kata Course report

We recently ran a Kata class for members, it focussed upon a number of key Kata, split by grade and ability and the key principles and concepts within each. Heian Sandan / Heian Yondan / Pinan Godan  Although these three kata come from different style, they all cover...
Karate Sport England National Championships

Karate Sport England National Championships

Members of Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts took part in the Karate Sport England National Championships in Harlow With squads attending from some of the biggest Karate groups in Great Britain along with some National Squads taking part it was a busy competition and a long...
Success at the National All Styles Competiton

Success at the National All Styles Competiton

Congratulations to the members of our Basingstoke Martial Arts club who competed in the National All Styles Southern Open Championship recently. Most of the squad members are pictured to the left, they came away with 44 medals. We had an excellent day competing...
AMA International Karate Competition

AMA International Karate Competition

Congratulations to the Karate competitors from Basingstoke who took part in the AMA International Karate Open in Sheffield on 28/2 – 1/3. The event was held over two days, with day one focusing on Kata and day two on Kumite (Fighting) We saw success from Lindsey...
Competition update – Italy Day 2

Competition update – Italy Day 2

End of Day 2 and just got back to our hotel after dinner, it’s now 21:22 and we started training at 9:00 this morning with Ed and Jess wanting to work through their top two katas for about 90 minutes. We started training outside the local indoor tennis courts and the...
Learning and Studying Kata for competition

Learning and Studying Kata for competition

Learning and studying Kata is an important part of karate training. As a form of training it teaches us co-ordination, concentration, develops physical strength, speed, focus, power, breath control and martial skill. The process of learning kata involves many layers...
June Timetable changes – Wednesday 5th to Monday 10th June

June Timetable changes – Wednesday 5th to Monday 10th June

As recently mentioned we are making some temporary changes to the timetable in June as Lindsey and Bryan are away competing in Slovenia.   Please note the following dates on your calendar: Fitness Classes Monday 3rd June: We are changing the Monday morning class...
Double British Champion

Double British Champion

Members of our Karate club from Basingstoke recently attended the Karate Sport England (KSE) National Championships held in Loughborough. The team included both experienced players and novices of all ages. The KSE championships are open to all styles of Karate and it...
National All Styles Competition Success

National All Styles Competition Success

 Our team of Karate exponents from Basingstoke entered the National All Style Open Karate Competition in Reading this weekend. We entered children, cadets and adults into the tournament.   Our first success came with Louis Kelly (10) entering her first...
BIKO Karate Competition Success

BIKO Karate Competition Success

Our team of Karate exponents from Basingstoke made the short trip to the K2 centre in Crawley for the 22nd British International Karate Open (BIKO) Championships. Pre tournament, Abdu Shaher 8th Dan, the  Tournament Director explained that the venue had been chosen to...

Kyoji Kai Competition success for Basingstoke Karate Coach

Congratulations to Mark Nevola who entered the Kyoki Kai National Championships in Dockland London on Sunday 11th November and won two silver and one bronze medal. Kyoji Kai is led by John Anderson 7th Dan, who has an excellent reputation for developing international...