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...
WORLD KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 IGUASSU FALLS, BRAZIL After months and months of hard training, fundraising, competition practise and organising it was finally time to go. Here’s a day by day breakdown of my unforgettable trip to Brazil with the England Karate Team to...
Day 3 – Italy Competition Another long day, we all made it for breakfast at 7:00 and I’ve just back to my room at 22:26. But must say it’s been a great day for all of the squad. Another good day of high standard competition and of competent refereeing....
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...
End of the first full day in Caorle in Italy for the Cadets and Junior’s World Karate Championships. Fair to say that the five of us are a little tired. As a recap to yesterday, we arrived in the resort at around 12:30, quick lunch and then training at...
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...
With the World Karate Championships coming up in June, Karate England have selected three of our Basingstoke based members to compete for the National All Style Karate Squad. Karate England’s National Coaches Abdu Shaher and Ian Cuthbert have been monitoring...
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...
