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Report – 2026 Winter Course.

Running courses in the coldest season of the year is always a risk; you just don’t know what the weather is going to throw at you. The organisers always nervously eye the forecast. In fact, in all the years we have been running the Shikukai Winter Course in Essex, we have only had a coupleContinue reading “Report – 2026 Winter Course.”

Report – Shikukai New Year Training 2026

Saturday 10th January 26 saw the Shikukai Karate International New Year training for all students being hosted by Kiku Wa Jyuku in Chippenham. Training was taken by myself and Pam Rawson Sensei 7th Dan. Sugasawa Sensei had to send his apologies due to him recovering from an eye procedure that was offered to him atContinue reading “Report – Shikukai New Year Training 2026”

Report – Shikukai Course in Prague 2025.

People usually visit Prague in December to soak up the atmospheric Christmas markets – which are lovely! However, December in Prague is a time that we look forward to each year to reconnect with our Shikukai Prague family and train under the expert guidance of Richard Barham Sensei focussing on the fundamental principles laid downContinue reading “Report – Shikukai Course in Prague 2025.”

Report – 2025 Autumn Course Chippenham.

The Shikukai Autumn Course took place on 1-2 November, with Sensei Carol Chatterton 6th Dan and members of Kiku Wa Jyuku in Chippenham welcoming more than 30 students to a somewhat wet and windy Wiltshire. We were fortunate to have Sensei F Sugasawa with us to direct and supervise on both days, and to haveContinue reading “Report – 2025 Autumn Course Chippenham.”

Report – 2025 Weekend Course in the Netherlands with Tim Shaw Sensei.

Travelling on Friday 10th October to Eindhoven, I had to pinch myself; no queues at Stansted, no queue at the gate and on the plane, and settled in my seat 40 mins before take-off, which happened ahead of time. Ryanair, what is going on? Add to that, I luckily ended up sat next to aContinue reading “Report – 2025 Weekend Course in the Netherlands with Tim Shaw Sensei.”

Report – Norway course with Steve and Pam Rawson September 2025.

As I drove to our ‘local’ airport to collect the Rawson Senseis for their annual instructingweekend of Norway’s Hoku Sei Jyuku, I was hoping that the weather forecasts were wrongand our recent warm and sunny spell would continue. Alas, we would not be quite thatlucky but it was positively Caribbean compared to last year whenContinue reading “Report – Norway course with Steve and Pam Rawson September 2025.”

Report – Tim Shaw Sensei, Doncaster 2025.

‘How am I benefitting from this?’‘What am I getting from this?’  This was the theme that ran in the background of the seminar delivered by Tim Shaw 7th Dan Sensei, (The Budo Journeyman), hosted by Andrew Genery Sensei and Kishinkai Wado Ryu. Sensei promised 2 deep dives: (1) Wado Ryu basics Junzuki and Junzuki NoContinue reading “Report – Tim Shaw Sensei, Doncaster 2025.”

Report – Sugasawa Sensei, Instructor’s course 2025 Brittany.

There is usually no good reason to get up at 3am, unless its August and time for the annual Shikukai course at Mumei Juku in Breton. So it was that people travelled by sea, rail and road to venture into the French countryside for three days of training under the meticulous instruction and guidance fromContinue reading “Report – Sugasawa Sensei, Instructor’s course 2025 Brittany.”

Report – Hungarian Summer Course 2025.

This year the jump from an English summer to a Hungarian summer was not such a big one. While parts of the UK cooked up to around 33 degrees, Hungary was enjoying temperatures that were very much like a better version of the typical Brit summer. For training this made things rather more comfortable. TheContinue reading “Report – Hungarian Summer Course 2025.”