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Please join us for the Winter Course 2022

Shikukai Winter Course 2022 will be the first major face to face course that Shikukai has held post restrictions. Our vision is to create a focused, smaller, boutique course that connects us to our Wado. It will be different to the usual large courses we’ve held in the past, but with Sensei’s guidance it’s sure toContinue reading “Please join us for the Winter Course 2022”

Report: Shikukai Autumn Zoom Course 30/31 October 2021.

This year’s Shikukai Autumn Course was held over two days via Zoom. Whilst this type of training has its limitations, on the positive side it meant that everyone could get together without geographical constraints. Saturday’s session welcomed students from many parts of the UK, Norway, Holland, France and Australia. Sensei opened the proceedings, welcoming everyoneContinue reading “Report: Shikukai Autumn Zoom Course 30/31 October 2021.”

The story behind the Shikukai name and logo.

The distinctive Shikukai logo/badge and the colour associated with it has an interesting backstory. I recently had a long conversation with Sugasawa Sensei our chief instructor, and as author of the Shikukai logo in its current form, he is better placed than many to tell the story. Sensei explained that all Japanese universities placed aContinue reading “The story behind the Shikukai name and logo.”

Karate Training on Zoom!

At the beginning of 2020 the thought of karate training online was not something Steve and I had considered, but as the pandemic drew on, it became clear that something would have to be done to keep us all in touch and maintain our training in whatever form we could. Our first session using ZoomContinue reading “Karate Training on Zoom!”

Report: Covid-19 Update.

The worldwide pandemic continues to affect all of our lives and I am sure that we are all experiencing degrees of uncertainty, which impacts significantly on our well-being and our livelihoods. Experts have mentioned how consistency and regular routines are key to maintaining a healthy level of general wellbeing. I would like to think thatContinue reading “Report: Covid-19 Update.”

Announcement – Tokubetsu Shoudan Promotions.

It is with great pleasure that Sugasawa Sensei would like to announce the Tokubetsu Shoudan awards for 2020. These promotion are rare and unique events within Shikukai Karate-Do International and the recipients have been honoured with promotions following the prescribed guidelines and constitutional requirements of the organisation. 7th Dan:Stephen ChamberlainStephen RawsonPamela Rawson 6th DanTim DixonCarol ChattertonRichard BarhamContinue reading “Announcement – Tokubetsu Shoudan Promotions.”

Report: Shikukai Winter Course, Chelmsford, Essex.

The annual Winter Course at Chelmsford is always deservedly popular and 2020 was no exception. With students and instructors travelling from as far afield as Norway, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary and England there is always a strong feeling of the Shikukai Family coming together to train, share and learn. Once again training took placeContinue reading “Report: Shikukai Winter Course, Chelmsford, Essex.”

Report: Shikukai New Years Instructors course.

This traditional annual training course for senior grade instructors and students took place on Saturday 4th January at the River Bourne Sports Centre in Chertsey. Sugasawa Sensei first welcomed the class and New Year’s ‘Good Wishes’ were exchanged. He mentioned that rather than setting New Year’s resolutions which could easily be broken, he personally preferredContinue reading “Report: Shikukai New Years Instructors course.”

Report – 2019 Shikukai Xmas end of year course, Chertsey Surrey.

I believe the first thing I should do is explain the special significance of this training session to me. This will be the first instructor training session I have participated in for 5 years, indeed the only 3 hour training session in this period. In the intervening time I have had one emergency surgery toContinue reading “Report – 2019 Shikukai Xmas end of year course, Chertsey Surrey.”

Report – Shikukai Autumn Course, Chippenham, Wilts.

The annual Shikukai Autumn Course at The Olympiad in Chippenham is always looked forward to and this year was no exception. Over 40 students travelled from far and wide, braving the inclement weather, to take part in a weekend of varied and interesting training lead by Sensei Sugasawa and assisted by his team of seniorContinue reading “Report – Shikukai Autumn Course, Chippenham, Wilts.”