Report by Pam Rawson It is always a pleasure to welcome the Shikukai family and friends to Weymouth & Portland for the annual Spring Course and this year was no exception. Planning for the event always starts the previous year, with the booking of the venue. This year, proceedings started early, with Sugasawa Sensei, JulieContinue reading “Report – Shikukai Spring Course 2024.”
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Report – 2024 Shikukai Winter Course, Essex UK.
Shikukai Karate-Do International runs three major courses every year; Winter, Spring and Autumn (see calendar page for details). These courses are open to all Wado karateka whatever their affiliation. This year, as usual, it was our privilege to host our Winter Course in February in Essex. Long in the planning, the two-day official training wasContinue reading “Report – 2024 Shikukai Winter Course, Essex UK.”
Report – Annual Shikukai Xmas training with Sugasawa Sensei 2023.
It’s always been a bit of a tradition to open up the scheduled Xmas instructor training to all Shikukai members irrespective of grade; this year was no exception. The venue was Egham Orbit Leisure Centre in Surrey, an excellent location being a very newly-built sports complex and easy to get to. Although Sensei directed theContinue reading “Report – Annual Shikukai Xmas training with Sugasawa Sensei 2023.”
Report – Netherlands weekend course with Tim Shaw Sensei, November 2023.
Yet another well organised course put together by Kenkokai instructor Martijn Schelen de Vries. A regular event on the Shikukai calendar that seems to be gaining in popularity. Always a massive privilege for me to go over and extend the teachings of Sugasawa Sensei and Shikukai to a wider audience. With Britain and the NetherlandsContinue reading “Report – Netherlands weekend course with Tim Shaw Sensei, November 2023.”
Report – Shikukai Autumn Course Chippenham 2023.
This year’s successful Autumn course was again organised brilliantly by Sensei Carol Chatterton of Kikuwa Jyuku 菊和塾. Tim Shaw Sensei opened the event by welcoming all attendees and passing on Sensei Sugasawa’s apologies for being unable to attend. The overriding theme of the course was set by Sugasawa Sensei and although he couldn’t be thereContinue reading “Report – Shikukai Autumn Course Chippenham 2023.”
Report – Shikukai Brittany course 2023.
The August Bank Holiday training in Brittany, France is one of the longest established courses in the Shikukai calendar. The course is hosted by Mumei Juku and this year was attended by students from England, France and the Czech Republic. These guys deserve a special mention, as they drove for 18 hours in each directionContinue reading “Report – Shikukai Brittany course 2023.”
Report – Hungarian Summer Course 2023.
The Dojo in Isaszeg, Hungary is long-established and enthusiastically run by a family team; Attila, Adam and László Jakab. This is the Genki Dojo and for many years has been a part of Shikukai Karate-Do International. This is their annual summer course. July in Hungary can get quite hot, but at an average of 33Continue reading “Report – Hungarian Summer Course 2023.”
Report – Shikukai Spring Course Report 2023 Osprey Leisure Centre Portland.
This annual event is always looked forward to and true to form, it proved to be agreat success.The course was overseen by Sugasawa Sensei and successfully organised by SteveRawson Sensei 7th Dan and Pam Rawson Sensei 7th Dan. Instructors and studentsfrom across England, Brittany and Norway came together to train and work on theprinciples ofContinue reading “Report – Shikukai Spring Course Report 2023 Osprey Leisure Centre Portland.”
Report – Robin Eaton’s 80th Birthday Training Theme: Wado Through Time.
On the 15th of April 2023, Sensei Carol Chatterton 6th Dan and Kiku Wa Jyuku hosted a special training session to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of its club members, Robin Eaton. Overseen by Sugasawa Sensei, the training was led by Steve Rawson, Sensei 7th Dan and Pamela Rawson, Sensei 7th Dan. Although theContinue reading “Report – Robin Eaton’s 80th Birthday Training Theme: Wado Through Time.”
Report – Netherlands weekend with Tim Shaw Sensei.
Yet again host Martijn Schelen of the Kenkokai Dojo Eemnes in the Netherlands executed a flawless piece of organisational magic for our planned three-day training weekend. It is always a huge pleasure and privilege for me to be invited to teach in the Netherlands, for so many reasons, not least that the level of enthusiasmContinue reading “Report – Netherlands weekend with Tim Shaw Sensei.”
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