UWE Shotokan Karate

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For UWE's new GojuRu Karate club (unrelated to me) please see the UWE SU website.

John Shyne (30/01/08)

UWE KARATE CLUB TAUGHT BY JOHN SHYNE HAS CLOSED DOWN PERMANENTLY!

Thank you to everyone I have taught over the last four years at UWE Karate. It has been a privilege and always enjoyable.

I now only teach at Avon Karate Club: Please see www.AvonKarate.com - all welcome!

JS (24/04/08)

Karate After Easter
UWE Karate will start again on Thursday 10th April 2008.

JS (28/03/08)

Freshers 07/08
The Freshers Fair went well, cheers to all that helped during the day. Also welcome to all the new members we met.

Just to say again, you DO need to become a member so that you are included in the insurance. You do this at www.UweSu.net/Register

Also traffic is a nightmare at the start of term so leave early if you can! See you Thursday 4th Oct 07!

JS (29/09/07)

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Welcome to UWE Shotokan Karate Club! My name is John Shyne, I am the Instructor of the UWE Karate Club. I'm a 2nd Dan and have been doing Shotokan Karate for 10 years. The committee is made up of assistant instructor and committee president Will Roberts, treasurer Luke Phillips and secretary Simon Wadhams and Myself.

Training

We train at:

St Matthias Gym

Thursdays

Starts 6pm and finishes at 8pm

Click here for directions
Then we meet up in the St Matts SU bar afterwards, which yards away.

Membership is Ł12 and the cost per Sesion is Ł1. Click here for more info

If you have little or no martial arts experience, you are more than welcome to train, so come along and give it a go. Its best to wear non-restrictive clothes or a Karate Gi (uniform) if you have one. (No jeans). For gradings a Karate Gi will be required.

What is Shotokan?

Shotokan is a traditional Japanese martial art and is one of the four main styles of Karate. The emphasis is on developing effective, technically correct techniques. A large part of the style is self development and using what you have. Martial arts such as Tai Kwon Do emphasise kicking aspect more than punching, where as Shotokan has a more equal split. Martial arts like Aikido and Tai Chi Chuan would be classed as 'soft' where as most styles of karate would be 'hard'.

What is SEKU?

SEKU (Shotokan of England Karate Union) is the organisation to which the club belongs. Sensei Mick Dewey 7th Dan is the chief instructor. See the www.SEKU.co.uk for more info. SEKU Regional gradings takeplace about every 3 months at St Mathias Campus. The belt order, starting at 10th Kyu is shown here. The SEKU grading syllabus can be accessed from the Downloads page. UWE Karate Club's parent club is Avon Karate Club. It is now also run by me (since the passing of Sensei John Frape), for more info see www.Karate.Shyne.co.uk

Benifits?

Karate will help you develop a positive sense of well being, improve health and fitness, teach you how to protect yourself and improve your self confidence. You will gain skill, coordination and and develop mentally whilte enjoying practicing this traditional martal art. We do basic / advanced techniques, combinations, kata, self defence techniques, pair work as part of our training. I hope this gives you an insight and wets your appetite. If so then come and train in a friendly club atmosphere of UWE Shotokan Karate Club.

Any questions, suggestions please let me know. My email address is karate@uwe.ac.uk.

Members of the Shotokan of England Karate Union and registered with the English Karate Governing Body

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