We have been following Government and UK Sport/Sport England advice very closely and are encouraged that a return to indoor dojo training will be possible in the near future. Having spoken to our venues, this is looking like early to mid September for this to happen. As a result we Read more…
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic effect with the cancellation of thousands of events and the loss of billions in income through fundraising events. The 2.6 Challenge (https://www.twopointsixchallenge.co.uk/ )was set up to try and help those charities. For Adam Sensei’s 2.6 challenge he did the 26 Shotokan Kata as part Read more…
50% OFF FOR POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE FIGHTERS, NHS STAFF & TEACHERS! Karate has given us so much in our lifetime of training, so at Total Shotokan Karate we want to make sure that we always give something back into the community, especially for those whose role is to help others! Read more…
On Monday 2nd March 2020 we had the kids class grading for Kings Cross Shotokan Karate Club, which saw a number of our younger and newer students progress through the Foundation grades whilst others moved further forward in the Kyu ranks. In total 16 students passed. On Thursday we saw Read more…
On Sunday 15th December, Kings Cross Shotokan Karate Club / Total Shotokan Karate attended the JKS Harrow Open Championships! It was a great end to the year’s competitions for our small squad and a big haul of medals and top performances! A special well done to Patricia, Hana, Kai and Read more…
A huge thank you to Matt Powell Sensei for taking last nights classes at KCSKC. The club loved every minute of it from the high energy Karate Alphabet of the kids class to a adults lesson concentrating on the 4 D’s – Deflect, Distract, Destroy and Depart. It was brilliant Read more…
Dan Sensei and I had a great time today training with Paul and Michelle Enfield Sensei. Although both are Goju Ryu Sensei and taught the bunkai to a Goju Kata (which neither of us knew!), the concepts and principles taught were universal and had great cross overs to our style Read more…
What an amazing day at the SKC England Invitational Championships. KCSKC / Total Shotokan Karate took a small squad of 4 to compete and came home with 7 medals! The 3 boys all stepped up and improved massively on their previous performances as Total Shotokan Karate dominated the under 11 Read more…
Adam and Dan Sensei spend a fantastic 3 hours training with Dave Hazard Sensei (7th Dan) at Seishinkai Shotokan Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Hemel Hempstead. Sensei worked through Tekki Shodan kata, focusing on the journey of each technique rather than the destination (“don’t make shapes!”) followed by one long Read more…
Excellent 4 hour seminar with Iain Abernethy Sensei focusing on some of the fundamental principles to his approach to Karate and Kata in particular including angles, stances and limb control. Great to catch up with old friends and thanks to Matt P, Matt S, Dave, Keith and Emma and all Read more…