Sensei Oren Awarded 4th Dan

Dear all In a super-late style as always, I forgot to update here on the website the news I received late last year. In November 2021, I was awarded my Yodan by Sensei Gary Swift while at a training course in Horsham. This is not something I expected to happen any time soon, and I

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End of year updates – Sensei Oren awarded Shogo Tashi, and more…

As we approach the end of another year, I’d like to thank my students for another hard year of training. Between having new (clearly dedicated) students joining our ranks and well established, hard training students achieving their 1st Dan, I consider this a great year for the club. We remain small, and train harder for

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Kimesanchin Kata & Kumite Tournament 24/06/2016

So I’m a week late posting this, but I wanted to run this update with photos to go along with it. I was invited to participate in KimeSanchin’s yearly kata & kumite tournament. The last time I was at a karate tournament was in 2010, so this was quite the gap to get back into

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5 Year Anniversary Course 09/11/14

We can’t believe it’s been 5 years since we took over our old club and founded Zanshin Wado. Where have they gone?   In honour and celeration of 5 years of Zanshin Wado Ryu Karate, we invited Sensei Gary Swift 8th Dan Kyoshi over from Plymouth to teach at our local Horsham venue. We covered

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March 2014 News

LATEST NEWS: On the 29th March 2014, Sensei Oren passed his 2nd Dan exam – both theory and practical. A special thanks to Martin Marriott 3rd Kyu for assisting with partnering Oren. He joins Sensei Robbie 2nd Dan and Sensei Kieran 2nd Dan as the clubs most senior grades.

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