Tag : wado
Tag : wado
Last month I was lucky enough to travel over to Kefalonia where Sensei Eleni Labiri-Suzuki of Suzuki-ha Karate held a seminar with Sensei Gary Swift invited to teach.
It was my first time in the area, and I had an absolute blast getting to know all the students, get a taste for the cuisine, and enjoy the still-very-sunny weather. I look forward to returning again in the future
We covered the gumite-kata, Suparenepei and Seienchin over 3 days of training.
More course photos can be found on the Plymouth Karate website
More information on classes available on their website and Facebook page!
Some good attendance at last Sunday’s course hosted at Horsham dojo. We covered kumite-gata – the 10 pairwork exercises that preceded the kihon-gumite as we know them today.
Thank you to Henri (4th Kyu) and Vita (5th Kyu) for coming along and representing the club.
If you want to see over an hour of instructional footage for the kumite-gata, make sure you purchase the Wado Comprehensive from Sensei Gary Swift, which will allow you to access the online archives at British Wadokai
Many, maaaaany thanks to ALL 80 odd students who came to the Hanshi course (and later Hanshi Cup) in Horsham today. I hope you all took plenty away from the 6 training segments (which seemed to become shorter each time due to constant overrunning 😉 ).
For those of you who were able to eat the cake provided, I hope it was worth it – I’m not at all jealous!
I’d also like to add I’m really proud of the students from Zanshin and Horsham dojo who competed in the kata competition. Being an open division you were up against odds far above your usual grades, and you put tremendous effort into your practice and performance. I’ve had some great comments about you so believe me when I say – you have made me very proud!
I was really lucky and proud to walk away with a 3rd place bronze medal, and would like to congratulate Colin Holmes of East-West Wado (Newcastle) for his 1st place win!
See attached a few photos I had on my phone. Hopefully many more to follow!
PS – keep an eye on Wado News for more photos and articles
Categories: Courses, Events, tournaments
Just wanted to quickly let everybody know, if you don’t already, that we are re-opening, at least temporarily, the 7.15 to 8.15pm class on Friday evenings. So long as the attendance is there we will keep it so!
Hope to see you all there!
Categories: Updates
I would like to wish a hearty congratulations to both Henri and Vita for passing their latest gradings!
Both have been training hard in the dojo and at home at it shows with their marvelous progress.
I’m rather late with this, but it shows that there is nothing new under the sun!
On October 10th 2018, Sensei Gary Swift taught a 3 hour course covering the ‘final’ kata in Wado – Suparenpei.
You can find plenty of photos of the course here:
Categories: Courses
I would like to wish a deeply heartfelt congratulations to Peter Collier, who passed his 1st Dan black belt exam on Saturday 29th September 2018 under the supervision of Sensei Gary Swift 8th Dan Kyoshi and a panel of our esteemed yudansha (including yours truly).
We have had Peter in the class for many many years now. He’s shown absolute commitment to the club and to Wado as a whole, and I hope he continues to train and improve, and slowly pass on some of his knowledge to new students as a teacher.
Also grading were: our Horsham local Chris Holland, going for 1st Dan; Luke Spooner of the Cranleigh club, going for 1st Dan. We had James Latimer of Grey Wolf Karate successfully pass his 3rd Dan exam, and Mark Dupee of Shinwaryu Karatedo Sourdeval also achieve 3rd Dan.
This is only the beginning – I can’t wait to see what training has in store for Peter in the future 😉
See you in the dojo!
Hey all!
I noticed I haven’t posted anything up in a while, so I thought why not give you all just a morsel of training footage. Just to whet your appetites:
Also, from my recent training weekend in Bergen, Norway (October 2017)
Some slow mo from Christer and James #karate #wado IWFN Wado Karate Grey Wolf Karate & Zanshin Wado-Ryu
Posted by Oren James Teichmann on Monday, 23 October 2017
And another!#wado #karate IWFN Wado Karate Grey Wolf Karate Zanshin Wado-Ryu
Posted by Oren James Teichmann on Monday, 23 October 2017
A few blocks from Caroline Jackson-AdamsI don't seem to have Viv on Facebook. Tag her?#karate #wado IWFN Wado Karate Grey Wolf Karate Zanshin Wado-Ryu
Posted by Oren James Teichmann on Monday, 23 October 2017
More photos and videos will follow when I get the time to go through all 400 of them.
In the meanwhile, keep it up everybody! See you at class.
Dear students
There will be no training on Good Friday, 14th April, due to school closure.
Also, due to a school production, there will be no training on Friday 16th June.
Hopefully, these will be the only closed sessions throughout the spring & summer!
All the best
Sensei Oren
Categories: Updates
Congratulations to Alfie for his successful 9th Kyu grading on Friday! His first step on a long journey, and on his way to catching up with his dad!
