Please note, that due to circumstances beyond our control, the kyu grading and Bill Winfield Competition on Sun 16th December is now postponed until early Feb 2019. Apologies for any inconvenience that this might cause. We will update our Events page with the new details as soon as they become available.

This year’s Christmas Meal will be held on Friday, 14th December at Bistrot Pierre, 4 Princes Buildings, George Street, Bath BA1 2ED. Menus are available from Kieran, and the cost will be £30 per head. Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to come as places are filling up fast!

Bath Karate Club is very proud to announce that our Chief Instructor, Ron Hicks, today was awarded his 6th Dan. Sensei Ron took his grading today, in Bath, examined by Sensei Andy Sherry, 9th Dan, Chief Instructor of the KUGB, along with Senseis Bob Poynton, 8th Dan and Frank Brennan, 8th Dan.

Sensei Hicks has been preparing intensively for his grading today, which comprised several aspects of advanced Shotokan karate: demonstration of fundamental techniques; kata; explanation of kata bunkai; kumite; as well as a written dissertation on the physics of karate techniques.

This success is testament to Sensei Ron’s high standard of karate, which has been developed over many years of total commitment and focus on karate training, fitness and karate instruction.

Many congratulations Sensei!!

(photo – KUGB)

Congratulations are due to three members of Bath Karate Club who successfully passed their First Dan gradings today in Bath. Jack (pictured above), Paul and Philip (photos below) demonstrated their high standard of karate (expected of all Bath club members) in front of the KUGB examiners, Sensei Andy Sherry, 9th Dan and Sensei Bob Rhodes, 8th Dan. Well done to you all from the Club Instructors!

Philip

Paul

Oldfield School is closed today and tonight because of the bad weather. Please note that there is no training tonight, March 19th.

Oldfield School is closed today and tonight because of the bad weather. Please note that there is no training tonight, March 1st.

Stay at home and keep warm!

Bath Shotokan’s instructors would like to thank the club members for their support and commitment to training during the last year. Club training has now ended for 2017 and the next session will be on Thursday 4th January 2018. We wish all of the club’s members and friends a very Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!

Many congratulations to Jozefa Glapiak who has passed her 2nd Dan grading. Jozefa took her grading under Sensei Andy Sherry, 9th Dan, Chief Instruction of the KUGB and Sensei  Billy Higgins, 8th Dan. Club instructor Sensei Ron Hicks commented, “Jozefa looked very ‘prepared’, particularly when doing Kanku Dai (as her compulsory kata), which is very intricate. Her kime was very good, particularly the punches after the yoko geri kekomis.” On behalf of all the club instructors – well done Jozefa!

It is with great sadness that Bath Shotokan Karate club announces the passing away of Lionel Thomas, at the age of 77. Lionel was one of the club’s longest-standing members, having joined Bath Karate in 1971. He passed his Shodan in 1975 and was actively training until the early 1990s. Family and work commitments then took him away from his training, but he returned to the fold in 2012 at the age of 73! Although he was keen to train in the sessions, Lionel preferred to teach and particularly to assist in the instruction of new club members – a role he enjoyed, bringing an air of the ‘old school’ with him. He brought enthusiasm and knowledge to the classes, and will be sorely missed by the club members.

Lionel’s funeral will be at Haycombe Crematorium, Bath on Friday 1st September at 3:15 pm, followed by a  gathering at Odd Down Football Club to mingle with Lionel’s family and friends.

The latest KUGB Black and Brown belt course was held today at the University of Bath. The instructors were Sensei Andy Sherry, 9th Dan, Chief Instructor of the KUGB, assisted by Sensei Billy Higgins, 8th Dan. Bath Karate Club turned up in force – 21 members – as can be seen from the photo above.

Following the training session, a number of Bath club members took black belt gradings. Congratulations are due to our newest 2nd Dans: James Langley, and Gosia Glapiak.

And many congratulations to our newest 1st Dan black belts Ania Glapiak, Adam Winchester and Eduardo do Gama. Well done to you all from the Bath instructors!