It is Shoto’s very great honour to announce the promotion of Hanshi John Blain to 9th Dan. A truly rare moment, with this grade so infrequently awarded. Hanshi John Blain began karate training in 1971 at a small club in Hertfordshire. Shortly after its closure, he saw an advert in a newsagent’s window for a […]
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Sensei Joseph McCullagh has been awarded 8th Dan (Hachidan) Sensei Joe lives, teaches and trains in Northern Ireland, he is a traditional Shotokan instructor which led to a firm mutual friendship with Sensei Randall.Sensei Joe, from the whole of SHOTO we wish you well and congratulate you upon your promotion.
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Congratulations to Laurence Wilson from Sawbridgeworth dojo on successfully passing his 3rd Dan grading on 28th October 2023! Laurence had obviously done a huge amount of preparation in advance of his 5 hour grading and SHOTO are delighted to award him with his grade. The grading panel consisted of: Sensei Tony Kilcullen (8th Dan), Sensei
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It was great to see everyone at the open day, hosted at Sawbridgeworth dojo. The day started with two hours of Kumite followed by 2 hours of Kata training. Thanks to Sensei, Tony Kilcullen (8th Dan), Chris Martin (7th Dan), Steve Johnson (6th Dan), Gareth Waldram (6th Dan), Robin Welch (6th Dan) and Paul Wilson
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Shoto is happy to announce the successful gradings to 1st Kyu for Chris Curtis, Rhiannon Matthews and Graham Zabel
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On 16th September Shoto held its annual awards ceremony and dinner. It was a fabulous night shared between not only those who train in karate but also friends and family. It was great to see each other for a social event, as well as to award an impressive 13 dan grade certificates, including: Marie Fortune
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Congratulations to Sam Kouzarides from Kingsbridge dojo on successfully passing his third Dan grading on 4th February 2023. Sam travelled from South Devon to Hertfordshire in order to try for his grading, and SHOTO are delighted to award this very challenging and technical grade to such a worthy student.
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I’m delighted to formally record that Ian Davey, 1st Dan of Harpenden Club has attained the attained the status of SHOTO Qualified Instructor having completed the SHOTO Instructor Programme. The purpose of the Programme, which has recently been introduced, is for SHOTO to ensure that its upcoming 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dan Instructors are persons
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It is my great pleasure to formally announce that Laurence Wilson, 2nd Dan, of Sawbridgeworth club has attained the status of SHOTO Qualified Instructor having completed the SHOTO Instructor Programme. The purpose of the Programme, which has recently been introduced, is for SHOTO to ensure that its upcoming 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dan Instructors are persons
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On 25th February 2023 Shoto held a brown and black belt course at our Sawbridgeworth Dojo. It was a fantastic day, and not only a great chance to train together but also to socialise afterwards. The day started with a good warm up and basics session (Kihon) as a single group before splitting into separate
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