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 […]
14th October 2023 – Annual Open Day 2023 Read More »
Shoto is happy to announce the successful gradings to 1st Kyu for Chris Curtis, Rhiannon Matthews and Graham Zabel
October 2023 – 1st Kyu gradings – Chris Curtis, Rhiannon Matthews & Graham Zabel Read More »
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
16th September 2023 – Shoto Annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner Read More »
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.
4th February 2023 – Sam Kouzarides promoted to 3rd Dan Read More »
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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It gives me great pleasure to announce that Robin Welch has been awarded his Rokudan (6th Dan) by John Blain Sensei for services to SHOTO. On a personal note, I am absolutely delighted that Sawbridgeworth has such a supportive senior grade who trains regularly and contributes to the development of others. Oss and kind regards,Paul
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Ian Davey and Marie Fortune both passed their Shodan grading on 24th September 2022. We congratulate them on their excellent preparation, hard work and fighting spirit.
Thursday the 30th September 2021 will be remembered for a special training session at SHOTO’s North London Dojo. This was 7th Dan Sensei Jil Rickards last class as Senior Instructor. Despite the mayhem nationwide as a result of fuel supply difficulties the class was attended by: North London regular students: Eche Ginikanwa 4th Dan Konomi
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