PETERSFIELD KARATE

The largest competition we used to regularly attend in the UK was the Shobbu-Ippon International in Guildford. Around 2008-2009 it peaked...

I have often compared tools in a toolkit to a student’s repertoire of techniques that they could confidently utilise under different circums

Back in the 1980’s SEKU (The Shotokan of England Karate Union), the karate association where I grew up, used to have successful...

Back in May 2008 I was training hard and along with my fellow members of the SEKU squad. We were working towards Abe Sensei’s JSKA world...

Back when I was a second dan Black Belt I remember a conversation with my Sensei about my future. I cannot remember the specific time or...

The first Lockdown happened at a good time for me. I have written before that I was dealing with grief and personal loss. The consequence...

Anyone who has had a break from karate will appreciate that one of the first skills to depreciate is controlled breath that is coordinated t