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Karate Classes in Manchester – Weekly Timetable

COVID-19 SESSIONS UPDATE
With safety in mind…We are back!

Classes have resumed.
Please see the table below for times and locations.

Sevenways Methodist Church
Derbyshire Lane, Stretford, M32 9RD		 Monday: 6-7pm, 7-8pm
St. Chads Community Centre
St. Chads Road Manchester, M20 4WH		 Mondays and Wednesdays: 6-7:30pm
Whalley Range Highschool
Whalley Range Stadium Gym, Manchester, M16 8GW		 Sunday: 2-3pm, 3-4pm, 4-5pm
Levenshulme Methodist Church
Stockport Road, Manchester, M19 3AP		 Wednesdays and Fridays: 6-7pm, 7-8pm
Saturday: 11:30-12:30pm
Life Leisure Cheadle
Shiers Drive Cheadle, SK8 UR

 Friday: 6:30-7:30pm
Sunday 11:30-12:30pm, 12:30-1:30pm
North Reddish Community Centre
Longford Road, West Stockport, SK6 5ET		 Thursdays 6-7pm
St. Johns Centre
St Johns Road, Old Trafford Manchester, M16 7GK		 Saturday 10:30-11:30am, 11:30-12:30pm

Please keep well in this period, keep up your exercises, stay alert, and look out for those around you who may need your help and assistance.

NHS Guidelines:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government Response:
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

There is now a Test and Trace app that can be downloaded on your smartphone.

Get tested to check if you have COVID-19 via: 

https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

 

Ho Shin Do Karate Classes – Weekly Schedule

Karate classes for children are the earlier times, later classes are for higher grade students of all ages.

Karate classes for schools only are listed here instead.

Please confirm all class times before attending.

Thank you.

Hoshindo Karate Manchester
Phone: 07708 497 223
E-mail: info.
Class Locations, Karate

Karate classes in Whalley Range, Manchester

Ho Shin Do Karate classes in Whalley Range, Manchester


Karate classes in Whalley Range, Manchester

Suited to age ranges

5 to 13, 14 and above

Class Times

Class Location

Karate classes in Whalley Range, Manchester

Price per class + offers

£0.00 Prices are very reasonable, discount available for monthly/yearly payment, first class is FREE!!

Events and Outings, Karate

Grading – 7th December 2014

There is a grading on 7th December 2014 for all selected students.

If you are to attend, you will have been told by now, if in doubt please contact Sensei Steve.

Attendees should bring all appropriate kit, including pads and gloves.

A fee of £20.00 per student is required at entrance.

Parents / Relatives are reminded to please keep noise to a minimum during examinations, if your baby starts to cry, please remove yourselves from the dojo until you have all calmed down.

Parents / Relatives taking photos, please be considerate of others, and do not push yourself in front, or block another person’s view. Be courteous and kind at all times.

Thank you.

Class Locations, Karate

Karate Classes in Stockport

Karate Classes for young and old at North Reddish Community Centre, Stockport.


Karate Classes in Stockport

Suited to age ranges

5 to 13, 14 and above

Class Times

Class Location

Karate Classes in Stockport

Price per class + offers

£0.00 Prices are very reasonable, discount available for monthly/yearly payment, first class is FREE!!

Karate

Ho Shin Do Youth Project

The Ho Shin Do Youth Project is a community-based, self-help, action-oriented initiative providing support to youths from under-developed communities in Manchester.

The project is co-ordinated by sensei Stephen Sijuwade, with the assistance of his senior students.

The aim of the project is to raise the aspirations and achievements of youths by motivating them to maximise their personal potential, training them to be productive and responsible leaders of tomorrow.

The core objectives of our youth project are to empower youths of various diverse backgrounds, using martial arts and other leisure, sporting and recreational activities as engaging tools. Althour classes are based on self-defence and fitness, the emphasis is on respect, courtesy, discipline, confidence, mental and physical coordination, and patience, all important aspects of character development.

We believe that martial arts training is a key to unlocking the potential of youths, instilling a sense of belonging, responsibility, discipline and empowerment, which can be used as tools to tackle the endemic anti-social, truancy, bullying and violent gun/knife culture prevalent in our modern world.

Articles, Karate

Goju Ryu Kata

Original article by Hoshindo Karate Brisbane

Gōjū-ryū has 12 core kata in its standard curriculum: gekisai (dai ichi & dai ni), saifa, seiyunchin, seisan, saipai, shisochin, sanseiru, kururunfa, sanchin, tensho, and suparenpai. Students in most schools are required to know all of these kata before reaching sandan.

Morio Higaonna sensei writes that “Karate begins and ends with kata. Kata is the essence and foundation of karate and it represents the accumulation of more than 1000 years of knowledge. Formed by numerous masters throughout the ages through dedicated training and research, the kata are like a map to guide us, and as such should never be changed or tampered with.”

Almost all of the kata have a corresponding bunkai oyo, a prearranged two-person fighting drill. These drills help the student to understand the applications of the kata, establish proper rhythm/flow, to practice constant attack/defense, and to safely practice dangerous moves on a partner.

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Articles, Karate

Goju Ryu and its 5 Precepts

Original article by Hoshindo Karate Brisbane

Goju Ryu

There are many students of karate, all which can trace their origins back to the island of Okinawa, Japan. However, originally there existed only three styles, each of which was named after the city in which is evolved. These are: Tomari-te, Shuri-te and Naha-te. The Tomari-te and Shuri-te styles were unified to form one school known as Shorin Ryu while Naha-te remained to its true form and became known as Goju Ryu.

The Meaning of Goju Ryu

According to oriental philosophy, to achieve harmony and order in the world, everything must express a balanced nature. So there is night and day, fire and water and so on.

The founder of our style, Grandmaster Chojun Miyagi chose the name Goju Ryu based on precepts from the Chinese martial arts. Go means hard or resilient; Ju means soft or yielding. Therefore Goju Ryu translates as the hard-soft school. This refers specifically to both the technical characteristics of our style and to its underlying philosophy.

The Five Precepts

  • We are proud to study the way of Goju
  • We are courteous in manners
  • We strive to develop courage and fighting spirit (humble yet strong)
  • We cultivate fellowship and understanding (the spirit of Cooperation)
  • We respect the ideals of loyalty and honor, traditional from olden times

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