Didcot Karate School

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Fleetmeadow Community Hall
Thursdays 18:00 - 19:30
All ages welcome 5 to 85 years.

Great session tonight, fantastic to see everyone!
Everyone worked incredibly hard and great to see a lot of people wiping the sweat off their foreheads!
Really proud of all of you!

Matt

Great session tonight with some new faces a huge welcome to all who have recently joined us.
Great to see everyone putting in the work to see the results!

A huge congratulations on all who successfully graded this morning, it was a hot morning but spirits and effort were incredible all round.
Now go and enjoy the sun and weekend and we will see you next week!

Matt & David

A reminder to all for grading this Saturday, grading starts at 10:30 please ensure you arrive no later than 10:15.
Please bring a clean gi, cut and clean nails, a bottle of water, sparring gear and your grading licence.

See you all Saturday, parents are welcome to stay and watch if wearing masks and adhering to social distancing.

Kind regards,

Matt & David

Hi all,

We are pleased to announce we have had confirmation of the reopening of Fleet Meadow Community Hall for Thursdays sessions, we will be starting up again on the 3rd December, following the same protocols we did prior to the most recent lockdown.

We ask all students as they did before ensure the guidelines are followed and social distancing is maintained within the dojo and should anyone have any reason to believe they have either been in contact with someone or caught Covid themselves please let us know immediately.

See you all Thursday!

Matt and David

With recent events unfolding the way they have myself and David are with great regret going to have to temporarily close the dojo again for the duration of the lockdown.

However all students are invited to an online class which runs both Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Monthly subscriptions will still be charged for the duration of the lockdown as lessons are available. Any questions please let me know via email or Facebook messenger.
I have emailed all existing students with details for the Zoom call however if you have not received this email please let me know.

17:00 to 18:00 Wednesday online lesson.
18:00 to 19:00 Thursday online lesson. Karate School is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Matt

Great session last night really impressed at everyone's progress recently, especially Patrikas, Kobe and Oliver who are working very hard to improve their form and kime so big shout out to them!
Homework guys:
20 press ups ensuring form is correct as we have shown in class
20 sit ups
20 leg raises
50 punches, working on hips, kime and hikite (dont rush these!)

Enjoy your weekend guys you deserved it!
Matt

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Lots of kata last night guys and an awful lot to take away. Am pleased everyone seemed to get a few extra improvements on their katas!

Homework this week is:
25 push ups
25 sit ups
25 squats

Each kata for your grade three times correctly.
I.e: Brown and above will have:
Geksai dai Ichi
Geksai dai Ni
Saifa
Sanchin

Please practice this at least 5 times this week let's get everybody preparing for grading and being the best they can be with a black belt mindset!

Matt

Good practiced shadow boxing tonight particular well done to Oliver who did extremely well!

This weeks homework:

Kick balancing: Front kick, side kick, back kick, front kick on one leg without putting it down x5 each leg

20 push ups
20 sits ups
20 squats

Matt

Lots of stretching today and leg work with some nice triple kicks to get you all working! With some nice interval training as well.
Its great to see so many people back and the improvements being made, I can definitely see those who are doing the homework as it is paying off and you're smashing the challenges!

This weeks homework is:

20 push ups
20 leg climbers (sit up with one leg in the air)
20 squat kicks (squat and kick on stand - please make sure there is space)

Enjoy weekend and any questions let me know.

Stay safe,

Matt

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Hard session tonight guys but you all met the challenge head on which was great to see, lovely to have both Patrikas and Ann back with us again for more training.

Also a big welcome to our new starter Oliver who did extremely well tonight!

This weeks homework is:

20 push ups
20 sit ups
20 squats

Katas with a focus on hikite and stances at least 5 times this week! Enjoy your weekend all you certainly earnt it, see you next week!

Matt

Another great session tonight, welcome to our newest member James!
Keep the hard training up guys and remember learn, train, master, inspire!

For this weeks homework we are keeping the same at:
15 pushups
15 situps
15 squats
All known katas with kime!

This week your main focus on each exercise is to ensure your form is perfect for each one

Pressups: feet together, core and glutes tight hands by shoulders with a straight back and make sure you go all the way up and down each time.

Situps: hands by head, feet securely on floor and pull using your stomach muscles

Squats: feet shoulder width apart, hands by head and drop directly down until elbows hit knees then push back up through your heels.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Matt

Hi everyone hope you are all looking forward to the long weekend!
I have recently updated the didcot karate Web page where we will be regularly posting photos from the training if anyone wishes to take a look or show friends and family.

www.didcotkarateschool.com

Didcot Karate School Teaching traditional Goju-Ryu Karate at Didcot Karate School

One of Didcot Karate Schools younger students aceing his karate and attitude tonight!

Another great session guys pushing that fitness up! Very pleased to hear and see everyone has been doing their homework this last week. Amazing work on sharpness and focus of techniques with a real desire shown to push yourselves.
This weeks challenge guys is:
15 push ups
15 sit ups
15 squats
Kata with full stances and sharpness and breathing on each technique!

See you all next week!

Matt

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Excellent first session back with new measures in place and social distancing applied. Really good to see everyone's eagerness and smiling faces again, with a strong focus on kime tonight which I hope everyone got something from and which we will continue to push in the coming weeks.

For those who weren't there hopefully we will see you soon also. There is a homework set for all members this week for the following each day:
1) 10 Press Ups
2) 10 Sit Ups
3) 10 Squats
4) All Katas of your grade done once with self reflection on each technique.

As we will be pushing everyone a little harder each week.

Let's chase those dreams guys and get those black belts!

Matt

Classes will be restarting on the 20/08, Thursdays only at the moment, if we have not already spoken please message me your email as I require a form to be filled out before any practice is completed.
If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding training please do let me know.

Kind regards,

Matt

Hey guys, hope you are all safe and well and hopefully not driving yourselves or your parents crazy in isolation! Let me know how your training is going, any questions please ask? Sensei David is also doing online Skype classes on a Wednesday from home. If anyone is interested please let me know, hopefully see you all soon and stay safe!

Covid-19 update: Hi guys, for the safety of the students and their families myself and David have come to the difficult decision to decide to temporarily stop classes, the last class will be this Thursday (19/03/20) we ask you all to stay safe and be kind to each others in this time.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact myself either on my mobile number on the website: didcotkarateschool.co.uk or via messenger.

We will post again once classes are going to be restarted and ask for those who can, please ensure you continue practicing at home particularly your Katas!

Matt

Didcot Karate School | Goju Ryu Seiwaikai Karate in Didcot We are locally based Karate school which specialises in the Goju-Ryu style of Karate. With over twenty years of experience in the martial arts and several different martial arts I found my home with Goju-Ryu.

Covid-19:
Guys we wish to update you in regards to classes and the current pandemic.
As it stands myself and David are keeping our eyes and ears close to advice being given by authorities and will be following this for everyone's safety.
Classes for the time will continue and we will likely be following with the pattern of the local schools (should they shut as will we, temporarily).
I would ask that common sense and courtesy to fellow students is shown, in that if you are showing any symptoms you do not attend class for the time being.

Please try and support, encourage and be respectful to our little family at Didcot and Wallingford karate school.

Matt

A reminder to everyone for tomorrow, grading starts at 09:30 please ensure you are there at latest by 09:15.

Please bring along your grading licence, water a small snack and your usual positive attitudes.

If you are grading and haven't paid yet the fee is £30 and must be paid tomorrow in order to grade, if you are not grading but are joining for training there is no fee.

See you tomorrow!

Matt

A Happy New Year to everyone and thank you from myself and David, there have been lots of changes in the last few months and we are very grateful for everyone for not only sticking with us but the huge amounts of support we have received from both our students and their families!!

Wishing you all the best for 2020 and we will see you soon for another amazing year!
If you have anyone or know anyone or are even interested in joining yourself (looking at you mums and dads!😉) Let us know.

Matt

Hope you all had a great Xmas, and are looking forward to your new year! Just to remind everyone training starts back up on Thursday 2nd of January, hoping to see you all there!

Matt

A great session with lots of kumite practice tonight guys! Nice to see people improving keep it up, along with your guards!

On a side note please remember this Thursday (12th of December) there is no lesson as the hall is being used as a voting station. We will train extra hard next Monday to make up for it!

Matt