Hull Kyokushin Karate Dojo

Great afternoon yesterday at the SVT Open Weight knockdown Tournament, happy to have won the belt. It was a fun couple fights.
The team from North Star Martial Arts Mickleover did a fantastic job in organization as well as merging many rules sets, to birth a fantastic sport., which includes headbutts, elbows, kickboxing and takedowns, while retaining a great standard of safety!

My opponents were all seasoned martial artist, they came from Kyokushin Karate, Kudo and kickboxing. Thank you for a fun afternoon, fight and beers included!

The credit for this result belongs, first and foremost, to everybody at Fight Ministry Hull , particularly Slaughterhouse-Mel Leathley , Andrew Peck and Josh Omond for the countless hours of padding and sparring, the "mincer" as they call it, Ben Fox for making southpaw a fun intellectual puzzle rather than just a scarp, Mason Creighton the clinch bear, and while last but certainly not least Michael John Patterson for his superb Muay Thai.

Osu!

Great seminar on Saturday with Darren Stringer, multiple times World and European champion in Kyokushin Karate. Great seeing the guys from West Yorkshire Karate Kyokushin

Great all round drills on footwork, distance management and more.

Club runs on Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 pm Fight Ministry Hull

It is an immense pleasure for the club to host Shihan Darren Stringer for a seminar here in Hull on Saturday, July 20th, from 1 to 4pm.
Shihan Stringer is a multiple-time World, European, and British champion in Kumite and Kata and a lifelong practitioner of Kyokushin Karate.
Spots will be £25 and limited to 20 people on a first come first served basis, get in touch by WhatsApp on 07746 678656 or via Facebook/Instagram to secure your place.

Hull Kyokushin Karate Dojo Kyokushin Karate Club. Every saturday.
Adults : 1 - 2:30pm
1 Park Rd, Hull HU3 1TD

Great session with Matt Hewitt from East Yorkshire Knockdown Karate !

Lovely sweaty session with Hull Kyokushin Karate Dojo 💪

Great kyokushin karate session down in Milton Keynes organized by the British Karate Kyokushinkai, as part of their annual Kagami Biraki.

Met great people, had good laughs, saw old faces and trained hard.

Kyokushin classes are organized in Hull every saturday from 1 to 2:30 pm Fight Ministry Hull

For like minded martial artists, come and join us every fortnight for our outdoor 'Spartan' knockdown training around West Yorkshire and the Dales

There are many techniques in the way we train our mind and body. One of the training methods traditionally passed down through the ranks from our karate masters is waterfall training.

In the old days back on the mainland of Japan the grand masters used to climb the mountains to the waterfalls and meditate before beginning training under the waterfall with Tensho and Sanchin kata's - these kata's are slow and strong.

Our training consist of the opposite - cardio based Kumite and conditioning and then a quick dip under the waterfall!

Train like a fighter. OSU.

Free Kyokushin (Full Contact) Karate Classes til the end of the Year.

Every Saturday afternoon from 1pm to 2:30 pm.

Brilliant performance from Kyle from West Yorkshire!

Congratulations to Lloyd Wesson on a valiant and brave performance at the British Karate Kyokushinkai open of 2023. A lot of hard work, effort and the bruises to show it!

This also marks the Hull Kyokushin Karate Dojo first tournament participation in Britain since its inception.

Many more great things to come.

Club address: Salisbury Hall, 1 Park Rd, Hull HU3 1TD

Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 pm.

Reflections on Kyokushin Karate in Hull & East Yorkshire

As 2022 is coming to an end and we are ushering in the new year, it is time to reflect on the state of Kyokushin Karate in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Before the creation of the Hull Kyokushin Karate Dojoin Karate Dojo, there was no institutionalized teaching of Kyokushin in the region. The foundation of the club is due in no doubt to the owner of Fight Ministry, Mr Slaughterhouse-Mel Leathley , for facilitating both the creation, the smooth running and the use of the fully equipped building of Fight Ministry, a temple of Martial arts and combat sports if there ever was one in Hull.

The help received from the International Kyokushin Organization Kyokushin Union (IKOKU), thanks to Mrs Vera Shichinohe , has also been instrumental in putting the club on a more global page, to allow students to eventually compete internationally and attend seminars given by some of the biggest names in Karate, from across the globe.

The club also owes a debt of gratitude, to Shihan Fouad El Harrif, 5th dan in Kyokushin Karate and head of the Kyokushin Saint Luc Dojo in Montreal., for recommending the foundation of the club to the organization, a first for IKOKU in the United Kingdom. A personal debt is also owed to Mr El Harrif who presided over my Shodan examination as well as helping shape, institutionalize and grow Kyokushin Karate in Morocco.

Finally, my own master Mr Chen Chun Kang 陈春康, current head of the Shanghai Kyokushin Dojo in Pudong district, who if he hadn’t advised and given me my chance to demonstrate bravery and courage during Saturday morning sparring sessions in the scorching heat of Shanghai summers, none of this would have developed.

On both a personal and club level, the year 2022 was a foundation building year where the pillars, upon which the near to mid-term future will rest, have been erected. Without the students, both kids and adults, that diligently carve up time to come and train every Saturday afternoon, then this Karate club would not be where it is today.

The year 2023 will be under the theme of both growth and fortitude. Growth in number terms for obvious reasons and more importantly growth in skills and personality. While Karate is a complete self-defense method, including punches, kicks, joint locks and throws, it is also a Budo, a warrior’s way. The warrior in Japanese philosophy being the equivalent of the western renaissance man or woman. A person of competence, diligence, wisdom and more importantly curiosity, characteristics that Karate as well as other martial arts aim to instill through studious study and discipline.

Fortitude finds itself in 2 important elements. The study of Kyokushin karate is arduous and painful, built into its bare-knuckle fighting philosophy. It requires thus great fortitude and a stoic tolerance of pain to build competence. The second important element, complementing the first, will be the schedule of full contact knockdown competitions. In a non-exhaustive list, the IKKU tournament in March in Edinburgh, followed by IKOKU’s Kyokushin world cup in Yokohama, the British Kyokushinkai Karate British open as well as the newly formed British Karate Guild upcoming events, all organizations to whom we wish continued success and prosperity. Competing in any one of these events requires a great deal of fortitude and competence owing to the caliber of world renown fighters who participate.

The way ahead is arduous, challenging and exigent. However, apprehending it with positivity, modesty, courage and discipline is the only way forward. It is with these words that I would like to finish this message and to wish everybody a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

See you on the mat at Fight Ministry Hull
OSU,
Anas Challigui (Head Karate Coach)

The open weight world cup of Kyokushin Karate will be held in Yokohama on the 8th and 9th of April.

Looking forward to attend one the greatest Karate events in the world.

A 66 year old man doing karate!

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Kyokushin karate class today at 3pm!

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Because of a personal injury, class is canceled today. See you all next Saturday at 3pm!

OSU!

Great Kyokushin Karate session Hull Kyokushin Karate Dojo Fight Ministry Hull on Saturday with the guys from West Yorkshire Karate Kyokushin and Hull Knockdown Karate .

Everybody brought their A game for a sweaty session working on closing distance with jabs, Dutch kickboxing drills and sparring.

Pleasure training with you all and looking forward to next time.

Classes every saturday at 3pm for adults.