Ma ku Sho Karate Bollington

Introducing our 2023 Student of the Year, Paddy!

A massive well done to Paddy who has achieved his 1st Dan this year and been a massive help assisting with the instructors. We've all seen a big improvement this past year, he's a real asset to the club.

Great work Paddy, love the shirt too 📈🥋

Wow! What a grade from Cade today...

Years of hard work
+
Maximum effort each session
=
Juniors black belt with a first class pass!

A real credit to our club, amazing work 🥋

Our newest black belt Maeve! 🥋

A massive well done today on your Juniors Black belt grade. Your journey to today has been amazing and we're glad to help you get there! Onto the next!

New Black Belt alert ⚠️

A massive well done to Sami on achieving his Junior Black Belt this afternoon. He's come on a great journey over the past few years, credit to his consistency and determination 🥋

Another successful Sunday grade this afternoon!

A massive well done to everyone involved, moving upto the next belt, great performances all around.

Onto the junior class tomorrow 🥋

The 2023 Students of the Gashuku!

A massive well done to Cade and Alex who both got the awards for students of the Gashuku. Their effort levels were sky high throughout and they even got involved in teaching with some of the younger students.

Amazing work from you both 👏 🥋

Day 2 of the Gashuku completed ✅️

Some really good work today, even the parents getting involved in the fun! Finished the 4th session off with a game of rounders, Adults vs Kids, guess who won 🤷‍♂️

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the bank holiday weekend 🥋

Day 1 of the Gashuku ✅️

Working on some of the 18 Lo hands and the Bo Kata today, some great pictures in the sun! Looking forward to it again in the rain tomorrow 🥋

New Black Belts alert ⚠️

A massive well done to Paddy and Fynn who have both achieved their Senior Black Belts. The journey they have both come on has been amazing, they have really progressed brilliantly!

Also, well done to Dylan who has achieved his Junior Black belt. A really solid grade!

On to the Juniors group tomorrow! 🥋

New spaces available!

We have a couple of spaces available for both the Junior and Senior classes this January!

If you are interested, or know someone who could be interested in learning Karate, get down to the Dojo!

If you would like additional details, please drop us a message! 🥋

2023!

Just a quick reminder that classes will resume this Monday 9th January.

Junior Class 6:30 - 7:30
Senior Class 7:30 - 8:30

We look forward to seeing you back at Karate! 🥋

STUDENT OF THE YEAR 🏅

A massive congratulations to Elliot who achieved Student of the Year for 2022!

Elliot has consistently performed at a very high standard, with maximum effort throughout. A real asset to the club. Well done! 🥋

Another successful grade tonight with the Junior students. A big well done to everyone, great effort levels throughout 👏 We may need to order a few more blue belts for next grade...

A massive well done to Nicholas who achieved his Junior black belt yesterday afternoon!

His journey so far has been a credit to his hard work and persistence. We are so happy for you! 🥋

Another fantastic Sunday grade yesterday!

A massive well done to all the students who took part, especially those who's first grade it was!

Hope you all have a brilliant Christmas break 🎄

A massive congratulations to Finn who achieved his 2nd Dan this afternoon! A really intensive grade, with lots to remember. His high levels of consistency accompanied with persistant motivation saw him achieve a solid grade, amazing work! 🥋

A huge well done to Jack who achieved his Junior black belt this afternoon! His hard work and dedication has brought him on a fantastic journey, we are so proud 🥋

Another fantastic grade this afternoon, well done to everyone who took part! Some really good efforts especially in this heat! 🥋

Students of the Gashuku!!

A MASSIVE well done to both Jack and Paddy for achieving this year's junior and senior students of the Gashuku!

Both showed real commitment and determination throughout the weekend!

Well done 🥋

Day 2 of the Gashuku, working on a bit of self-defence in different scenarios. Some really great moves!

Day 1 of the annual Gashuku to Wales. Training on the beach, working on Kata and revision this morning. Followed by the afternoon session working on Nunchaku! Here are some of the many shots!

🚨 Just a quick reminder that there is no Karate on tonight

🚨 Just a quick reminder that Karate will be on tonight! Let's have a great first session back in 2022! 🥋

🚨 Karate will resume next Monday (10th).

Hope everyone has had a fantastic Christmas and New Year 🥋🙌

Just a quick reminder that Karate is still ON tonight! 🥋

Massive well done to Zak who is the Senior student of the month for July!

Really got back to his best after a lengthy lockdown! 🙌🥋

Well done to Dylan for July's junior student of the month!

Worked really hard over the past few sessions, focusing on stances and foot positions 👍🥋

Last session tonight before the summer break, having some fun with the nunchucks 🥋

Well done to everyone over the past couple of months, looking forward to seeing you all in September 🙌

Well done to Iolo who got the senior student of the month for May!

Making a fantastic start after having some time out 🥋👍

A massive well done to Harvey for getting student of the month for May!

Harvey has made an excellent start since joining us in the past month. Keep it up 🙌🥋