Skipton Karate Centre

Skipton Karate Centre

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Photos from Skipton Karate Centre's post 20/05/2024
19/05/2024

DAN GRADING
A huge well done to everyone today.
100% pass rate

19/05/2024

Good luck to all those about to take their Dan grading
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03/03/2024

Skipton Karate Centre
Would like to say
A huge well done! To all those passing their kyu grades today. You were amazing

25/02/2024

Brilliant mornings training today at Skipton Karate Centre
Next Sunday training session is 17th March.

28/01/2024

Record turnout for Sunday training.
Well done everyone. Next one 25th February. See you all there 👊

17/12/2023

Skipton Karate Center would like to say a massive WELL DONE!! to Megan Page and Harsh Gourapur for passing their 2nd Dan's today. You were brilliant 👏
Also congratulations to Hannah Watts, who was presented with her 4th Dan. 👏

22/10/2023

Brilliant training session today at Skipton Karate Centre.
Well done everyone!

24/09/2023

Great morning's training today at Skipton Karate Centre. Well done everyone.

26/02/2023

Brilliant mornings training today at Skipton Karate Centre.
Well done everyone!
Next session 26th March

21/12/2021

DAN GRADING RESULTS

A huge WELL DONE! to the following students, who have all achieved a massive goal, by passing their highly prestigious dan grading

Passing to 1st dan
Megan Page, Harsh Gourapur, Max Scholey and Bea Appleby

Passing to 2nd dan

Rohan Benn,David Barker, Caleb Shaw and Mark Ling

Passing to 3rd dan
Shurudi Selvarajah

All nine students have been training up for this grading for many years. Attending private lessons and training up to 4 sessions per week as well as their own personal training

Their instructors Ian and Rebecca Spence, who teach at The Skipton Academy, would like to say a huge well done to each of them. “They have worked really hard to achieve their goals, and deserve to be the grade they are”,

Also after many years of training and teaching, Sensei Rebecca Spence was awarded her 6th dan

Skipton Karate Centre updated their business hours. 31/08/2021

Skipton Karate Centre updated their business hours.

31/08/2021

Congratulations to Ken, who recently jumped from red to orange belt

Skipton Karate Centre updated their phone number. 31/08/2021

Skipton Karate Centre updated their phone number.

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Our Story


  • THE INSTRUCTORS Ian Spence 6th dan Rebecca Spence 5th dan

  • Ian started karate in 1980 when he was 19 years old. Shy and uncoordinated, he walked into a Karate dojo and had his first lesson. Since then he has never looked back. Over the years he progressed through his belts, always wanting to improve his skills and achieve his goal of becoming a black belt. But it was quite early on in his Karate career that he became interested in competition, in fact the first tournament he entered, he was only a yellow belt. At that time Karate was at its most popular, Bruce Lee was gracing our screens and everyone was Karate mad. As a result, entries for tournaments were high, and to win one was very difficult. Suffice to say Ian did not win that day. However, this did not stop him from trying again and before long the trophies and medals came flooding in. As soon as Ian became a brown belt he joined the fighting squad and represented his association on numerous occasions and continued to do so for 10 years

  • Ian achieved his black belt in 1986 and in 1987 he opened his own karate club at the Community Centre on Broughton road in Skipton. With just a handful of students and a great deal of hard work Ian built up the club, little by little they out-grew the Community Centre and moved to Ings School which had a much larger hall. It was there that he got to know one of his newer students, a young woman by the name of Rebecca...who was later to become his wife.

  • In 1988 Ian became a Kata and Kumite judge then in 1990 he progressed to referee status. He has refereed in dozens of competitions in the last 20 years and has been considered by many to be one of the best association refs in the business.

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    The Skipton Academy, Gargrave Road And Skipton Swimming Baths Gargrave Road
    Skipton
    BD231QUAN

    Opening Hours

    Tuesday 17:45 - 19:00
    19:15 - 20:30
    Thursday 17:45 - 19:00
    Friday 16:15 - 17:15
    Saturday 10:00 - 12:15