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On Saturday the 17th of October 2020 Don Came and I will be teaching our annual joint-seminar! The seminar will run from 12:30pm to 4:30pm and will be held in the Dolphin Leisure Centre, Pasture Hill Rd, Haywards Heath, RH16 1LY.
On Saturday the 17th of October (resheduled from the 31st of May) I will be teaching in Essex! The theme will be karate grappling, Seipai bunkai (no prior knowledge of the kata is needed) and structuring live drills so they are fun, safe and effective! The seminar will run from 1:30pm to 5:30pm and will take place at Cowdray Hall, 560 London Road, Grays, Essex, RM20 3BJ. The cost is £40 / person (early bird discount of £5 who book in January!).
On Saturday the 24th of October 2020 (rescheduled from Saturday the 18th of April), I will be teaching at Canton Martial Arts in Eastbourne! Places are limited to just 40, so please act quickly! The cost is just £30 per person.
This seminar will cover practical impact drills. This will look at how modern karateka can make use of focus mitts to develop functional close-range skills that are in full accord with the methodology in the traditional kata. These drills are fun too!
Location: Canton Martial Arts, 67a Willowfield Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8AP.
On Sunday the 25th of October 2020 I will be teaching a open seminar on kata bunkai / practical karate in Swansea! The seminar will run from 11am to 3pm and will cost just £30 per person. The location of the seminar is Ystradgynlais Sports Centre, Glanrhyd, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, SA9 1AP. For details of how to book your place please contact Wayne Jones on 07837071555 or koketsukarate@aol.com You can also write to the host via Iain Abernethy Seminar, c/o Wayne Jones, 9 St Johns Road, Clydach, Swansea, SA6 5EY
On Sunday the 1st of November 2020 (rescheduled from the 21st of March), I will be teaching an open seminar in Keighley, Yorkshire! Places will be limited to 36 people, so please do book soon to avoid disappointment.
The venue will be Soaring Eagle Karate dojo, in the Clock Tower at the historic Dalton Mills on Dalton Lane. The address is: Soaring Eagle Karate, Unit 25 Dalton Mills, Dalton Lane, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 4JH
On Sunday the 22nd of November 2020, Iain Abernethy and Andi Kidd will be teaching a joint seminar in Swindon! The seminar will run from 11:00pm to 4:30pm and will be held at St Joseph's College, Ocotal Way, Swindon, SN3 3LR. For further details and to book your place, please contact Andi Kidd at andi@genjitsu.co.uk You can also call Andi Kidd on 07818417181. The cost of the seminar is £35 / person. To book your place and for details of how to pay, please contact Andi.
On Saturday 28th November 2020 I will be teaching in Exeter! The seminar will be covering the drills and applications for Naihanchi / Tekki Shodan! We will explore how the kata represents a holistic combative system. The seminar will run from 11am-3pm at University of Exeter Sports Park, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QN (food outlets and facilities are available on campus). The price will be £35 per person (£5 off for University Students).
On Sunday the 29th of November 2020 I will be teaching a kata bunkai / practical karate seminar in Maldon, Essex! At this seminar, I will be covering practical bunkai and drills for Kanku-Dai / Kushanku. We will cover how all these methods can be applied in modern-day self-defence and the associated training drills. The kata is a record of the combative techniques and concepts formulated by a Chinese martial artist who went by the name of Kushanku. Kushanku can also be pronounced “Kosokun”, and the kata was renamed as “Kanku-Dai” in Shotokan karate.
