Weekend Retreat in Franklin, North Carolina!

We are so excited to officially announce the 2017 Iain Abernethy Seminar! This year's dates are September 8th, 9th, and 10th.  This year Iain will be teaching all new material that he has never taught in the U.S. before.  We have had so much fun planning an exciting weekend for seminar participants and their families.

SHIKOMU KARATE CLUB - Traditional Karate Arts Canada - Iain Abernethy Seminar 2017

Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1

For further details and to secure a place, please contact Alexander Roney via alexander.roney@outlook.com

On Sunday the 15^th of October 2017 I will be teaching an open seminar on the bunkai of the Pinan / Heian Series! This will include close-range strikes, trapping, locks, chokes, takedowns, throws, and more.

The Pinan / Heian series are a complete fighting system and Gichin Funakoshi said that those who knew the applications to these kata could “be confident of their ability to protect themselves in most situations.”

On Sunday the 22nd of October 2017 Iain and Andi Kidd will be teaching a joint seminar! They will be covering the "brutality of the basics"! In many dojo, the first kata taught will either be Pinan Shodan (Heian Nidan) or Gekisai Dai Ichi. As a result, these kata are often considered to be "basic" and less effective that their more "advanced" counterparts. Not so! At this event, Andi will show how Pinan Shodan (Heian Nidan) - "Safe from harm fundamentals" - can be applied in a free-flowing way in order to recover initiative and strike the enemy no matter how they try to protect themselves.