The Seven Virtues of Bushido

Grading Syllabus From 8th Kyu to 3rd Dan (Sandan) plus Zuki's and Keri's

I have added the grading Syllabus from 8th Kyu to 3rd Dan and the Zuki's and Keri's on the bottom of the Blog. Just scroll down to view them all.

Old Club Photos

Saving the photos from our Clubs Notice Board

I decided to scan all the old photos from our notice board as alot were becoming dog eared and a bit tattered. There is alot of history and memories that needed saving. I have added a number here for all to see and maybe cringe at.

Guest Instructor visits the club: Sensei Arthur Lockyear from Durham Aiki Do

Our thanks to Sensei Arthur Lockyear, 4th Dan, Shidoin from the British Aiki Kai, who was our guest Instructor on Sunday the 3rd June.

Sensei Arthur runs the British Aiki Kai, Aiki-do Club in Gilesgate in Durham. He was one of the first students of Chiba Sensei who brought Aiki-do to our shores in 1960. Sensei Arthur has been practising martial arts now for over 40 years. He brought some of his senior grades down to the club and kindly took the lesson. He went through a number of simple but effective techniques that will be a useful addition to our armoury, and demonstrated some weapons techniques and Kata.

Here are a few pics from this memorable day. I have uploaded the videos onto You Tube and they can be viewed in the side bar.

Isle of Mann Karate Federation, Easter Competition 2006

Just of few pics of our Easter Competition. Came away with a couple of trophies.

Shaun Dobson, 3rd Kyu: Junior Individual Kata, 1st Place

Andy Bailey, Shodan: Senior Men's Individual Kumite, 2nd Place

Newton Aycliffe Anshin-Ryu Club Details

The Club is based at the Neville Parade Community Centre on Neville Parade, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.

Training times are:

Tuesdays: 7pm to 8.30pm
Sundays: 11.30am to 1pm

All welcome from 7yrs up.

Anshin-Ryu Karate has its history in both Wado-ryu and Shotokan Karate.

here is an extract from the website of our sister club, Zanshin Kai explain a bit of history.

"Anshin-Ryu was the style of Karate that was founded by Keith Bell in the early 1980's. Keith Bell was a 4th Dan in Wado-Ryu Karate and regularly trained under Kanazawa Sensei. It was this influence of Shotokan Karate that Keith incorporated into his training and adapted to his Wado-Ryu which bore the new style Anshin-Ryu (The way of the Heart & Mind). Anshin-Ryu in its basic form is still very much Wado-Ryu. All the Kata are Wado-Ryu based, but there are advanced Kata taken from other styles. The influence of Shotokan is very evident in the deep stances and power techniques. The symbol for Anshin-Ryu is the white dove of Wado-Ryu below the Shotokan Tiger."

The club practises traditional Karate, but also enjoys sharing the experience of a number of senior members from different styles such as Shotokan, Kickboxing, Ju-jitsu, Muay Thai and Tae Kwon Do. We are a very open club and anyone is welcome to join.