University of Kent Karate Club: Taster Session at Freshers Week

16 Sept 2010

Taster Session at Freshers Week

Interested in learning some form of self defence? Want to try out martial arts? How about Karate? Why not come and try it out for free?

Come and have a taster session with the University of Kent KARATE CLUB! See what we do, join in and try it for yourself! Have fun!

EVERYONE is welcome to come and try!

Look out for us at the Sports Day on Wednesday 22nd September! We will be in the Main Hall at the Sports Centre to run our taster session from 2pm till 3pm!

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What we do.

The University of Kent Karate Club is situated in Canterbury and is very well established; we’ve been around longer than any other martial arts club on campus with a long history of success at the national university championships. The teaching is generally fairly relaxed but disciplined, the teachers all very approachable. We also have a varied curriculum and full weekly training schedule.

Karate is a traditional Japanese martial art; literally meaning ‘empty hand’ it was first created as unarmed defence against armed opponents. It uses powerful strikes designed to disable and incapacitate potential antagonists and as such is a practical skill to know. It provides both mental and physical conditioning, keeps you fit and works to teach useful self-defence.

We are a multi-discipline club, although we’re based in dentokan shorin ryu style karate we have a number of senseis trained in various styles. Beginners are welcome at any point in the year however it’s advisable to join closer to the beginning of a term to benefit the most.

We grade twice over the year towards the end of each term to recognise improvement made and to add a bit more variety we also frequently hold lessons dedicated to ju-jitsu style self defence and basic weapons training.

We cater for competitive members, we normally enter the annual ‘BUCS’ university competition, and this year we hope to get involved in a few more. Our social calendar is usually packed full of exciting events and this year is set to be no different.