University of Kent Karate Club: First Karate Club Social

21 Sept 2011

First Karate Club Social

The first social of the Shinbukan Karate Club (Also known as the UKC Karate Club) will take place on Saturday 1st October. We will be meeting up either in front of the Venue at 7.30pm or at the pub The Monument in town (at St Dunstan's, opposite the Parish Church) at around 8.00pm and start having fun. We will be visiting a lot of pubs, laughing, singing, dancing, chatting, accompanied by lots of fun and some drunken karate!

Drinking alcohol is NOT compulsory. Don't worry if you don't drink, just join us for the fun and get to know the Karate Peeps!

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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.