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7:56pm, Wed 21 Dec 2011Karate Open Course

Marking the second anniversary of Cambridge Goju Ryu, we will be running a karate seminar, open to all grades and styles.

Guest instructors Sensei George Andrews, 7th Dan & Sensei Dave Amber, 4th Dan.

Sunday 19th February, 10am -1pm, Impington Sports Centre, Cambridge, CB24 9LX.

Cost: £15 cash payable on the day.

To give us an idea of numbers and help organise the training to maximum benefit, please let us know if you are interested.

Please contact us, either via the "contact us" page or phone on 07792919886.


Directions from the West:

A428 onto the A14.

Leave the A14 at junction 32, signposted Cambridge B1049. Turn left at the roundabout, signposted Cottenham, Histon. Keep going, past the football club and immediately after pedestrian crossing traffic lights turn right onto New Road (signposted for Police Station, Village College, Milton). Keep going for a bit and the entrance to the sports centre is on Park Drive on your right, slightly grand looking entrance. Ask at reception for us, although one of us will probably be hanging around.

Directions from the South:

All the way up the M11. Come off at junction 14, signposted Newmarket A14 (E). Follow the A14 until junction 32 and the directions as for from the West.

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5:10pm, Sun 04 Dec 2011Christmas Break

Last class of the year on Friday 16th December.  We'll start again on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

Many thanks to everyone that's supported the club this year. All the best for the New Year, Sensei Martin and Louise.

10:36pm, Tue 23 Aug 2011Grading

Congratulations to Steve M, Iain, Jo and Rohit on a successful grading at the club tonight.  In addition to our regular black belt members we now have a great mix of students from white belt through to blue.

6:23pm, Mon 25 Jul 2011Open Course: Hojo Undo & Kakie

On Sunday 24th July Cambridge Goju Ryu hosted a 3 hour karate course open to all styles and grades. The theme of the day was hojo undo (equipment training) and kakie (push hands) with self defence. The start time was fairly early to allow everyone to make the most of the afternoon to relax. Despite having the furthest to travel, a group from Essex and London arrived a good half hour before the class was due to start. The chosen venue was Impington Sports Centre, a few miles to the North of Cambridge. Situated just off the A14 it was easy to find and the training hall was large and filled with light.

As to the training, we started off with traditional junbi undo warm up as a group, including ten tsuki (heaven strike). The 13 students then split almost equally into 2 groups of yudansha and kyu grades. Sensei Dave Amber concentrated on kakie, considering self defence techniques against attacks directed at head, stomach and groin levels. Sensei Malcolm Howlett introduced kettle bells to the groups, something new to many people. Whilst kettle bells are not part of traditional Okinawan hojo undo they fit very well alongside them, focusing the concentration on good use of core muscles and squats. Sensei Martin Stockley provided instruction on the many uses of the chi-ishi, covering 12 exercises in all; this was followed by a padwork session with Sensei Louise Stockley.

The session finished with a group photo with everyone smiling after a good course, many people commenting that they couldn’t believe the 3 hours was over so quickly.

Thank you to everyone that helped made the day a success, including Laura Amber for assisting with the photography.




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10:55am, Sun 17 Apr 2011New OTGKA website

The website for our association, Okinawan Traditional Goju Ryu Karate-do Association has changed.  Check out the new format, complete with blog from Sensei George Andrews at www.otgka.co.uk

9:04pm, Thu 03 Mar 2011MORIO HIGAONNA on youtube

Recently uploaded to youtube - MORIO HIGAONNA Goju-ryu Karate 10th Dan by ADEYTO (in 3 parts). This footage includes demonstrations by the IOGKF Chief Instructor and partner work with Sensei Kazuo Terauchi (8th Dan).

Kata:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRDiWJXSp24

Self defence drills and kakie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzbrs0aBLs

Footage of Sanchin kata with shime testing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JsaQvt7214

10:00pm, Tue 01 Mar 2011Grading

We held our second grading at the club tonight.  After the traditional warm up we worked through the syllabus, covering basic strikes, blocks and kicks.  This was followed by moving basics including san dan gi.  The grading candidates were then tested on kata Gekisai dai ichi, which looked strong despite some nerves showing in places.  With the technical part complete we moved onto padwork, light sparring and the fitness test of press ups, sit ups and "star jumps".

Both students performed to a high standard.  Many congratulations to Iain and Jo for passing their 8th kyu (orange belt) test.

6:28pm, Sun 23 Jan 2011Newsletter 2011

The club has now been running for almost a year.  To mark this we've written a newsletter... click here to download a copy

Wishing you all a successful 2011,

Sensei Martin and Louise.

9:29pm, Sun 01 Aug 2010IOGKF European Gasshuku Copenhagen

We have just returned from the 26th IOGKF European Gasshuku in Copenhagen. Training for four hours a day from Monday to Friday we were taught by some of the world’s best Goju Ryu instructors. We started every day with junbi undo with all students training together, on the first day there was over 800 of us. We were then split into groups according to grade and in our group we trained alongside fellow shodans from Denmark, Italy, Germany and Holland. After two sessions with different senior instructors we would all come back together for the final session of the day.

On the first day Morio Higaonna Sensei (10th Dan, World Chief Instructor) took the junbi undo session, which was followed by smaller group training, initially kakie with Sensei Luis Nunes (7th Dan) and then kata practice with Takashi Masuyama Sensei (7th Dan). Over the course of the week our group had the privilege of being taught by the following Sensei; Kazuo Terauchi (8th Dan), Ernie Molyneau (7th Dan), Linda Marchant (6th Dan), Morio Higaonna (10th Dan), George Andrews (7th Dan), Henrik Larsen (7th Dan), Roy Flatt (7th Dan) and Masakazu Kuramoto (6th Dan).

The week ended with the traditional sayonara party. Great food and entertainment and a chance to have a proper catch up with friends that we hadn’t seen for a while.

Away from karate we were able to see some of the sights of Copenhagen and meet up with an old friend who now lives in Denmark.

10:11pm, Tue 20 Jul 2010Our first grading

The club has been running for 5 months now and today was a special day for us, the first grading of our new students.

With both Sensei Martin and Sensei Louise watching and only three students grading there was nowhere to hide. We worked through a series of basic striking and blocking techniques, followed by a kick / punch combination and then san dan gi. The first kata of the goju ryu system, Gekisai Dai Ichi, was performed to a decent standard, both to the count and moving together as a group. We finished with padwork and a spirit test of press ups, sit ups and burpees.

Many congratulations go to Al Weaver, Iain Cumming and Jo Brookfield for passing to the grade of 9th kyu (yellow belt).