Kobukan Karate Club

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Contact Details
Clive Young
Phone:	01753 869970
cliveyoung@f2s.co.uk
Anne-Marie Box
Phone:	01344 883347

Welcome to Kobukan Karate Club, Windsor. We are a friendly, well established club practicing traditional Shotokan Karate as taught by world reknowned karate master Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan.

Both beginners and advanced students are most welcome to come along to one of our training sessions to watch or participate. See the Training page for more details.

We have a purpose built dojo with tatami mats based at the New Windsor Community Centre in Hanover Way. Please feel free to browse our website, you can find details of our beginners' courses on the New Members page.

For information on recent events and details about upcoming events check out the News page. We are a member of SKKIF.

About the club...

Kobukan Karate Club was founded in Windsor in 1973 by Sensei Roger Carpenter, 7th Dan, Chief Instructor of SKKIF. Over the past 30 years Sensei Carpenter has taught traditional Shotokan karate to many hundreds of students in the Windsor area, many of whom have progressed to 1st Dan black belt and beyond. Sensei Carpenter oversees the SKKIF organisation in the UK and visits each club twice yearly to ensure consistency of training and to maintain appropriate standards within each club.

Sensei Clive Young set up the Greenford Karate Club (Fudokai) in 1981 and instructed there until 1986. He is now joint Chief Instructor at Kobukan together with Sensei Anne-Marie Box.

Kobukan welcomes all students from 7 years upwards and believes that anyone can practice karate and benefit from its unique approach to fitness, co-ordination, flexibility and self-defence. Karate is particularly beneficial to children and young people in helping to improve concentration and build confidence. Sensei Anne-Marie Box has a wealth of experience in teaching children and runs the popular children's class on Thursdays 7.00pm - 8.00pm.

Special features!

• Traditional Shotokan Karate taught through a structured syllabus
• Twice yearly training with Master Kanazawa
• Regular gradings
• National SKKIF Championships for kata and kumite
• Kata application (bunkai taught by Peter Crawford)
• Stamina sessions including bag and pad work

All instructors are fully insured and CRB checked.