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Welcome to the Kanku Karate Club website, home of Bournemouth Karate. We practice Shotokan Karate under the guidance of our Chief Instructor and club founder Sensei Gerry Breeze 7th Dan. Shotokan Karate is a Martial Art founded by Gichin Funakoshi. This website contains images and movies of students practicing Kata, Kihon and Kumite; in the Traditional Shotokan style as taught by Nakayama Sensei.
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Latest News
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[Date posted: 8th July 2008]
Well done and thank you to everyone who took part in the Winton Carnvial demonstration this year. We have another couple of demo's planned this year, and hope they go as well as this one!
Keep checking the website for pictures and videos of the events as they will be put on shortly!
[Date posted: 30th April 2008]
Check out the latest Galleries section to the website.
[Date posted: 27th April 2008]
Congratulations to all that recently passed their kyu grading!
[Date posted: 7th March 2008]
The next club training and grading has been arranged for Sunday 6th April at the Littledown Centre. See the Calendar page for more information.
[Date posted: 13th February 2008]
Sensei Colin Putt, 5th Dan, from Devonport Shotokan Karate Club was in the local area of Bournemouth this week and took the senior class. The advanced teachings of the lesson were thoroughly enjoyed by all, and we hope he visits again soon!
[Date posted: 25th January 2008]
The 2008 Calendar has been released! Click here to see the list of events so far. There are also a few dates in the year where training at the club will not take place (these do not include Bank Holidays):
18th February
21st April
28th July
27th October
Training will still take place but not at the club, speak to Kayhan for more information.
[Date posted: 7th January 2008]
Bournemouth's local radio station, Fire 107.6FM, train at Bournemouth Kanku!
The Fire's Dave and Claire joined in with the nights training session being taken through the warmup, basic punching, kicking, stances and Shotokan etiquette. We hope they enjoyed the training and look forward to seeing them again!
To see older news, please see the News Archive section of the website.
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Video Downloads
Below are a number of free Karate video downloads. Click the orange link to begin downloading.
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14/04/2003 |
Kayhan Sefat 2nd Dan performing Unsu |
medium.mpg 7.2MB
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08/01/2003
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Kumite footage of Kayhan Sefat 2nd Dan at the 2002 Gichin Funakoshi World Invitiational Championships in Spain. |
high.mpg 12.3MB
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24/12/2002
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Karen Burnell won the womans individual kumite at the 2002 Gichin Funakoshi World Invitiational Championships in Spain. Here are short and long video clips of the finals:
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long.mpg 10.6MB
short.mpg 4.2MB
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