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Christmas & New Year Training 2024-2025

Christmas & New Year Training Times

Classes continue during the festive season. We have a regular schedule up to 22nd December. After this date, time and venue changes are noted.

We revert to our regular timetable from 4th January 2025 for our anniversary session, after which we’ll be going for a club dinner. Children’s term classes resume from 9th January.

During December we will be supporting Caritas Bakhita House.

Saturday 14th December10.30am Belsize Library
4pm Swiss Cottage
Sunday 15th December10am Stanmore
Monday 16th December–
Tuesday 17th December6.30pm O2 Centre
Wednesday 18th December7pm Harrow
Thursday 19th December9.30am Primrose Hill
5pm Primrose Hill (children)
Friday 20th December–
Saturday 21st December4pm Swiss Cottage
Sunday 22nd December10am Stanmore
Monday 23rd December–
Tuesday 24th December
Christmas Eve		10.30am Primrose Hill
Wednesday 25th December
Christmas Day		–
Thursday 26th December
Boxing Day		–
Friday 27th December–
Saturday 28th December10.30am Belsize Library
Sunday 29th December10am Stanmore
Monday 30th December–
Tuesday 31st December
New Year’s Eve		–
Wednesday 1st January
New Year’s Day		–
Thursday 2nd January–
Friday 3rd January–
Saturday 4th January4pm Swiss Cottage
Sunday 5th January10am Stanmore
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Japan Matsuri London 2019

Shiranamikai members performed a karate display at the 2019 Japan Matsuri in London’s Trafalgar Square, the largest outdoor Japan-UK cultural event bringing together the best of music, food, dance and of course, martial arts!

We did our best to illustrate core elements of JKA Shotokan karate, demonstrating Kihon (fundamentals), Kata (set pattern sequences) and Kumite (partner work). We also saw a lighthearted interaction between one of our most experienced members and one of our most junior, with a little help from her friends!

This year was an occasion where the best of Japanese culture met the test of UK weather so we’d like to thank everybody who braved the elements to stay and watch our performance – we really appreciated your warm welcome – and hope you enjoyed the whole festival as much as we did 🌂🥋🇯🇵🇬🇧

Japan Matsuri 2019 also marked the official launch of the Japan-UK Season of Culture, celebrating the unique bond between our two island nations as Japan plays host to the Rugby Work Cup and the 2020 Olympics.

See you next time!

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Special Training & Grading with Ohta Sensei, 27th September 2019

There was a great atmosphere during Ohta Sensei’s karate class at Shiranamikai this September with everybody trying their best and pushing themselves throughout his demanding kumite drills. Not a single brow was dry! 

Congratulations to everybody who graded on achieving their next level!

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Karate at Hyper Japan 2019

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Shiranamikai participated at the 2019 Hyper Japan exhibition at the London Olympia in Kensington.

Our club members demonstrated the three pillars of Shotokan karate under the Japan Karate Association: kihon (basics/fundamentals), kumite (partner work) and kata (forms). Katas shown were Heians: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan and Godan, followed by Bassai Dai and Sochin. We also incorporated some light-hearted bunkai (application of technique) from Heian Godan.

During our performance of ippon kumite we could hear something big going on at the J-Culture stage on the other side of Olympia: Kuni-Ken, a tsugaru shamisen duo, were performing their own version of ippon! Literally, their title track “Ippon”. What a coincidence!

Thanks to everyone at Hyper Japan. See you next time!

Music by KUNI-KEN
Available on Spotify, iTunes store etc. Check them out!

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Shiranamikai 10-Year Anniversary Celebration

Shiranamikai started 2019 on a high by celebrating the club’s 10-Year Anniversary. Ohta Sensei, our association’s Chief Instructor, visited to deliver a two hour training session with lots of basics and kumite followed by Heian Sandan, Tekki Shodan and Bassai Sho!

Afterwards we enjoyed dinner together where there was an unexpected presentation with an eloquent speech, a beautiful hand-drawn card filled with paper cranes (and touching messages!), and an incredibly thoughtful gift… club instructor Austin Biesty was so overwhelmed that he forgot to take any photos!

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Club Training & Grading, December 2018

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We enjoyed a fantastic training session in Harrow this December with the Chief Instructor of The Japan Karate Association in England.

After basics, kumite and helping everybody with their Heian and Tekki katas, Ohta Sensei led the more senior grades through Gojushiho Sho. This kata’s characteristics are smooth movements mainly in front, back and side stances. It has strong transitions and fast, dynamic strikes necessitating good body control and fluid hip movement.

Kyu grades had time to refresh before their assessment. Congratulations to everyone for passing!‬

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