Zanshin Wado-ryu is a small, friendly and traditional Wado-Ryu Karate club providing a high standard of training and support to students of all ages starting from ages 8 years onwards. The club caters for a wide range of ability levels.

The club’s syllabus comprises of the traditional karate practices of kata (formal exercise), kumite (sparring) and kihon (fundamental techniques) within a framework of physical & mental fitness, flexibility and fun.

The name Wado-ryu has three components – Wa means “harmony”, Do means “way” and Ryu means “style”. The discipline was founded by Sensei Hironori Otsuka (1892 – 1982) 10th Dan who opened his first karate school in 1934, combining his knowledge of other arts such as Jujutsu, Aikido, Kendo, Karate, Atemi, etc. into this one style.

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