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Ishinryu Dojo training – May 2021 update

We hope to resume live Ishinryu Dojo training in the UK from mid-May.  The following dates remain tentative and depend on EKF permission and Government rules in place at the time.

  • Monday 17 May – Woodlane
  • Saturday 22nd May – Cranham
  • Tuesday 25th May – The Hombu

In the meantime, Clubs will continue to run on-line training using Zoom (for example).  Please see individual club websites and their Facebook groups for details, or contact your instructor.

If you have any specific Covid related questions please contact our Ishinryu Covid Officer, Sensei Alan Poole.  Alan is our single point of EKF contact on all Covid issues going forward.  You can reach Alan at at alan@ishinryu.org

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Upcoming Ishinryu Events

Please check here, and on our Facebook groups, for the status of events later this year.  Ishinryu will continue to follow Government and EKF guidelines in regard to holding events.

2021 Event Timetable

We hope to hold events in 2021 including a One Day course and Pre-grading courses.  The Summer Course will not be held in 2021.

We will delay the scheduling of any events until we are confident that we can hold them.  This depends on lock-down and prevailing Government and EKF rules.

Please watch this site and the related Facebook groups for updates.

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Regular Ishinryu Events

Each year Ishinryu clubs get the opportunity to train together at Ishinryu wide courses and events. Other karate styles are also welcome to attend.  The UK annual timetable runs as follows:

  • February or March – One day Pre-grading course for 5th Kyu and above
  • June – The Open Summer Course runs over a weekend and has been presented every year since the mid seventies
  • October – One Day course.  All grades welcome for a day of intensive training
  • November – One day Pre-grading course for 5th Kyu and above

General gradings are held in March, June, and December of each year.  You must attend the entire Summer Course to grade in June

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Ishinryu News

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About Ishinryu Karate

Ishinryu blends a number of karate styles including Kyokushinkai, Wado-ryu and Shotokan.

About Ticky Donovan OBE

Ishinryu was founded in 1973 by Ticky Donovan OBE (9th Dan) who continues to run the style today.

The Open Summer Course

Celebrating over 40 years the Ishinryu summer course is a firm fixture on the UK karate calendar.

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