WA SHIN KAN BUDO KAI

(Affiliated to: JKS(GB), FEKO, BBJA)

Traditional Martial Arts taught to the highest levels

Traditional Busen Judo and Shotokan Karate-Do

Experienced Black Belt Tuition

Saturdays 1.30pm-5.30pm in St Helen's Church Hall
Belle Vue Bank
Low Fell

£2.50 16 years and older
£2.00 under 16s

Classes in both karate and Judo are held at the Wa Shin Kan Budo Kai (peaceful mind/peaceful truth martial arts group). The emphasis is upon character development and the preservation of a traditional way though effective self protection techniques are diligently practiced also. Although non sport oriented, there are opportunities to compete for those interested.
Children as young as five train as do adults. Beginners courses are held regularly and more experienced students are equally as welcome.
For more details call in at the class times above

SHOTOKAN KARATE-DO 

Shotokan karate is one of the most widely practiced styles of karate in the world today. The style was founded by the Okinawan master Gichin Funakoshi, and was a combination of the techniques he was taught from the two masters he studied with.

Funakoshi brought the style to Japan early last centaury and his senior Japanese students helped in developing it into the dynamic martial art it is today. The Japanese organised the Shotokan style and developed instructor-training programmes, which had the goal of sending Japanese teachers abroad to spread the word of karate.

JUDO

Judo is a Japanese martial art that developed from the older art of Ju Jutsu. It was devised by the Japanese master Dr Jigoro Kano (pictured below)

The word Judo means “the gentle way”. This is not mean to mean soft but compliant. The image used to describe what is meant here is of the oak tree being blown over by the strong winds but the pliable bamboo bends and then returns to it’s normal shape, giving and going with the force of the wind .

Judo is essentially a form of Japanese wrestling where practitioners try to throw, hold, arm lock, strangle and choke each other. Judo has even grown into an Olympic sport but Kano devised the art as a means of character development for participants with effective goshin jutsu (self defence techniques) and these have been lost by a lot of sports only practitioners.

JAPANESE TERMINOLOGY
Dojo - literally “way place”, training hall
Karate do - the way of the empty hand
Rei - bow
Yoi - ready
Sensei - teacher or more correctly “one who came before”
Zen kutsu dach - forward stance
Ko kutsu dachi - back stance
Kiba dachi - horse stance
Ts uki - punch
Oi z uki - stepping punch
Gyaku z uki - reverse punch
Keri - kick
Mae geri - front kick
Yoko geri - side kick
Keage - snap
Kekomi - thrust
Mawashi geri - roundhouse kick
Uke - block
Age uke - rising block
Uchi uke - inside block
Soto uke - outside block
Shuto uke - knife hand block
Gedan barai - downward (sweep) block
Kihon - basics
Kata - form, pre arranged defence techniques
Kumite - fighting/sparring literally “a meeting of hands”
Judo ka - judo practitioner
Judo gi - judo uniform
Zori - sandals used when moving from changing rooms to mat
Tatami - judo mats
Rei - bow
Hajime - begin
Matte - wait
Sore made - stop that is all
Ukemi - break fall
Ushiro - back
Yoko - side
Mae - front
O soto gari - major outer reap
Ippon seo nage - one arm shoulder throw
Morote seo nage - two arm shoulder throw
O uchi gari - major inner reap
O goshi - major hip throw
Uki goshi - floating hip throw
Kesa gatame - scarf hold
Kata gatame - shoulder hold
Juji gatame - cross body arm lock (“Arm bar”)
Ude garami - figure four arm lock
Hadaka Jime - “Naked” strangle
Juji jime - cross arm strangle