100 students graded
Fantastic 3 hour grading, all students were focused, determined and demonstrated amazing technique.
After 10 days of mourning, Our Queen was laid to rest yesterday, Bank Holiday Monday 19th September 2022. I was glued to the TV, what an amazing emotional day and send off she deserved. Everybody who was involved, it was truly perfect. I am lucky to live near to Windsor where I met Prince William and Harry. I offered Prince William and his children the chance to take up Karate lessons.
Fantastic 3 days training at the spring GKI Gasshuku. Was lovely to see everyone in the organisation and special thanks to those who came from Portugal. Thank you to the Sensei’s teaching for their incredible knowledge. It is always so nice for our Karate family to come together. Well done to all my Woodley students who attended. What an experience!
Grading Day!
66 students took their grading on Sunday after many weeks and hours of training.
Focus, respect, discipline
They all performed very well, working hard on techniques and focusing on their strength.
Well done Woodley Dojo
Very proud Sensei
The sun is shinning and its a bank holiday weekend!!
Woodley students returned to the Dojo after a lovely Easter break. We kicked off with a Sunday morning event which saw over 60 students take part. Some students took part in achieving a merit badge where they had to demonstrate a chosen technique to the required standard to pass. Other students took part in a sparring class which saw many gaining confidence and strength.
Wishing everyone a beautiful bank holiday, see you next week.
Sensei Amie
Woodley Goju Ryu Karate Club checking in!
After 4 months of lockdown and teaching my Karate Club via Zoom we have been back in the Dojo training for 6 weeks now and it has been fantastic. An absolute joy to be back face to face with students and continuing to train them on their Karate journey. I love being their Sensei, seeing their smiles and watching them train hard and progress. They never quit, continue to practise, put passion and focus into their techniques and thrive to be the best they can.
Since reopening the Dojo after lockdown I have put in place safe Covid-19 measures and I have been wading my way through a massive influx of Karate enquiries to get children in for free trial lessons. I’ve also noticed on Facebook that the quantity of recommendation requests has soared over the past few weeks. This left myself and my Sensei contacts scratching our heads wondering what the Cobra Kai was going on!
Then the penny dropped. During lockdown we all had more time than we have ever had before to watch our way through the list of boxsets we had been writing for a while. On that list was a US spin off series based on one of my childhood favourites, The Karate Kid. Cobra Kai had only appeared on YouTube until Netflix bought it in June 2020 and quickly began airing the 2 seasons that are available. The good news for myself and other Sensei’s across the UK is that a third season is due to air in January 2021 and agreement is in place for a fourth. Yes, I watched it too, who wouldn’t when it is based on films from my childhood? It has great appeal to adults and children alike and interest in karate has been ignited across the UK, possibly across the World, which is brilliant!
Karate is and has been my passion for 28 years, it’s a way of life I use every single day and I like to teach and pass this on to my students. Karate teaches us many things, some of which are to focus, respect ourselves and others, be confident and have self discipline.
I’m Amie Benton the Sensei of Woodley Goju Ryu Karate Club and I have been running Karate classes in Woodley, Berkshire for over 10 years. I run classes for ages 4 and up, with 8 weekly classes at present. If you or your child would like to come along for a free trial get in touch and I will find you a space. I look forward to meeting you all soon.
People ask… “have you watched Cobra Kai Sensei Amie”
I smile and reply “Yes I have” :)
Marco attends extra classes outside of his own Karate lesson to help with the little ones. Thanks Marco, a lot of children look up to you in the club.
Congratulations to Lillie, student of the month for October. Lillie has a great technique and is always looking to improve. She listens well, takes on board the information given and then delivers. Very well done.
Congratulations to Lewis on being September SOTM. Working towards his Yellow belt, learning his first Kata and really trying his best. Keep up the excellent training and enjoy your Karate journey.
