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Washinkai held another successful summer gasshuku at Milton Abbey School in July 2022.  Shihan Chris Thompson started teaching karate at the school in 1988 and the Association has been holding its popular summer courses there since 1991.

The Gasshuku was held on the hottest week on record.  However, this did not daunt all those attending!  It was the largest gasshuku held for many years, with many returning to train after the Covid pandemic.  Every session was held outside in the shade of the trees behind the Abbey.

Our Dover Karate Club Instructor, Pete Saunders, 3rd Dan, teaches karate to children of Gurkha families.

Guston C of E Primary School, Dover in Kent, is the location of Pete’s Club. The school has many pupils from the Nepalese community who live nearby. The Gurkhas insisted Pete was included in their recent Jubilee Display. Pete was very honoured to be associated with the event.

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Excellent course with Shihan Thompson at Canons Karate Club today covering advanced Kata.

Great to see so many Karateka travelling from across London and the South coast, Dover & Lydd.

Good training!

On Thursday 19 May, Sensei Geovanny Sanchez Salazar, 5th Dan, organised another very successful Spring Gasshuku in his home town of Javea in the Costa Blanca. The weather throughout the weekend was between 28-31 Centigrade, which made training a bit hot, but very pleasant for pre- and post-training! Thursday evening consisted of a general course for all grades and many students from other styles attended. On Friday evening, many successful Shodan gradings took place, followed by a celebratory dinner at a local restaurant.