Open karate session in Cheltenham with Simon Bligh Sensei, HDKI GB technical director

We had a great morning training hard, working on different grading syllabus elements with Simon Sensei. Sonchō Karate Club Gloucester dojo and Cheltenham dojo came together and we were joined by our lovely friends and instructors from other local clubs too.

It was wonderful to have Eden Sensei from Plymouth dojo join in who did a fantastic job assisting Simon Sensei with the mock grading.

Our youngest members pushed themselves way out of their comfort zones and trained hard, had fun karate games (even parents joined in!) and had a go at their very first mock grading!

Thank you to everyone who came along and created such a wonderful atmosphere.