KARATE: Three Cornish Karate groups recently joined forces for a day, to learn from one of the world's foremost experts on the original "Jutsu" form of Karate. Adult instructors and students from Samurai Karate Cornwall of Penzance, Okushindo Karate Kai of St Austell, and the St Ives Shotokan Karate Club all came together to learn from visiting instructor Sensei Terry Wingrove.
Sensei Wingrove spent 21 years studying the martial arts in Japan, and now holds high-level black belts in Karate, JuJitsu, Judo and Aikido. Despite the fact that all three Karate groups practice different styles of Karate, everybody was in equal awe of Sensei Wingrove's methods and agreed that they had learnt a great deal from him. As an added bonus, the event raised £265.00 for Sensei Wingrove's nominated charity, the Richard House Children's Hospice.
Course organiser, Sensei Kevin Cooke, said "Traditionally in the UK, groups who practice different styles of Karate don't have a good track-history of working together, however this course was a great success and everybody made some new friends. Whilst we may have differences in the way that we practice Karate, we all felt the same pain when Sensei Wingrove demonstrated his Karate Jutsu techniques on us!
This is one 66 year-old you wouldn't want to mess with!" All three of the Cornish Karate groups welcome new students of any ability. Anyone interested in learning Karate in Penzance/Pendeen/St Just should contact Kevin Cooke (Samurai Karate Cornwall) on mobile 07706 797562. Anyone interested in learning Karate in St Ives should contact Steve Matteson (St Ives Shotokan Karate Club) on 01736 795477.
Anyone interested in learning Karate in St Austell should contact Dena Marshall (Okushindo Karate Kai) on mobile 07980 061115. It is hoped that a follow-up course with Sensei Wingrove will be run early next year, and that even more local martial art groups might attend.
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