Ichiban Leeds

Congratulations to our jitsuka!

🥋𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗸𝗮!🥋

On Sunday, following an intense three-day Summer School, our students took on the challenge of the British Aikido Association Dan gradings — and they delivered! 💪

It was a tough grading after days (and years) of dedicated training, and we couldn’t be prouder of the effort and results from our team.

👏 Congratulations to the following from Ichiban:

• Cillian - Adult Brown belt
• Ethan – Black Belt
• Ian – Black Belt
• Julio – 3rd Dan Traditional & Tomiki
• Tan – 2nd Dan Traditional, Blue Belt Tomiki
• Duyen – Green Belt Tomiki

An amazing achievement by all – your commitment and spirit truly represent the best of Ichiban.

Traveled to Sweden recently representing England as part of Dokan England at the 13th WUKF World Championships, held in Malmo Arena!
36 competitors took part across the 5 day competition!

The team performed brilliantly on the tatami and made wonderful memories throughout the week visiting Malmo and Copenhagen.

Plenty of medals from our Ichiban Karateka as they helped Dokan secure an excellent 10th place finish as a relatively small federation against much larger national federations!

🥇 =7 World Medals
🥈= 13 silvers
🥉= 9 Bromze medalists

Well done Ichiban Karateka!!

🎉𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗢𝗝𝗢 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗! 🥋

Join us on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th July at Ichiban Karate Dojo, 332A Meanwood Road, Leeds LS2 2JF — as part of the Meanwood Park Festival!

✅ FREE sessions for all ages!
👦 Kids, 👩‍🦱 Teens, 👨‍🦰 Adults — all welcome!
📅 Come along and join in as per the schedule!

Whether you’re new to karate or a seasoned kicker, this is your chance to experience the Ichiban spirit — meet the team, try a class, and see what makes our club one of the best in the UK 🏆

🗓️ Save the date, bring a friend, and get ready to kickstart something new!


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Please note our Easter Weekend Opening Times / class updates.
Friday 18th: Judo and Kenjitsu on as normal
Saturday 19th: Judo and aikido on as normal. No karate
Monday 21st: No classes

We wish you all a lovely restful weekend!

Today our wonderful judo coaches put on a junior competition at the dojo, to give all our judoka a taste of competitive judo!

Well done to all those that took part! It looks like a very successful day and that everyone had fun.