Shauna Carroll UKA

Happy Easter everyone 🐣
Train hard, hunt eggs harder 🥚🥋

Well done to everyone who competed at the Karate England Kyu Grade Competition.

I am so proud of everyone who attended!

Well done to our medalists:
💛 Alba 🥇
💛 Ellen 🥇
💛 Tilly 🥉
💚 Jacob 🥈🥉
💙 Sami 🥇

🔥 BRING A BUDDY WEEK IS HERE! 🥋

Starting this week, students can bring a friend along to training!

👊 Train together
🍫 Earn a FREE Easter egg
🔥 If your friend joins, YOU get 1 MONTH FREE lessons!

Classes run Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday and beginners are always welcome.

Who are you bringing to karate this week? 👀

Huge well done to everyone who competed at the Karate England International Open Championships this weekend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥋

Whether you medalled or not, there were some outstanding performances, fantastic points scored and plenty of lessons to take back to the dojo 💪✨

Massive congratulations to our medalists:
Ronnie 🥇🥇
Oscar 🥇🥉🥉
Beau 🥈🥉🥉
George 🥉
Arabella 🥉

Special mention to our teammates who just missed the podium but delivered brilliant performances:
Austin 🎖️
Nil Su 🎖️

Preparation is looking strong as we head into some big competitions this year- keep the momentum going! 🔥👊

2026 has got off to a fantastic start with our first female-only squad session of the year.

So proud of everyone who came and trained- the work rate, energy and effort in the dojo were amazing. Already counting down to the next one 🩷✨

Well done to Lexi on winning a bronze medal in the kata and a bronze medal in the kumite at the UKA Kyu Grade Competition on Sunday 🥋 ✨

Happy Halloween 🎃 👻

“Empowered women empower women.”

Today, and I had the absolute privilege of running a female-only squad session for the Karate England girls.

This idea came about after being asked whether we could create a space where girls could train with other girls- something that’s not always possible in most clubs where there are usually only a handful of girls; often of different ages or abilities.

To see 42 girls turn up on a Sunday morning, ready to train, learn, and push each other, was genuinely moving. Watching them laugh, connect, form new friendships and strengthen old ones filled me with so much pride and excitement for the future of our sport. It’s not about being treated differently, but about visibility and recognition and for me that’s why today felt so powerful.

I can’t wait to hold more of these sessions, to watch these relationships and skills continue to flourish. There’s something truly special about fighting alongside someone you share a real bond with. Once you’ve experienced that, team competition takes on a whole new meaning.

I have never been prouder to be part of Karate England 🫶🦁

📣 Club Announcement 📣

Huge congratulations to our club members who have been selected to represent Karate England at the forthcoming WUKF European Championships in Latvia 🇱🇻

✨ Arabella
✨Beau
✨Jesse
✨George

You have all worked incredibly hard to be selected and we are so proud of you. We wish you the best of luck and look forward to welcoming you back with some silverware 🥇

Congratulations to Arabella on receiving her Karate England badge at squad training on Sunday! Your dedication, consistency and determination over the years have truly paid off! We are so proud of you! ✨

Well done Lincoln. Bronze at the Irish Open 🥉🇮🇪