Wales Karate-do Wadokai

🥋 Grading Success! 🥋

This morning’s grading was a great success, and we’re absolutely delighted! 👏✨

Everyone gave an excellent account of themselves, showing real improvement, confidence, and strong technique. Congratulations to all — keep up the training, you should all be very proud! 🌟

Massive thank you to Caian for being Karl's uke for today grading 😆

🥋 29th Central England Open Championships – Worcester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

What an incredible day yesterday for the team! 🥋👊

Huge congratulations to everyone who competed — especially our first-time competitors. Stepping onto the tatami for the first time takes real courage, and you all showed outstanding spirit, determination, and effort from start to finish.

I’m incredibly proud of every single one of you for giving it your all. A massive thank you as well to Karl and Cherie for all their hard work coaching throughout the day — we couldn’t have done it without you.

A truly fantastic day. Well done, team! 💛🔥

With the extremely warm weather forecast for tomorrow and schools closing, I've made the decision not to run normal training tomorrow evening. I will still be there from 6–7 for anyone who wants to go over anything before the competition on the weekend.
Alternatively, if anyone wants to pop up to discuss information before the weekend, I will be there. Otherwise, enjoy the sun and time off school, but stay safe in the sun.

Another awesome Way of Excellence seminar done with Sensei Nukina, Sensei Sakagami, Sensei Peter May, and Sensei Lee Minion. Thanks again, Aiwakai England! 🥋👊 Wadokai ❤️

Please remember bank holiday no training tonight enjoy the sun

Well done to Chloe, Megan, and myself. Another fantastic Way of Excellence seminar completed with Sensei Sakagami, Sensei Peter May, and Sensei Lee Minion. We always learn so much. Thank you, Aiwakai England! 🥋👊 Wadokai ❤️

Well done to Kevin, Sienna, and James for representing the club at the WKGB squad training once again. Also, a massive congratulations to James for being selected for the WKGB Welsh squad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 to attend the Commonwealth Championships in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 later in the year. Extremely proud of you!

Well done Megan and Caian 👏 Always working hard and constantly looking to improve. Both really enjoyed an in-depth session focused on Kururunfa with one of the world’s best, Ariel Torres 🇺🇸

Day 4 ✅ 🇪🇸
An early start at the arena this morning with a good warm-up, then straight to work. Chloe was absolutely fantastic today — I couldn’t be prouder of her. She secured her first win at the WKF Series A, defeating Switzerland, and this was only her third appearance at Series A level.

The next round she was up against a very strong French athlete. It didn’t go our way, but we learned so much from the match. A great haul of WKF world ranking points to take home, and best of all, Chloe hasn’t stopped smiling.

Onward and upward 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇸🥋👊

Day 3 ✅
Final preparation session wrapped up this morning. Registration and coaches’ meeting done this afternoon, followed by some good food. Now back at the hotel getting all the gear ready for an early start tomorrow morning. 🥋👊