Just two short weeks after the course in Sligo it was down to Cardiff for an Autumn course led by Jon Dunn at the club of Nikki Lintern-Gittens. An excellent sweaty Friday night session at Nikki's dojo to get everyone in the mood, with Jon keeping everyone on their toes with his unique style of teaching. On the Saturday another packed session with over 50 attendees at the much bigger and better air conditioned hall! Senior instructors split them into groups to cover basics, k

Please join us in celebrating the opening of a new club in Catfield in Norfolk - just a little way north of Great Yarmouth! Dave Collins, formerly of Maldon, will be welcoming students through the doors of his dojo from 10th January 2026. We wish Dave all the best in his endeavour and hope to see his club grow. Why not pop along to Catfield Village Hall, The Street, Catfield, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 5AA one Saturday morning between 9am and 11am to show your support? Fo

Higashi Karate Kai are now proud members of the English Karate National Governing Board ( EKNGB ) as of October 2025. Current Higashi students should note that their previous existing licenses through EKF are still valid until they expire at which time they will be replaced by EKNGB licenses.

EKF Membership, Finances & BKF Clarification Dear Members,   I am sure you will be aware of the ongoing issues within English karate and...

A new addition to the calendar for November 2025! Students from the March 2025 training course Tir Chonaill Higashi will be hosting...

This is a reminder of events coming up for the rest of 2025. Please look to the future and start planning your courses and events now so...

Hi all Higashi members, I hope you are well, I just wanted to put out a little feeler for the summer course on July 19th 2025 being...

We had a talented young group of squad members heading off to the British Karate Federation Four Nations Championships on 19th and 20th...

National Championships from Sheffield At the first day at the EKF National Championships we earned three bronze medals! Janelle won in...

Swindon Brown and Black Belt Training Session This will take place at the Swindon dojo on Saturday 12th April and is open to all Higashi...

So, Thursday 27th March was Colin’s final training session at Whitley, a kids fitness session and a few ex regulars and usual students...

LOCAL CLUB NEWS / SPOTLIGHT Tir Chonaill Higashi celebrated its 10th anniversary recently and to mark the occasion we took the club...

Hi everyone, I wanted to give you an update from the weekend. Our young HKK squad represented our association at the EKF Kyu Grade...

Hi HKK Family, I am so proud to share that our 7th Grassroots tournament yesterday was a wonderful success! It provided an excellent...

It’s been an amazing weekend of top quality competition and our HKK squad did us so proud. All the hard work the team had put in to be at...