Doug James Chojinkai Karate Association - BKC

05/07/2026

Brilliant session today at our Special Event Day at Haltwhistle Leisure Centre - Training for everyone including some Parents & finishing off with fun games for the juniors, bouncy castle & football match & a great time had by all 🥳 Many thanks to our Club Head Instructors who put this day together 👏👏👏 https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17qn4FF5SB/?mibextid=wwXIfr

20/06/2026

Great turnout today for the 2nd Chojinkai Senior Training Course of the year headed by Chief Instructor Doug James 9th Dan. Special thanks to Ray Hind 7th Dan & 6th Dans Darren Longstaff & Mark Heaton for conducting the sessions in 3 Belt groups of Purple Belts, Brown Belts & Dan grades, covering Basics, Renraku Waza, Pre-arranged Sparring Routines, Pinan & Advanced Kata. Congratulations to Kendal student Joel Greenbank successfully grading to 3rd Kyu 🥋🥋🥋👏👏👏

14/03/2026

14/03/2026

Great turnout today for the first Association Senior Training Course of the year headed by Chief Instructor Doug James 9th Dan. Special thanks to Ray Hind 7th Dan & 6th Dans Darren Longstaff & Mark Heaton for conducting the session, covering Basics, Nagashizuki & Nei Sei Shi Advanced Kata in detail. 🥋🥋🥋👏👏👏

18/01/2026

A brilliant weekend of training & camaraderie just completed at our 28th consecutive Annual Chojinkai Winter Course @ Center Parcs with around 30 members & instructors training 🥋 Headed by our Chief Instructor Doug James 9th Dan - many thanks to our 6th Dans, Darren Longstaff & Mark Heaton for their constructive sessions. Now for a bit of relaxation 🍻 Next years course will be 15th to 18th January 2026👌 Book for next year within next 4 weeks for the ‘come back soon’ booking discount 👍 see everyone next year 🥋😀

13/12/2025

Great turnout today for the last Association Senior Training Course of the year, covering Renraku waza & Grading syllabus taken by Doug James 9th Dan, Ray Hind 7th Dan & 6th Dans Darren Longstaff & Mark Heaton. The following were successful taking 1st Dan grading - James Beniams (Brampton) & Eleanor Stafford (Newcastle) along with Oliver Tomlin to 3rd Kyu🥋🥋🥋👏👏👏

12/10/2025

Just finished our 50th Anniversary Chojinkai Clubs Championships at 4pm today after a 10am start. A massive thanks to all the officials & helpers, giving up their day for the benefit of our great Association & especially Chris, our Events Coordinator 👌 150 entrants from all of our 8 clubs & happily all the clubs entrants medalled, from 4yrs to 59yrs 👏👏👏🥇🥈🥉

12/10/2025

Our 50th Anniversary Chojinkai Clubs Championships all underway at 10am with the Little Dragons section 4 to 6 yrs - Juniors & Seniors to follow later.

13/09/2025

Excellent turnout today for our Quarterly Senior Training & Grading Course conducted by Doug James 9th Dan, Ray Hind 7th Dan & Darren Longstaff 6th Dan. We covered Advanced Kata, Ippons, Ohyu & Kihon Gumite & introduced everyone to the Syllabus changes, particularly the new combinations for 2nd & 3rd Dan. Many congratulations to Aidan Kidd (Haltwhistle) & April Charnley who graded to 2nd Kyu Brown Belt. Our next Chojinkai event is the 50th Anniversary of our Clubs Championships on 12th October @ Penrith Leisure Centre 🥋

20/07/2025

A fantastic day of camaraderie & friendship today at our Chojinkai Fun Day. Over 150 members & parents turned out & we raised £500 for the Great North Air Ambulance 👏👏 A brilliant joint effort by the organising team & a massive thank you to the club head & senior instructors who made the day possible 🥋👍