Darlington Junsui Shotokan Karate Do

Darlington Junsui Shotokan Karate Do Junsui Shotokan Karate Do offers Shotokan Karate classes in Darlington from the age of 4+

10/09/2026

The Tigers and seniors sessions were surprisingly quiet evening, but that gave me a chance to look to see where we are with kata and kihon. Very impressed with the effort the Tigers were putting in and also that they taking on board the feedback provided.
Little Tigers split into two groups with me teaching the red belts, cadet Leader Penny taking the white belts through 5-step and Jayden helping with a new starter.
Quiet evening, but we got through a lot :-)

03/09/2026

Well that was busier than I anticipated!
First two classes focussed mainly on see what we need to focus on ahead of the grading. Some good effort from everyone and some excellent etiquette from out Little Tigers!
Once we got past the kihon, the juniors spent some time on mawashi geris: improvements made throughout - and one or two outstanding kickers :-)
Seniors started with a review of the basics of single techniques and then moved onto kata. Again, goods work from all.
Looking forward to next week!

02/09/2026

A quick reminder that we are back to our normal schedule starting tomorrow:
5:30 - 6:15 Little Tigers
6:15 - 7:15 Tigers
7:15 - 8:30 Seniors
See you then 😊

27/08/2026

All classed focussed on kihon (basics) and kata (with a little gohan kumite for the white belts). There have been some clear improvements in techniques and form in the past few weeks - keep it up!

Next week we are back to our normal class times:
Little Tigers: 5:30 - 6:15 pm
Tigers: 6:15 - 7:15
Seniors: 7:15 - 8:30

20/08/2026

Some really good work from both our students and our cadet leaders tonight. Little Tigers worked on yoko geris and kihon kata while the Tigers worked on back stances and their grading katas. We had a short session of yoko geri kikomis against a strike shield - some strong kicks!
Seniors session was kihon, kata, more kihon and more kata :-)

13/08/2026

Very warm evening - actually hotter outside than in, so we stayed in... Kept kihon to less demanding combinations with a focus on technique rather than strength and speed. After a break we went through the Japanese words for various techniques and then progressed onto gohan and sanbon kumite. More of the same with the adults but finished up with going through Heian Yondan.

06/08/2026

Our first session of combined Little Tigers and Tigers and we had pretty much full attendance. Despite being a little cramped we managed to break up into groups to go through some (grade appropriate) kata. My hope is that the Little Tigers teach the Tigers how to kiai loudly.....
We had a new starter in the seniors tonight (new to us, not to karate though) who jumped straight in and put in a load of effort. Again split into groups to work on different katas.
Good evening all around 😊

30/07/2026

A quieter Little Tigers class, but some great effort for those that made it along and they are already looking ready for their next belts! Ended the session with some ushiro geris and mawashi geris... and why not.
Tigers class spent a little bit of time on kihon and kata and then worked on mawashi geris. Ended the session with instruction on gedan juji-uke.
Seniors session broke into two groups with Ben taking the 5th kyus (and below) while I took thee rest through some 1st kyu - 2nd dan combos..... and then kata. Work to do, but a good session and hard work from all.

Next week our sessions are 6-7 pm (Little Tigers/Tigers) and 7 - 8 pm (Seniors).

23/07/2026

Smaller than normal Little Tigers class but that allowed Sensei Ben and myself to help the students improve their stances and gohan kumite (5 step) - and improve they did :-)
The Tigers class was the usual mixture of kihon, kata and kumite but with emphasis on stepping away from an attack and completing a block - great work from all of the Tigers tonight!
Seniors session focussed mainly on kata - again, great work from all.

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St Thomas Aquinas Church Hall
Darlington
DL12PU

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6pm - 8:30pm

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