Red Rose karate club was founded in 1964 and became affiliated to the Karate Union of Great Britain in 1966. The Club was situated at the Saint Georges Work building. It was opened in 2001 by Major Sybil Rosatron and Professor William Rankin. In October 2006 the club was subjected to a compulsory purchase and has now moved to the gym at Central High School.
We are currently working towards purchasing land to build a new Sports and Community centre on.
We will be keeping this site updated with the news as we progress with this project.
Club Mission
Our goal is to promote the self defense, competitive and discipline aspects of Shotokan Karate, making this style of martial arts, it’s teaching and achievements accessible and enjoyable to all ages eight years and above in the Lancaster and Bay area through instruction and access to competition.
What is Karate?
Karate is a system of self defense and physical culture originally developed and refined in Okinawa and Japan. The word is formed from the Japanese words Kara (empty) and Te (hand), symbolising that its practitioners - Karateka - are unarmed, but use their hands and feet for blocking and striking. Training is conducted within an environment based on certain Japanese cultural practices.
Latest News 03/07/09 -
Sunday 28 June 2009 saw the Red Rose Karate Dojo hosting a training session and grading under the watchful eye of Sensei Andy Sherry 8th Dan. Sensei Sherry is the chief instructor of the Karate Union of GreatBritain, one of the largest Karate organisations in the country, with over 20,000 members.
The 2 hour training session before the grading included students from Kendal, St Annes and Preston as well as from the other local Karate Dojos. The training session was extremely fast paced with Sensei Sherry providing his usual excellent all round tuition.
Following a short break, the grading commenced around 1.00pm with around 30 students attempting their grading, the final outcome was a 100% pass rate.
Anyone wishing to commence training in Karate, please contact either Pete Sly on 01524 – 852568 or Neil Robinson on 07946 592776.
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KARATE GRADING
TRAINING COURSE
Sunday 28th June
@ Central Lancaster
High School
Instructor / Grading
Examiner:
Sensei A. Sherry 8th Dan
More info click here
To avoid the costly build
up of arrears please
ensure that training fees
are paid weekly. Should
a member not have paid
fees for a period of 3
weeks they will be
asked to refrain from
training until the fees are
up-to-date!
Please avoid potential
embarrassment.
Club Committee
