About Red Rose Karate Club

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.