CJS Karate Defence

07/09/2026

Who wants one? ALL you have to do is a kata 100 times! Event will take place mid October (date of lesson to be confirmed). Participation is FREE. Let me know in class on Wednesday if you want to participate and I will get us signed up.

06/09/2026

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HI everyone. If you are coming to Okinawa for the 100 Kata event on October 25th and wish to buy a 100 Kata t-shirt in Okinawa then please place your order using the following form:
https://forms.gle/cTFRQaykXPJfiCsq6

Please ONLY use this form if you are coming to Okinawa.

To buy online with worldwide shipping please go to https://budovibe.store/

02/09/2026

Officially confirmed that we start back on 9th September 🙂👍🥋 see you there!

01/09/2026

I am awaiting final confirmation but it looks like we'll likely be able to start back on September 9th 🙂🥋👍

29/08/2026

Hi all, I still need to wait for an opportunity to have a conversation about when we can have access to the dojo. I expect it may be the second week of September, so not long to go now :)

21/08/2026

Who is interested in participating this year? If we have majority of the class interested we'll go for it 🥋😀

This year the 100 Kata for Karate Day Challenge event in Okinawa invites you to join us, any style, all levels of ability, for our celebration of Karate Day!
This year the ONLY participatory event on Okinawa on Karate Day!
If you can't get to Okinawa fear not! Join the event from where you are, register and share your 100 Kata experience with us via videos and pics.
NEW 2026 T-shirts are available to order now! Please follow the links to the BudoVibe store :)
https://dojo-okinawa.com/the-100-kata-challenges/

19/08/2026

A lesson to always check your sources.

So we have all heard "it only takes 5 pounds of pressure to break a wrist once in a wrist lock". I have heard this from multiple instructors over the years, from various disciplines. Turns out, this is a common hyperbole used to show the weakness in joints when in a lock or hold. It wasn't until I was sat working one day recently that it came to me and I thought "that cannot be true!" and so I did some digging. Turns out, being autistic made me really take that one literally and I have passed it down to you all 😆 so my apologies everyone! As I always teach you, question me and don't assume I am correct 🥋👍

31/07/2026

A difficult month for training for reasons out of our control. Now on a break for summer.

Keep practicing if you want to maintain your progress 🥋

I will be in touch closer to September regarding start back date, I will need to confirm when we can have the building.

15/07/2026

If anybody wants to leave training at 19:30 this evening so they can watch the football match, please let me know. If it's a majority we'll close at 19:30 but we'll go through until 20:00 otherwise 😀🥋

08/07/2026

After much deliberation, with temperatures being above 30 at time of training we are going to yet again follow advice and cancel training tonight. I am sorry for any inconvenience but it's not worth the kids overheating and potentially getting unwell. Take care everyone and stay hydrated