Newmillerdam Karate Club

Newmillerdam Karate Club was established in 1968 to teach traditional Wado Ryu Karate to the local area. Hello and welcome to the Newmillerdam Karate Club page.

Newmillerdam Karate Club was opened in 1968 by local resident Don Snaith who had been a student of Tatsuo Suzuki (one of the worlds leading Wado instructors) and was encouraged to go out and pass on what he had been taught. At the time there were very few people practicing Karate in the area as it had only recently been brought into the country. Over time the club became well established and more

and more people came to learn. In the early 1980’s Don retired and the club was left in the hands of his longest serving and most senior student Ann Walker. Over the years under Ann’s leadership the club went from strength to strength and many of the students who had been taught at Newmillerdam went on to start their own clubs and so Ann formed a local association of clubs known as WYSOK (West Yorkshire Schools of Karate & Oriental Arts). The club continued to be successful and over the years our students have won countless awards at local and national tournament. Ann went on to be very successful in the martial arts and became one of the only women ever to be awarded the rank of 7th Dan which was a truly remarkable achievement. Unfortunately following a long illness we lost our instructor Ann in April 2014 but the club continued under the leadership of her son Shane Walker who has been a member of the club since the late 1970’s. Today we teach traditional Karate (Wado Ryu), Mu-Chindo, Kobu Jutsu (Weapons), Ju Jitsu, Ground Fighting and of course Tournament Fighting as well as many more to both adults and children of all ages. We also have a separate p*e-wee club available for the younger children. We have over 45 years experience in teaching Martial Arts and have been successful in training a great number of people to Black Belt and beyond, many of whom are still training with us to this day. All of our instructors are also members of the West Yorkshire Schools of Karate & Oriental Arts (WYSOK) and of course affiliated members of NAKMAS (The Governing Body for Martial Arts in the UK). They are also CRB checked for your peace of mind as well as first aid trained which is regularly refreshed. Thank you for visiting our page. Feel free to have a look around and if you have any questions just contact us or better still come along and give it a try….

04/11/2024

Good news everyone we are back home at Newmillerdam from tomorrow night.

The training times are:
Tuesday: 6-7pm (p*e wees), 7-8.30pm (mixed class)
Thursday: 6-7pm (p*e wees), 7-8.30pm (mixed class)

I hope to see you all back.

04/07/2024

Just a reminder there is no training tonight as the centre is being used a polling station.
We will be back as normal from Tuesday.

14/03/2024

A reminder there is no training tonight due to the hall not being available.
See you all next week.

08/02/2024

Training Canceled Tonight (Thursday 8th February 2024)

Due to the weather conditions today there will be no training tonight.
We will see you all on Tuesday.

31/10/2023

Just a reminder to you all there is no training tonight or Thursday, we will be back to normal next week.

28/07/2022

Just a reminder to you all there is no training tonight due to building work being done, we will be back to normal from Tuesday.

02/06/2022

Just a reminder there is no training tonight due to the bank holiday.
See you all next week

03/01/2022

Hopefully you have all had a great Christmas and New Year, we look forward to seeing you all back for our first session of the new year tomorrow night (Tuesday 4th January).

24/06/2021

Due to the England vs Germany game on Tuesday 29th June there will be no adult class. We do not usually close for this sort of thing but I know a lot of you don't want to miss the game so on this occasion we will close.

Please note this does not affect the kids (6-7pm) class which will run as normal.

Enjoy the game and see you all on Thursday!

18/05/2021

Update on Full Reopening

Good news everyone due to the lifting of restrictions by the government we will back open on Tuesdays and Thursdays for both kids and adults, this includes adults training indoors. From Thursday 20th all classes will be up and running, although for the time being we will be training 7.00 till 8.30. If you have any questions just get in touch.

I hope to see you all there!

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Telephone

+447776344172

Website

http://www.newmillerdamkc.co.uk/

Address

The Lakeside Methodist Centre, Barnsley Road, Newmillerdam
Wakefield
WF26QQ

Opening Hours

Tuesday	6pm - 9pm
Thursday	6pm - 9pm