Organisations - B
Important organisations within Karate.
Barking Abbey Ishinryu
Chief Instructor
Jonathan Mottram 4th Dan
Telephone: 07949 653599
Email: jonmottram1@aol.com
This club practices Ishinryu Karate. This group is affiliated to the English Karate Federation through Ishinryu Karate.
Barking and Dagenham Ishinryu
Chief Instructor
Phil Francis 6th Dan
Parkview Fitness
P.O. Box 4081
Harlow
Essex
CM20 3LF
Telephone: 0208 491 5210
Email:
parkvfit@aol.com
Website:
www.parkviewfitness.co.uk
This club practices Ishinryu Karate. This group is affiliated to the English Karate Federation through Ishinryu Karate.
BIKO - British Institute of Karate Organisations
Chief Instructor
Garth Waldropt 6th Dan
28 Reculver Road
Beltinge
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 6LD
Website: www.bik.org.uk
This group is affiliated directly to the English Karate Federation.
BKA - British Karate Association
Chairman
Brian Seabright
Clifton Chambers
2 Clifton Road
Prestwich
Manchester
M25 3HQ
Telephone: 01617 736456
Email: brian@thebka.co.uk
Website: www.britishkarateassociation.co.uk
The BKA are a multi style Association. This group is affiliated directly to the English Karate Federation.
BGA – Bushi Goya-Ra-Ru Association
Chief Instructor
Simon Wharmby
Email: info@gokarate.co.uk
Website: www.gokarate.co.uk
Martial arts group (Goya-Ra-Ru Karate) with clubs in the West Midlands area of the UK.
Located in Birmingham (UK), the Bushi Goya-Ra-Ru Association offers an excellent training location in the heart of the west midlands.
Goya-Ra-Ru aims to draw from the best that martial arts offer, incorporating an extensive range of concepts from traditional karate to modern self-defence techniques. All put together into a challenging, well-structured syllabus.
BWK - British Wadokai
Chief Instructor
Gary E Swift Kyoshi
57 South Hill
Hooe
Devon
PL9 9PT
Telephone: 01752 493210
Email: garyswift@wadokai.co.uk
Website: www.wadokai.co.uk
British Wadokai promotes traditional Wado featuring the 3 aspects of Karate, namely Kihon, Kata and Kumite. The BWK is affiliated to the Alliance of International Wado-ryu (AIWa), the JKF-Wadokai England (under the technical direction of Sakagami Kuniaki 7th Dan Honbucho), the English Karate Federation (EKF), the Federation of European Wadokai (FEW), and the Japanese Karate Federation (JKF-Wadokai).
This group is affiliated directly to the English Karate Federation.
BWKU - British Wado ryu Karate Union
Chief Instructor
Andrew Genery 7th Dan
29 Falcon Close
Adwick – Le – Street
Doncaster
Telephone: 01302 721608
Mobile: 07932 631630
Website: www.bwku.co.uk
The BWKU follow a traditional Wado-ryu syllabus featuring the 3 aspects of Karate, namely Kihon, Kata and Kumite.
This group is affiliated directly to the English Karate Federation.
Andrew is an appointed delegate on the Board of the English Karate Federation (National Governing Body of Karate) 2008/09.
