Kobukan Karate, Windsor, Berkshire


New Beginners Courses! Starting soon! See New Members page for details.

Chief Instructors:
Clive Young 4th Dan Anne-Marie Box 5th Dan

Contact details:

Clive Young email
Phone: 01753 869970

Anne-Marie Box
Phone: 01344 883347

Affliated to Karate England

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Welcome to Kobukan Karate Club, Windsor. We are a friendly, well established club practicing traditional Shotokan Karate as taught by world reknowned karate master Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan. Both beginners and advanced students are most welcome to come along to one of our training sessions to watch or participate. See the Training page for more details. We have a purpose built dojo with tatami mats based at the New Windsor Community Centre in Hanover Way. Please feel free to browse our website, you can find details of our beginners' courses on the New Members page. For information on recent events and details about upcoming events check out the News page. We are a member of SKKIF and affiliated to Karate England.		Sensei Kanazawa, President of the Shotokan Karate-do International Federation, with Kobukan Chief Instructors Clive Young and Anne-Marie Box.

About the club... Kobukan Karate Club was founded in Windsor in 1973 by Sensei Roger Carpenter, 6th Dan, Chief Instructor of SKKIF. Over the past 30 years Sensei Carpenter has taught traditional Shotokan karate to many hundreds of students in the Windsor area, many of whom have progressed to 1st Dan black belt and beyond. Sensei Carpenter oversees the SKKIF organisation in the UK and visits each club twice yearly to ensure consistency of training and to maintain appropriate standards within each club.
Sensei Clive Young set up the Greenford Karate Club (Fudokai) in 1981 and instructed there until 1986. He is now joint Chief Instructor at Kobukan together with Sensei Anne-Marie Box. Kobukan welcomes all students from 7 years upwards and believes that anyone can practice karate and benefit from its unique approach to fitness, co-ordination, flexibility and self-defence. Karate is particularly beneficial to children and young people in helping to improve concentration and build confidence. Sensei Anne-Marie Box has a wealth of experience in teaching children and runs the popular children's class on Thursdays 7.00pm - 8.00pm.

Special features.... Traditional Shotokan Karate taught through a structured syllabus 12 week adult and beginners courses as an all inclusive package Twice yearly training with Master Kanazawa Regular gradings National SKKIF Championships for kata and kumite Kata application (bunkai taught by Peter Crawford) Stamina sessions including bag and pad work All instructors are fully insured and CRB checked.