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Washinkai Spain in Lockdown
How proud I am of the work that Geovanny Sanchez Salazar, 4th Dan, our Washinkai…
Washinkai Karate in Lockdown
A note from Shihan Chris Thompson: I hope everybody is keeping well during this lockdown…
43rd Washinkai National Championships 2020
Sunday 8 March 2020, Reeds School, Cobham, Surrey The coronavirus was a major factor in…
Many Congratulations – 7th Dan!
Many Congratulations to the Chief Instructor WKI, Dave Martin, on achieving 7th Dan. Dave began…
Winter Gasshuku 15-16 February 2020
Another great weekend’s training, despite Storm Dennis! It was interesting to have a lot of…
Meet the Chief Instructor
Chris Thompson
For over 40 years Shihan Chris Thompson has been at the forefront of Karate in England. Chris Thompson began studying karate in 1969 and remembers the date well as during his first class Neil Armstrong was orbiting and about to land on the moon.
During his early years he trained with many of the first Japanese Wado Ryu instructors to come to England and Europe. Instructors such as Suzuki, Fuji, Maeda and later Kiturma, Kobayashi and Shinohara all played a part in his early karate training.
