An Aerial View of 2021’s Summer Gasshuku at Milton Abbey
A view of the superb setting of Milton Abbey where Washinkai has held its summer…
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Summer Gasshuku 2021 Review
After the Covid-19 Pandemic prevented us from having our annual summer course at Milton Abbey…
Instructors Meeting 23 May 2021
After 16 months or so, it was great to get back to business, with all…
Life advice given by Ieyasu Tokugawa – First Shogun of Japan 1543-1616
“Life is like a long journey with a heavy load. Let thy steps be slow and…
Sad news
It is with great sadness that we report the death after a long term illness…
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.
