A New Year. A New Start!

2009 brought a number of changes to the club, including a new logo. The symbol shows three 'tadpoles' moving in harmony around one another creating a complete circular unit. The three separate parts of the whole represent the three parts of the complete person; mind, body and spirit. When we train in Karate we try to develop all three aspects equally and together in unison, bringing them all into play with every movement.

The objective of Bu-Jutsu Ryu Karate-Do practice is to transform the body, the mind, and the spirit through prolonged, intensive training. It is designed to develop and improved state of physical, mental, and spiritual unity and harmony and in turn will lead to the attainment of superior ability, awareness and understanding.

True Karate-Do is not simply a physical art or sport concerned with fighting. At its highest level, the purpose of authentic, traditional Okinawan Karate-Do practice is the full development and unification of the body, mind, and spirit. This is not a goal that can be lightly pursued or easily achieved. It requires a commitment to excellence, the highest standards of ethical and moral behavior, and a lifetime of humility, self-discipline, and hard work.

Authentic, traditional martial arts training is different than any other activity a person can engage in. Many people today are interested in studying a martial art like karate for a variety of reasons; fitness, health, sport, self-development and self-defence. Not many people realize that there is a significant difference between "karate as sport" and "karate as Karate-Do."

About Sensei Alan

Chief Instructor is Sensei Alan Sadler (4th Dan), who has been training in Karate since 1984. He has won various medals in both Kumite and Kata in regional and national competitions. In 1995 he represented England in an international team Kumite competition in Manchester and won a bronze medal.

Contact

Training

Full details of out training session are available on our training page

Notices

Training - Wednesday 17th June 2009

Many thanks to Tokon Do Karate Union Chairman Sensei Len Norman and two of his students for visiting Bu Jutsu Ryu Karate Do (Croydon) for a training session. All the students at Bu Jutsu Ryu enjoyed training alongside some of sensei Len Norman's students.

We will be attending one of Sensei Len Normans evening training sessions at the TDKU Head Office in the near future. (date will be posted soon)

Okinawa Karate Documentary

Here is a link to Part 1 of a karate Documentary you may find of interest showing some of the sites we saw in Okinawa.
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Master Yagi Video

Please click on the link below to see a video of Master Yagi who we trained under in Okinawa.
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