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Latest updates from across the academy

All dojos  |  23 March 2026 6:39 pm
Two European Champions, two British Champions, a Welsh Champion, a JKS England Champion and an English International silver medallist. Our Spring Seminar gave saw seven of the Academy’s many champions taking centre stage to [...]

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All dojos  |  15 March 2026 8:10 pm
Congratulations to our latest group of Warriors for passing their gradings on Friday! We're so proud to see how far you've come!

The Warriors are our youngest karate kids - aged 5-7 - who train each Friday evening at [...] READ MORE
All dojos  |  15 March 2026 8:13 am
Academy members and visitors alike were treated to an exceptional evening with 4-time WKF World Champion, Koji Arimoto Sensei on Friday 6th March. 

The event was a sell-out, with one hundred karate-ka booked in to train with [...]

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All dojos  |  02 February 2026 9:19 pm
We're delighted to invite you to a special seminar and kyu grading with our JKS England squad members who are heading to Brazil this summer for the JKS World Shoto Cup!

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All dojos  |  19 January 2026 1:55 am
We're delighted to invite you to a special seminar with Koji Arimoto Sensei! With the support of JKS England, we're incredibly proud to be hosting a 4-time WKF World Champion in the South West of England. 
 
Booking is now open for the event on Friday 6th March.

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All dojos  |  18 January 2026 8:21 pm
Congratulations to the 14 Academy members who were selected to be part of the JKS England squads this weekend! 

The selections took place on Saturday in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, where [...]

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All dojos  |  31 December 2025 10:15 am
Even the most optimistic person could barely have imagined what you could have all achieved in 2025. Let’s look back at what has been another landmark year for Bristol Karate Academy.

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All dojos  |  15 December 2025 1:11 pm
It's almost Christmas! But we still have a handful of karate sessions left this year so come and join us for some hard training and good fun in the run up to the big day. Our last session of the year will take place in [...]

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All dojos  |  14 December 2025 5:22 pm
For three years running now, we've talked about how we've needed to embrace the successes of the year - because they've been so astonishing that we can't imagine we'd exceed them. Yet here we are again.

Even the most optimistic of person could barely [...]

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All dojos  |  14 December 2025 5:21 pm
We were delighted that so many of you were able to make our last major event of 2025 – the Bristol Karate Academy Christmas Party & Awards!

A maximum capacity 120 people filled [...]

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