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Waltham Abbey is a growing club that welcomes children from the age of 4 years old, and their parents, to join. As well as learning a traditional martial art, there are many benefits that we strive for our students to achieve:
Karate is taught in three aspects:
Each of these aspects make up your grading syllabus, and before being ready to grade for your next belt, we will ensure that you are confident in all of these areas. It takes practice and dedication, but as you progress through the belt system, you will find your abilities and confidence increasing.
I have been training Shotokan Karate since the age of 16. I train under our association Chief Instructor, Sensei G Sahota (8th Dan).
I decided to start up karate to build my self confidence and to improve my fitness. This has helped in in all areas of my life, and has given me the opportunity to pass on what I have learned and my passion for Karate to others.
I achieved my 1st Dan in October 2015, and have had the chance to attend Master Courses abroad during this time. In April 2018, I achieved my 2nd Dan.
Gusharan Sahota
Gursharan Sahota was born in Kenya, East Africa but moved to the UK at the age of 12. He took up Karate at the age of 14 in the local Bedford club and was awarded black belt 1st dan (shodan) four years later.
Now an 8th Dan, Gursharan has competed in a multitude of kata and kumite events, many at national and international level. But the most significant event in his career was the visit he made in 1984 to Japan. There, he fulfilled a great ambition by training in a Japanese dojo under the instruction of Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa.
This experience proved to be a turning point for Gursharan. On his return to England, he realised the trip had been the inspiration he needed to dedicate his future to training and teaching karate as a way of life.
Gursharan’s first club was opened in Luton/Dunstable in 1981 and this is now the association’s hombu (HQ). Having been a teacher of the art for many years, he formed his own association in 1993 – TISKA (The Traditional International Shotokan Karate Association) which is now one of the biggest associations in the UK.
Gursharan’s love of karate has never diminished. He still teaches over 35 classes a week in the UK and regularly takes master classes internationally. All in all, he has brought hundreds of students of all ages up to black belt standard and beyond.
He is also involved in charity work, helping to subsidise trips for surgeons to third world countries to operate on underprivileged children. He has, for many years, funded many projects in India, and is at present helping to fund the building of a new school.
Gursharan lives in Buckinghamshire and is happily married with a son and daughter who already show signs of following in their daddy’s footsteps.
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