BOOK A CLASS

Book your regular class a maximum of 6 days in advance and up to 5.00pm on the same day Monday - Friday

or until 8.00am on the day with regard to weekend classes.

Book your monthly class or course from when they are announced and shown on this web site or our Facebook page.

You should have read and understood the terms and conditions in the "Book a Class" document revised as of 25/3/2024

With regard to Private Tuition, please contact our group's senior instructor direct either by e-mail or messenger.

Both regular and monthly Dan Grade classes, numbers are strictly limited with bookings being on a first booked, first secured basis.

If you are a family attending the same class on the same day, you may if possible put two family members

or more at the same time on the same form.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE PLEASE NOTE!

During the month of May H.Otsuka III San-Di Soke will be conducting courses throughout Europe. Our group's Senior Instructor will be attending all of three of these courses and a number of our group's senior grades will also be attending either in Rome, Paris or Oslo.

Because of this there will be NO TRAINING at our TORRINGTON dojo on SATURDAY 11th MAY and SATURDAY 18th MAY 2024.

Also, because of the above there will be no Monthly Dan Grade Classes for the month of May.

BOOK A CLASS

*For security reasons you MUST fill in both your first name and surname, together with your *Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy membership number in addition to the rest of the booking form for your request to be accepted.

After submitting your request you will receive e-mail confirmation. If you are a member NOT paying monthly by standing order and your booking is confirmed you will receive an e-mail confirming both your booking and how to pay for it. Only names known to us personally and that are on our membership list will receive this information, with this being thoroughly checked. Payment MUST be made before you attend the booked class/course. NO payment on the day of the class/course can be taken and NO payment can be made in cash.

* Your membership number can be found on the "PERSONAL DETAILS" page of your Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy passport.

If you are a new member, but yet to receive your membership number put "Applied For" where it asks above for Membership No.

The founder of Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Hironori Otsuka was born in June 1892 and started to practice Ju-Jitsu from the age of five to overcome infirmity and illness. Otsuka studied under T.Nakayama and at the age of twenty nine Otsuka succeeded his teacher and became the fourth Grandmaster of Shinto Yoshin Ryu. In 1921 Otsuka began to study Karate, first with Funakoshi Sensei and then with Sensei’s Mabuni and Motobu. Otsuka still not satisfied with his study, then studied Yagyu Shiage Ryu Kenjitsu. Finally in putting together all of these vast experiences Otsuka created the basis of his martial art “Wado-Ryu”. Otsuka Sensei sadly passed away in 1982, but his wishes and spirit were firmly carried on by his son Jiro who had over forty years of direct daily training from his father. On the death of his father he was re-named H.Otsuka II. Sadly he passed away in 2015, but has been succeeded by his son Kazutaka who through tradition has now taken the name H.Otsuka III. The Otsuka Soke (founding family) is represented in Europe by the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy which is headed by a direct student of the original Grandmaster, the legendary and world renowned M.Shiomitsu 9th Dan Hanshi. The Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy is the only organisation in Europe teaching and practicing the correct authentic techniques, theories, movements, spirit and standards of Wado-Ryu Karate-Do and Wado-Ryu Ju-Jitsu Kempo according to the wishes of the founder and his family.