Samurai Central Dojo

30/09/2026

🏆🏆 WKL 4 success 🏆🏆

A little later than usual posting this but a huge congratulations to everyone who competed in the last round of the welsh league 🏆 some superb performances and excellent results from you all. Many of the competitors are in line to secure the end of the season trophies at the final showdown in November which is testament to your hard work and dedication ♥️

🥇11 Golds
🥈6 Silver
🥉12 Bronze

Well done everyone and thank you to the coaching team - Leo, Stu and Dave for all your efforts on the day 💪

29/09/2026

🥋🥋 Grading success 🥋🥋

A huge congratulations to everyone who successfully graded recently and are now one step further in their karate journey ♥️

You all deserve your recognition and have worked incredibly hard to get to this point!

Congratulations also goes to Leo who led the grading for the very first time in Sensei Gemma’s absence. He did a brilliant job and always leads by example. Huge shoutout to both Theo and Ethan S who were on hand on the day to support Leo. What a team!!

19/09/2026

Good luck to everyone grading today 🥋 next step in your karate journey 💪

19/09/2026

🥋 3 of our dedicated competitors travelled to wales last weekend to train with the amazing Steven Da Costa. All athletes had an amazing experience and took a lot away from the training session 🥋

Well done lads and great to see you all striving to be better and learn new things! A huge thank you to Ashley Watkins for putting on this session and allowing our guys to take part 💪♥️

12/09/2026

🏆🏆 Congratulations to our competitors who represented us in both Scotland and Birmingham last weekend 🏆🏆

Jake and Dan waved the Samurai flag up in Scotland along with fellow KKO GB members at the Kanzen cup and had a fantastic day on the mats.

Jake came away with -
🥇inclusive kata
🥇inclusive combat
🥉Inclusive pairs kata (with brother Dan)

A few of our other squad members attended the GB open in Birmingham and after a long challenging day came away with some great results -

Rhys:
🥈 advanced kumite (after stepping up)

Ethan A:
🥉advanced kumite

Theo:
🥉16-17yrs Ippon kumite
🥉15-15yrs Sanbon Kumite

Leo:
🥉male Kumite

Excellent results from everyone and always doing their club and team proud 🏆♥️🎉

11/09/2026

🏆🏆 Students of the week 🏆🏆

Congratulations to all our deserving winners of the student of the week trophy during July and August 🥳♥️🎉 you are all super stars and we are incredibly proud of each and every one of you. Keep up the amazing work 💪🥋

03/09/2026

I’am delighted and honoured to announce that Sensei Gemma Atkin and Samurai Central Dojo have been selected as finalists for the Hereford Times community awards 2026 👏

We were recently nominated by some of our loyal families in the category- Sports team, club or personality of the year and have just been notified that we have been selected along with 2 other deserving recipients to make it into the final.

Gemma will attend the awards ceremony on October 7th which will be held at the Hereford Cathedral.

A huge thank you to those who nominated us for the award ♥️ your continued support and trust in me and us is never taken for granted. A massive thank you to the Hereford Times for choosing us as your finalists 🙏 whatever the outcome we are delighted to be recognised 👊

The finalists for the Hereford Times Community Awards 2026 have been announced, recognising individuals, community groups, charities, businesses and…

29/08/2026

FINAL call for any remaining smarties challengers to get their tubes handed back into the dojo reception. Challenge extended to Wednesday 2nd September. After this date no more tubes will be entered into the draw. Your chance to win a months FREE training and a FREE dojo tshirt. Don’t delay, hand your tube in today 🍀🤑

🍫🍫 Samurai Smarties Challenge 🍫🍫

🚨 All members are invited to take part in our Smarites challenge to help raise money for a group of students who have been selected to go to Japan next year 🚨

Rules of the game and further information can be found on the poster below 👇

💪 See reception today to collect your first tube of Smarties for free! The more chores you do, the more money you earn and you could be in with a chance of winning a months free training and dojo tshirt 💪 Good luck 🤞

26/08/2026

Come and support competitors from our dojo as they battle it out to win £1,000 💪💵 tickets available now!

🔥🥋 THE JUNIOR 1K KARATE CONTEST 🥋🔥

Join us for an exciting evening of junior karate, featuring talented young competitors and a £1,000 prize available in each category.

📅 Saturday 27 February 2027
📍 Manor Park, Swansea – SA6 5NR

The event will showcase high level competition and some of the most promising young karate athletes.

🎟️ Ringside seating: £50 per person 🚨SOLD OUT🚨
🎟️ Standard seating: £30 per person

Standard seating remains available, but tickets are sell quickly.

To reserve your tickets, please contact Ashley on 07583927641.

Celebrating the next generation of karate talent.