Kuroten Practical Karate

Kuroten Practical Karate Teaching practical karate in Wivenhoe. Infant, Junior, Cadet and Adult classes available.

29/08/2026

can't wait to welcome our younger members back to the dojo next week after their summer break. Our adults returned on Thursday and had a blast! Can't wait to see you all in class! 😀🥋

Sable the Kuroten had a lovely holiday in Wales, he visited lots of beaches in Pembrokeshire including a beach where the...
21/08/2026

Sable the Kuroten had a lovely holiday in Wales, he visited lots of beaches in Pembrokeshire including a beach where they filmed some Harry Potter scenes. He helped Tracey with her physio excercises performing slow motion kicks as she is still recovering from knee surgery and also worked with Liam and Tracey walking through some kata!

He understands that training around an injury is tricky but if you are sensible it is possible to build your karate training into your recovery which helps to keep your muscles strong even if you can't train the way you would like to.

Keep training everyone! 😀🥋

19/08/2026

🥋 Good luck to all our incredible students collecting their GCSE results tomorrow!

​Whatever envelope you open, remember this:

Your results do not define who you are.
​Grades cannot measure your kindness, your compassion, your common sense, or your perseverance—qualities we see you demonstrate in the dojo every single week.

​“Whatever your results, new doors will open for you, and we are sure they will be the right ones.”

​We believe in you completely, and we are so proud of the person—and the young adult—you have grown into. Go get 'em! 💪✨

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Giving backAt Kuroten not everyone grades at the same time, everyone progresses in their own time with no pressure at al...
08/08/2026

Giving back

At Kuroten not everyone grades at the same time, everyone progresses in their own time with no pressure at all to grade. However those who aren't ready, work really hard to support those who are, ukeing for them and understanding that the instructor and class focus will be on those who are preparing.

After a grading happens roles are reversed again and those who graded give back to the other students. This week it was lovely to see our new 5th and 4th kyus coaching individuals and small groups and helping them with their kihon.

This really helps the lower grades but also helps those who have graded up to understand the techniques in a greater depth.

Above all though the family feel of our classes with everyone supporting each other is something that we all truly value. 😀🥋🤗

A few photos of our Stars of the week! Excellent work from them all, this week it was awarded for being brave, super str...
07/08/2026

A few photos of our Stars of the week!

Excellent work from them all, this week it was awarded for being brave, super strong core work and to all of our students who trained this week and are moving up a class in September!

Well done to all of you! 😀🥋

Growing your karate When a student starts in a club their instructor effectively gives them the seeds to start growing t...
03/08/2026

Growing your karate

When a student starts in a club their instructor effectively gives them the seeds to start growing their karate. The seeds are always the same, a few basic techniques to get them started.

The student plants their seeds & their karate begins to grow,the instructor helps their karate to grow by teaching them new things as they learn. Think of it as a karate tree with lots of branches all intertwined & all grown from those initial seeds.

So why then are people's trees different sizes? Why are no two people's karate the same if they all come from the same seeds?

Well for a start no two people are the same so the trees will always need different things to grow, everyone learns differently. A good instructor will figure out how to make your tree grow.

Students soon realise that it's not just their instructor who can make their karate tree grow, if they practice they can make their own tree grow. They can also help others to grow their trees by being a good training partner or eventually passing on some of their own knowledge, in turn their own tree grows alongside those who they are helping.

Sometimes students don't understand why their tree isn't growing quickly enough, it could be because they aren't giving it enough attention & don't understand that its not just down to their Instructor to make it grow. Or it could be they just cant find enough time to give to their tree. Sometimes students pick up an injury, they have to learn to find different ways to keep their tree alive.

When growth slows for whatever reason, many students decide that it's time to leave the dojo, sometimes they feel disappointed with themselves or resent others for growing their trees quicker then they could themselves. Sometimes the instructor or club just isn't the right environment for their tree and they realise they need to take their karate elsewhere. Sometimes they keep their tree at home for too long and simply forget how much they love growing it in the dojo!

Whatever happens though they will always have those seeds and when the time is right and if they want to they can begin to grow it again. They will always remember who gave them those seeds. 🌳🥋

With so many students away on holiday its a perfect time to work on individual syllabus requirements with many of our Cu...
02/08/2026

With so many students away on holiday its a perfect time to work on individual syllabus requirements with many of our Cubs having one to ones this week. Its been wonderful to watch the progress made, well done everyone and congratulations to our Stars of the week! 😀🥋

As an instructor the best part of a grading for me is after you've seen your students work hard for a few hours and demo...
01/08/2026

As an instructor the best part of a grading for me is after you've seen your students work hard for a few hours and demostrate everything they have learnt, they haven't given up no matter what you've thrown at them and they totally smash it, then you get to present them with with their new belt and certificate and give them the biggest hug! You also get to see the rest of the class support them too and how genuinely happy everyone is for each other. 😊

Well done to everyone who graded up this week so proud of you! 🥋😀🥊

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Massive congratulations to this young Cub who also graded up this week. He is super sharp with a real drive to learn and...
31/07/2026

Massive congratulations to this young Cub who also graded up this week. He is super sharp with a real drive to learn and improve! We are all really proud of him! 😀🥋🥊

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William Loveless Hall, High Street
Wivenhoe
CO79AB

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Wednesday 10am - 11am
4:25pm - 6:30pm
Thursday 4:45pm - 6:15pm
8pm - 10pm
Friday 4:30pm - 6:30pm

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