On Saturday 7th November some of the members of Kerry Shotokan Karate School attended a workshop in Kenmare FSKD Dojo. Sensei Niall Wright did a workshop on Katas focusing on what to do and not do in a competition to improve the level of our Katas. Through a number of exercises based on Heian Nidan, we learned to improve our posture, Kime and stance.
After a short break, Sensei Charles Neri conducted a short session on basics (Kihon) followed by further exercises based on the Kata Bassai Dai.
We completed the workshop by some advice on refereeing and each of the participant had a chance to either referee a match either as a corner judge or as main referee.
We would like to thank Sensei Niall for his hospitality and a very enjoyable day and hope to renew the experience, probably on the third weekend in January, in Killorglin.
Here are a few photographs (thanks Tony) of the day.
