Gosforth Karate Club

My daughter has been attending for three years now and I must say, it is by far the best karate club we’ve come across (having previously attended another karate club as well as looking into other clubs in the local area). Teaching is delivered at a highly skilled level with discipline being embedded throughout. Gosforth Karate Club is in a great location with easy access to parking - always a plus. We would definitely recommend it to everyone. It’s professional and friendly with brilliantly...

If you have set some limits for yourself - expect them to be pushed further back with every session! Gosforth Karate Club has an exceptional teaching and discipline which enables you to strive for perfection in every detail, every lesson. No matter what age you are, you would always want to come back to learn more.

At Gosforth Karate Club you learn much more than simply the moves of karate. Bonsu Sensei has created an extraordinary club based on the ethos of Shotokan Karate. Here you will learn to perfect your character, to respect others and to endeavour to excel. It is rare to find such a disciplined and dedicated club which also has such a strong sense of community and care. I have grown so much as a person here and continue to meet my edge in class. I highly recommend karate to anyone wishing to fin...

This a great club and i respect the teachers and students. Great lessons where you can learn, adapt, improve on your skills, get more fitness done and achieve a good mindset. However there are things which i'm not a fan of. Now this is not me disowning the club, rather my own experience and how i felt through the years of training over here (3 years or something). They teach you things on how to defend your self so you would practice punching ouzuki (jab) continuously so you would perfect the...

Bonsu Sensei knows his stuff (and I have some perspective here because my first Sensei was 8 Dan American master Ray Dalke, whose Karate was learnt directly from the legendary Hidetaka Nishiyama). Bonsu Sensei has extraordinary capacity as a martial artist, and teaches authentic, world class Karate, which ultimately is not only about the physical mechanics that form the foundation of the art, like the stances, blocks, strikes, and kicks that will give you mastery of Karate and get you into th...