06/04/2025 Success at SSKA Tournament
Today Jinsei Dojo absolutely SMASHED it at the SSKA Nationals
To take a group of 10 athletes and for every single one to come away with a medal is spectacular!
They are all a credit to their coaches, parents and supporters.
Our new first time competitors truly shone, winning a host of medals in some large groups
As usual our higher grades stood out amongst the best and brought home the goods
Huge thanks to Martin who was our referee today, Thomas who did a brilliant job on his first outing as a coach, and Alison, Barry and Vanessa who as trustees and experienced competition parents were outstanding in their support on the sidelines.
Special mention to Amy, who coached throughout the day in addition to competing. Our Head Coach and Joint Chief Instructor at just 21, her excellent teaching and technical knowledge shone through in her students, both beginners and experienced competitors.
Our final results were as follows:
Ben Oliver James - Gold
Carter Alex Joe - Bronze
Reagan - Gold, Bronze, Bronze
Jack - Silver, Bronze, Bronze
Amanda - Silver, Silver, Bronze
Oliver - Bronze, Bronze
Ben - Silver, Bronze
Joe - Gold
Alex - Silver
James - Gold, Silver, Bronze
Matthew - Gold, Bronze
Carmichael - Bronze, Bronze
Amy - Gold
5 gold
5 silver
10 bronze
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03/04/2025 - Believe Awards
Another busy week in the local community for Sensei Amy and Jinsei Dojo
As the current Young Sports Achiever of the Year for the Wigan borough, Amy was invited to meet the Mayor and some of Wigan's talent fund athletes, possibly the nicest day of the year so far for some photos!
This week also saw the last of our local school visits for the Spring term, with sessions held at St Peter's Bryn and Deanery Wigan.
Amy has taught karate to over 200 local children this term as part of the free lessons and seminars we provide as a CIC organisation.
Good luck to everyone who will soon be applying for the 2025 Sports Awards, looking forward to another great event celebrating local talent
30/03/2025 - World Championships England Selections
Selection success
Today our following students were selected to represent Kanzen Karate England in the World Championships in Sweden in July
Sensei Amy Kershaw
Sensei Amanda Kershaw
Ben Pringle
Oliver Stuart
Gradings - 29/03/2025
Congratulations to our students who passed their grading exams this morning. The standard was excellent, everyone gave their all and rose to the occasion. In addition, attitude and etiquette were outstanding
9th kyu (orange belt)
Jack W
Daniel
8th kyu (red belt)
Phoebe
Ethan
Emma
Joe
Jack B
Matthew M
Mathew S
Alex
Carter
Carmichael
Sienna 3rd kyu
Thomas 1st kyu
Reagan 1st kyu
Oliver 1st dan
23/03/2025
WUKF British Championships
British Open Success our 3 competitors bring home 6 medals between them Well done to the team, some brilliant performances and results.
17/03/2o25
Karate in the Community - Oakdene Primary School
Sensei Amy spent the morning at Oakdene Primary School in Rainhill, delivering another set of sessions to the Key Stage 2 pupils as part of our CIC program. She was assisted by Jinsei student and Kanzen squad member Oliver, who was allowed to miss a few lessons to assist and display his skills
14/03/2025 - Katapillars Classes
Our Jinsei Dojo Katapillars Karate Classes take place on Monday 5:30-6:30.
This class is tailored towards ages 4-10.
Katapillars are little martial artists who are finding their footing in the sport, coming from Kata (one of the 3 main aspects of karate) and caterpillars who are working hard to turn into butterflies!
At Jinsei we believe Karate is for everyone and can offer karate classes for any age and ability.
Once Jinsei Katapillars have ‘earned their wings’ they will flourish in our intermediate and advanced classes.
Join us on Mondays at 5:30pm, St Paul’s Church Hall, Clapgate Lane.
13/03/2025
Karate in the Community - St Oswalds
Another action packed day for Sensei Ames spent at St Oswald's Primary school delivering karate lessons to 7 groups of children throughout the day.
The day was provided free of charge as part of our CIC status commitment to the community.
A quick break and then Amy delivered her first two classes at David Lloyd Leisure Club in Warrington, where she will be teaching 4 hours a week. Work's not work when you are doing what you love
09/03/2025
Dokan Northern League - Leeds
Two of our students Ben and Oliver competed in the first round of the Dokan Northern League in Leeds.
They entered 4 categories and medalled in all events, bringing home 8 medals between them
Outstanding performances and results once more. Thank you Sensei Amy who again did a first class job coaching the boys
07/03/2025
Karate in the Community - Winstanley CP School
Taking karate into the community
Sensei Amy visited Winstanley Primary School to talk to the children about the benefits of karate. She was assisted by Ben who did a few impressive demonstrations
We provide these sessions free of charge and they are unfunded, as part of our ethos as a Community Interest Company. They can be in the form of assembly talks or interactive lessons, depending on the school's preference.
We have several more free sessions booked at other local schools in the coming weeks
Thank you Winstanley for having us today.
01/03/2025
AMA International Sheffield
Congratulations to our team Jinsei Dojo who competed at the AMA international in Sheffield this morning/ afternoon.
Congratulations to:
Sensei Amanda Kershaw
Bronze Kata 46 years+
James Eden 13yrs
Gold Team Kata u15
Bronze Shotokan Kata u15
Ben Pringle 10yrs
Gold Team Kata u15
Bronze Kumite 10-12 -40kg
Oliver Stuart 10yrs
Gold Team Kata u15
Oliver tied for 3rd place Shotokan Kata u15 narrowly missing out on bronze, to tie for a medal as one of the youngest in the category by years is an incredible achievement as this was his age up.
It is a pleasure to coach such an incredible team.
26/01/2025 Sensei Amy's 3rd Dan Success!!!
Sensei Amy travelled to Cumbria to visit Kanzen Karate England for her third Dan grading. Although the grading was very tough she did amazingly well and passed.
Well done Sensei Amy!!!
20/01/2025 Kobudo (Weapons) Kata Training available for Advanced Students
Inspired by other clubs in the Kanzen Karate Family, we are proud to introduce Kobudo Kata training for our advanced students. Kobudo translates to "the old martial way" and is a traditional martial art which uses weapons for self defence.
On Monday Sensei Martin introduced our Advance students to Kobudo for the first time. The club has purchased 10 Competition Standard Bo staffs for the students to use and the students were excited to use them.
New Gallery Section added to the website.
Pictures from each training sessions will be added to the gallery section accessible from the 3 dots and select 'Gallery' or via this link internal://c9be3da2-b0e0-4229-b229-aa5f983691f4
Sensei Amy qualifies as a WUKF Referee
13th October 2024
While in Poland Sensei Amy attended the official WUKF Referee course and officiated on a number of mats during the course of the tournament while she was being assessed for her qualification.
Officiating in a major tournament takes a great deal of stamina as the days are very long and demanding with very few breaks.
On Sunday evening the news came through that Sensei Amy had passed her qualification and awarded the level of Kansa.
Jinsei and Kanzen win European Bronze Medals
12th October 2024
Sensei Amanda with Senpai Ben and Oliver travelled to Poland to compete in the European Championships a very prestigious event which included over 2000 athletes from 64 federations and 20 countries.
With our Federation friends Kanzen, Sensei Amanda, Ben and Oliver won Bronze medals against the best Karate Athletes in Europe which is a fantastic achievement.
Well done all!!!
Final England Squad Training for European Championships
6th October 2024
Sensei Amanda, Ben and Oliver have been selected to represent England in the Karate European Championships in Poland. They travelled to Carlisle this weekend and trained with other Athletes from around the country for their final session before travelling to Poland. Sensei Martin was on coaching duties to help the athletes finalise their kata training and hone their kumite skills. The European Championships run from Wednesday 9th October to Sunday 14th October we wish our athletes the best in their endeavours.
Sensei Amy wins Young Achiever of the Year
05 October 2024
Four of members of the Jinsei Tournament Squad were nominated for the Young Sports Achiever of the Year at the annual Wigan Believe Awards. 37 Athletes from multiple sports around the borough were nominated for this prestigious award which is awarded to the sports person that has shown dedication, hard work and most improvement over the past 12 months. Our very own Sensei Amy was awarded this coverted trophy and it is well deserved for all the hard work training our students, winning medals in World and European Championships while still studying at University.