"Shinboku" is short for Karate Shinboku Kai and stands for Karate Friendship Organisation. For us, this means:

• we are a group of friends,

• we practice karate,

• we run a successful karate club by being organised.

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We believe Karate is an exceptional martial art, valued for both its historical significance and its relevance to contemporary life.

As a predominantly a striking art, Karate's foundations are techniques such as punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques (knife-hands, spear-hands, and palm-heel strikes).

Historically, and in our modern interpretation of this martial art, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints, and vital-point strikes are also also a part of Karate.

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Although founded in tradition, we believe Karate should retain the essence of what has made it so great and loved, while adapting for the future. It is no surprise that we put a strong emphasis on self-defence and in building strong minded and resilient individuals. 

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Shinboku was founded in 1986 and has its main dojo in Elephant & Castle.
 

We offer training sessions twice per week at our home dojo, plus a few specialised classes for advanced Karate-ka (by invitation).
Additionally, we host seminars with esteemed sensei, organise trips to other nearby dojos for Open Mat sessions with like-minded clubs, and for seminars with experts in the field of Applied Karate.

The highlight of our training year is Gashuku, our annual week-long retreat where we train twice daily on a grassy, scenic hill or a lovely beach, achieving two months' worth of training in just six days!

Are activities continue year-round, with short breaks around the festive holidays.

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