Summer Camps

Training with Philip Kear Sensei


Sensei doing Neck Twist

Friday evening the 16th of August saw Sensei Philip Kear 8th Dan at Sensei George Grimes 8 th Dan Bristol Wado Ryu Dojo. This is the third time in as many years that he has taken the class in Bristol. All who made it to the class thoroughly enjoyed themselves….except maybe Sensei Alan Smith who was partner and at the receiving end of Sensei`s techniques during the evening. Alan and Sensei Robert McGrath 6 th Dan had made the trip over from Dublin for the training.

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Wado Kokusai Karate-do Ireland — Summer Course 2014


Group photo

Sensei Philip Kear (8th Dan) visited Ireland in August 2014 after an invitation from Sensei Robert McGrath (6th Dan).

They first met in Japan in 1984 during the 50th Anniversary of Wado Ryu Karate. After training together again in recent years, Sensei Robert invited Sensei Philip to run a course in Dublin.

Kear Sensei, the eldest student of the late Tatsuo Suzuki, trained full-time in Japan in 1969 at Nichi Dai University Dojo, grading under Hironori Ohtsuka Meijin (10th Dan).

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