Welcome to Red Tigers Karate near Selby

Welcome to Red Tigers Karate Club, the karate club with the family at its heart. We invite you to see for yourself  just how rewarding and enjoyable karate can be.  We are a wado ryu based karate club in the village of  Bubwith. 

Wado Ryu is a style of karate originating from Okinawa in Japan,  founded by Hironori Otsuka. He developed a style of karate very much influenced by jujitsu (one of Japans oldest martial arts),  from one point of view Wado Ryu might be considered to be a style of Jujitsu rather than karate.

Unlike sports such as football, rugby and tennis where the closest you come to participating with your child is to stand in the cold or coach your childs team, karate will allow you to stand side by side with your child as you train together.

Training finishes to suit the students, either 7.00pm, 7.30pm or 8.00pm.  We understand that sometimes children need to be home early on school nights ect.,  so we provide a mechanism to assist with that.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Am I too old to begin karate?

  In 2008 a 73 year old woman called Barbara Dyson from Methley near Castleford in West Yorkshire became a 1st Dan (black belt) in the style of Go Kan Ryu Karate.

• How hard is the training?

  This is not boot camp!!! You will probably become fitter and more flexible because of karate. You put in as much effort as you can it's all down to you but  fitness and flexibility are a by-product of karate.

• Girls don't do karate

  The flexibility of female hip physiology enables girls to achieve higher and a technically better standard of kicks than boys.

• I dislike confrontation and violence

  Karate promotes a way of life in which violence is avoided unless all other outlets are exhausted. but if necessary you will be able to defend you and yours.