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SCOTTISH SHOTOKAN CENTRES
The Scottish
Shotokan Centres are a group of clubs led and directed
by Ronnie Watt, 3rd dan, who is assisted by General
Secretary, Paul Allan 2nd Dan.
The clubs
are affiliated to the Scottish Region KUGB at Ronnies
insistance and all his members enjoy being KUGB licence
holders.
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Sensei Enoeda with some of Ronnies members
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Ronnie in action against
a bayonet attack by Paul
(Photo courtesy of Aberdeen Journals) |
SCOTTISH
SHOTOKAN CENTRES - (Whole article)
THE Scottish
Shotokan Centres are a group of clubs led and directed
by Ronnie Watt, 3rd Dan who is assisted by general secretary
Paul Allan 2nd Dan. The clubs are affiliated to the
Scottish Region JUGB at Ronnies insistence and.al11l1is
members enjoy being KUGB licence holders.
Ronnie has
been teaching Karate full7time since 1970 and is very
pleased wit!! the gt:owth of the clubs at which he instructs.
He feels that on his first visit to Japan when he trained
at the Takashuku University, he gained an invaluable
_ insight into the Japanese way of training, aFtd the
attitudes which make them masters at their discipline.
Since that time, numerous and varying styled JKA instructors
have taught at Ronnies' clubs such as; Tsuayama, Kanazawa,
Osaka, Hayakawa and Omura, in addition to the three
resident KUGB Sensesis; Enoeda, Kawasbe and Tornita.
Later this
year, Ronnie has arrangements made with Sensei Enoeda
to bring Sensei's Kase and Shirai to his clubs for a
special course and he is determined to supply the best
instruction available to his members, Many of the senior
KUGB instructors have also visited the SSC Dojos, principally
Sensei' s Sherry and Poynton who are regular visitors.
The clubs
now benefit from three visits a year by Sensei Enoeda
with intermittent visits from other KUGB instructors
for special courses. All grading examinations are done
by visiting instructors and SSC members are encouraged
to attend as many courses, outside club courses as is
possible, eg Mr Enoeda's special summer courses at the
Crystal Palace.
The SSC
Dojos cover an area from Gallashiels in the south to
Eigin in the north, a distance of 350 miles and encompassing
over a dozen main Dojos with a number of smaller but
enthusiastic clubs.
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