Martin Hardy and David Frost created the club in 1982. Martin also formed the Banstead Judo Club and David the Banstead Iaido Club.

David Frost 5^th Dan Karate, runs the Karate Club assisted by Bill Wheeler 3^rd Dan, who created and is responsible for this site.

Over the years many people have trained under David's guidance and have gone on to run clubs of their own. Namely, Dorking Karate Club, Tim Wilson 3^rd Dan, Keith Allen 3^rd Dan Rye Club, Kevin Sliney 3^rd Dan Teignmouth Club, Sean McCrossen Kingswood. Surrey.

Banstead Club has trained people from many different walks of life and abilities, who have found a great spirit of friendship and a profound difference to their quality of life.

Kyushindo Karate has many sites now on the internet, which are well worth researching to realise how wide the spread of the Kyushindo style and philosophy relating to Karate and Judo. We have close affiliations with several more Clubs namely Highgate Club www.kyushindokarate.com where we grade for Black Belt and Dan grades. Oxford area clubs www.kyushindo.info and Enfield www.geocities.com/johnlaceysmith. Another site I would mention is www.kyushindo.org.uk run by Paul Chaplehow (Formerly Brown) at Romsey, who was trained by David and set up one of the first Kyushindo internet sites.

David and I would be very interested to here, via e mail, from all past and present members of the club etc, let us know how you are getting on.

BRIEF HISTORY OF KARATE AND KYUSHINDO

Karate - Chinese hand or empty hand 

Kara: Chinese     Te: Hand

The origins of Karate can be traced from about AD520 when Bodhidharma, an Indian, travelled from his country and settled at a Shoalin Monastery in China and guided students in the art of Zen Buddhism and a series of physical and mental exercises. He gained a reputation in China as a formidable exponent of what became known as Ch’uan Fa ( Fist Way ) now known as Kung Fu.

Over a period of time this style fused with other Chinese fighting techniques developed over some 1000 years. Chinese monks continued to use it to defend themselves from bandits.

Okinawa.

It is the main Island of the Ryku chain of Islands in Japan. Shaolin fighting techniques and other elements of Chinese culture filtered into Okinawa over centuries and a fusion of styles occurred.

In 1868 Gichin Funakoshi was born in Edo which became Tokyo, he is credited with having given shape and structure to relatively ill defined techniques of karate and named his style Shotokan, the name being taken from his pen name Shoto. He is recognised as the father of modern Karate-do.

News

Banstead grading results in.

2.5.07 John Mullin, Brown Belt has gone in to the Esher Hospice, still battling cancer. He is building his strength up for a wedding he is attending in a weeks time.

Grading photos on blog site

More News

On Sunday 22nd April 07 the Banstead Club played host to senior Dan grades to agree the workings of various Katas. I have recorded them and they will be distributed to the various club leaders in due course. This will allow uniformity of Kata in training and various gradings in the future.

Over the years various interpretations have been allowed to develop and 6 Kata had disappeared from some clubs. Apparently we have 7 and 8 to look forward to, the black belt gradings will be getting longer and longer!

GRADINGS

On 6th May 07 Sunday,AT Banstead Club -  gradings and on 26th May 07 at Highgate Black Belt gradings will be held. Black Belt thru to 3rd Dan.

RESULTS

Banstead Club     Hilary GOWAN. Brown Belt  Kat PAPANICALAOU. Orange Belt  Carl MARKWICK. Orange Belt

Dorking Club  Shauna TAYLOR. Brown Belt level3.  Mark McMACARTHY Brown Belt level3  Carl ROBERT Brown Belt level 3

Grading Panel: Dave Frost 5th Dan. Tim Wilson 3rd Dan  Bill Wheeler 3rd Dan

6.5.07

SEE BLOG FOR FURTHER PHOTOS OF GRADING AT BANSTEAD

DEATH OF JOHN MULLEN

It is with very great sadness I have to announce the death of John, he died the morning of 12th May, he fought very hard against cancer. His wife Sheila was an inspiration and did all she could in a very difficult situation.

John, was a truly nice man, very easy to get on with and Kipling's poem IF, applied to John, which I think is about the highest compliment a person can get. Never forgotten by his friends.

Bill Wheeler.

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Just prior to the summer we had a meeting at Banstead of many high Dan grades to agree and alter some of the Kyushindo Katas and also to learn Kata 6, which some of the clubs have little or no knowledge, which included us at Banstead.

On Saturday 1.9.07 at Dorking Kyushindo Club, Sensei Tim Parker organised a seminar for high grades. Sensei Iain Abernethy 6th Dan, one of the UK's most respected Combat and Kata exponents gave us a very good days instruction. His site has got to be one of the best martial art sites. www.iainabernethey.com , very informative.

See photos on blog site

Bill Wheeler