RED SUN KARATE are a traditional Shotokan Karate Club.
Spirit, Technique, Power; our aim is for perfection of character; a sound mind in a strong and healthy body
We are an independent club but are affiliated to, and are one of the founding members of United Karate of Great Britain (UKGB) which is a non-political association formed to foster the promotion of Traditional Karate.
RED SUN Karate follow the teaching of Hirokazu Kanazawa and have direct linage through our instructors. Our Chief Instructor is Sensei Colin Needham, 5th Dan who started training in 1981, see Colin's profile for more info.
If you're looking to improve your health and fitness karate training proves an excellent total body workout and provides all the necessary ingredients for a long and healthy life.
Health and fitness should be treated as long term goals and by training under an experienced instructor you have the equivalent of a personal trainer - not only monitoring your ability and setting new goals and targets, but keeping the training exciting, interesting, challenging and fun.
All work and no play is boring; RED SUN KARATE Club is a friendly club and we do lots of social activities for both young and old, ranging from training weekends such as the Summer & Winter Gasshuku's and exchange training trips to Czech Republic, plus we arrange days out at places such as Go-Ape, family camping weekends, charity fun runs - we had ten members complete the Manchester BUPA 10k run last year and they raised several thousand pounds for various charities. We have summer, winter and Bonfire night BBQ's, and of course the odd party or two in-between - check out our events diary to see what's on or have a look at our photo gallery to see what we've been up to recently, or you could join us on FACEBOOK.
You only have one life - live it now - make a start by coming along to one of our training sessions, and start enjoying the benefits of improved health, strength, stamina, flexibility, balance, co-ordination, concentration, self confidence and more...
It's great fun & you'll meet new friends, we look forward to seeing you in the dojo soon.
About Us
RED SUN KARATE
Shotokan Karate
Instructor Profiles
About Us
Keith Mayor
4th Dan, Senior Instructor
Steven Royle
3rd Dan, Senior Instructor
Gareth Powell
2nd Dan, Senior Instructor
Natalie Penny
2nd Dan, Instructor
Beverley Needham
2nd Dan, Instructor
Philip Wyche
2nd Dan, Black Belt
Thomas Lancaster
1st Dan, Black Belt
Malcolm Johnson
5th Dan, Senior Instructor
(founder of Red Sun Karate Club)
Tony Wheeler
1st Dan, Instructor
Keith McNamara
3rd Dan, Black Belt