What We Do
The University of Bath Karate Club (UBKC) has been established at Bath for over 20 years. We are a dynamic and successful club with a great social atmosphere. We are open to everyone, regardless of fitness, experience or gender.
The club mainly teaches a style of Karate called Shotokan Karate, though we have coaches from a variety of different styles including Shotokan, Wado-Ryu, and Shito-Ryu. We are focused on building our Karate society so that all members from different styles feel that they can train under the club.
Whether you are new or returning to karate, you are welcome join in our sessions! The club offers regular training which allows you to:
- Learn techniques - effective ways to block, strike, punch kick etc.
- Improve fitness - get in shape with our fitness training.
- Build confidence - perform katas (forms) or kumite (fighting) at competitions in front of people.
- Learn self-defence - control an attacker and defend yourself in the street.
- Experienced coaches who are on hand to help guide you and teach you in learning and applying various techniques.
Not ready to join, but interested in finding out more? We can keep you up to date with training and events via Instagram or Whatsapp Community. Find us on @uobkarate on Instagram or get in touch with us to join the Whatsapp Community!
As a diverse club, we ensure that training is flexible to allow you to learn new and different things from both our coaches and other members.
Everyone is here to not only learn a martial art and keep fit, but to meet new people from a variety of different backgrounds and styles of karate. The club aspires to hold regular socials to allow members to relax and have fun outside of training. The social atmosphere at training is friendly and everyone (new and returning) is welcome - we're a friendly lot!
Reasons to Join Us
- Learn a martial art, to get fit and to become more flexible in the process.
- Release some stress after a hard day's work.
- Experienced and dedicated coaches including international level fighters and specialist fitness coaches.
- Represent Bath University in competitions across the UK, including the annual BUCS Tournament.
- Active and friendly community, with many welcoming members.
- Great social atmosphere both in and out of training.
- Cheap and time accessible opportunity to learn a practical martial art.
- Support readily available for you for whatever goals you aspire to achieve, whether the mastery of the art or competing with us at BUCS. (See: competitions)
Come & Meet Us
Be sure to get in touch to join our Whatsapp Community for reminders of training sessions, notification of any changes to training sessions, and club socials & events.
If you have any questions or concerns, have a look at some frequently asked questions or pop us an email. You can also message a committee member directly (via email or Instagram) as we'll be more than happy to help!