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2026 is our 60th year - the oldest karate club in the U.K.
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Leicester Martial Arts 80th Annivesary Coming Soon!
On Saturday 24th October Leicester Martial Arts will be celebrating its 80th year. The oldest established martial arts club in Great Britain. A special day of activities is planned including training, demonstrations and an open exhibit of historical images, awards and much more. If you want to know more about this prestigious dojo then please come along.
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Leicester Karate Club!
On the weekend of June 13th and 14th Leicester Karate Club held its 60th anniversary exhibition and I am pleased to say it was a great success and it was great to meet students from the dojo who trained in all the decades from the sixties, seventies right through to present day. Stories shared, contacts made and some great new information and archive photos. Thanks to Lynne Conroy for some great memories and to Tony Hodgkin for some photos from before I began my own karate journey.
I will share some photos to the website and Facebook soon.
All the club students I spoke to said they also thoroughly enjoyed the training sessions with Pasquale on the Friday and Sunday and with Lauren and myself who ran the Saturday training sessions.
Always great to have Pasquale in the dojo and for the "after" training. "Good food, good wine and good party" are Pasquale's key phrases!
Club History
In December 2022 I began a project of documenting the history of our martial arts club which, as it stands, is the oldest established martial arts club in Great Britain. Same venue since it started in October 1946.
I have found newspaper articles, and various media articles as well as old photos and write ups on our dojo, its instructors and much more. So far it is around 84 x pages deep with content being added on a regular basis.
Sometimes more questions arise than answers on the dojos history and as the sands of time move on, some information as to what happened at various times in the club are open to speculation.
It is a work in progress and covers events from 1946 right through to the present day...
Dave Wilkins
UPDATE 21st February 2026
A 2nd special anniversary edition will be available at the end of the year, much more content!
Harry Ewen founded Leicester Martial Arts dojo in October 1946 and such was its popularity that around 300 people trained in the dojo every week. Initially Jiu Jitsu but changed to Judo a year later. Aikido started in 1960 and Karate started in 1966. We train in the oldest, established club in Britain.
