Universal Shotokan Karate Union - Palmerston North Karate Club

Universal Shotokan Karate

Kenichi Fukamizu Shihan (8th Dan) established USKU in 1999 in Miyazaki, Japan and now has dojo`s in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Philippines, India, South Africa and Singapore. More »

Weekly Training for PeeWees, Kids and Adults

Training weekly on Monday and Thursdays, PeeWees 5.30 – 6pm, Children 6 – 7pm, Adults 7 – 8pm. Intermediate Normal School Gym, South Street, Palmerston North. Additional trainings by invitation. More »

Traditional Shotokan Karate

We offer training in traditional Shotokan karate focusing on three core elements of training; Kihon (blocks, punches and kicks), Kata (set patterns) and Kumite (sparring). More »

Andre Bertel Shotokan Seminar Christchurch, December 2011

December 23, 2011

Last weekend I was fortunate to attend a weekend of Shotokan karate hosted by Andre Bertel sensei.

Manawatu Karate Champs 2011

November 14, 2011

The Palmerston North School of Karate Do hosted a successful tournament on Sunday November 13th, with 118 competitors over 30 events. Several USK members competed with some good results.

Successful Black Belt Gradings in Japan

October 30, 2011

After over a year of focused training for black belt, and many more years of hard training four USKU New Zealand students have successfully returned from Japan with shodan (first degree black belt) black belts, and one with nidan (second degree black belt).