Hua Hin Forum

Achievement levels in respect of this tournament can be taken in 2 ways i.e.: The syllabus grading system which with regular training can see a student knocking on the door of Black Belt within 6 years is very rigid. Every grade has to be earned, and there are no short-cuts/fast streams as you find ...

Photo taken after the prize giving at this year's annual Kata Competition, which took place Wednesday evening:

Wado Karate Federation, Hua Hin is open again to teach Traditional Japanese Karate. Our friends at Pablo Productions contacted us a few weeks ago. Pablo enjoyed putting together the Katas Around Hua Hin video so much, they wanted to make a sequel, Karate Around Hua Hin. We need to thank the guys at ...

CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT – 10 April 2021 It is with deepest regret, but Sensei John has decided in light of the current Covid situation, he will close the dojo from 10am today. He will complete today's training because people will already be travelling from as far away as Prachuap. This decision has not b...

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Whatever the official figure for Farangs in Hua Hin. my guess is that 70% are out of the country at the moment. Most of my adult students have returned to their own country during Covid, and don't intend returning until restrictions are eased.

Yes, drive past the entrance of True Arena as if approaching the U of the U-turn. Just before the U there is a turning on the left. Go along that road, and turn left just before the small market. It is along that road on the right.

No, they used to be in Soi 51, hence the name. However, they have moved to a shophouse at the back of True Arena.

I have used 51 Design to have my club's karate and aikido licences made. I supplied an A4 version of what I needed, told them how it should look and they did the rest very quickly. I opted for soft covers, but I'm sure the would do hard covers. They did a very professional job. I have looked on Goog...

It is time to introduce the culmination of our Kata Around Hua Hin series, which mixes a variety of locations and katas with a strong helping of Pablo Productions expertise/magic to produce an excellent representation of Hua Hin and Wado Kata. You will all have seen the 16 part series, Kata Around H...

I have just had a brilliant job done for me by Pablo Productions. I will be publishing it next Monday, so if you look in on the Wado Karate thread on Monday, you will see what a brilliant job they have done. If that is a bit too clever for what you need (not meant in a disrespectful way), I had some...

Part 16 in Wado Karate Federation’s series, Katas Around Hua Hin. So we’ve reached the end of this short journey of performing katas around Hua Hin. It has been an interesting journey with some very mixed reactions from the public. Some were very abusive, whilst other were on their own journey, desp...

Part 15 in Wado Karate Federation’s series, Katas Around Hua Hin. So here we are at the penultimate video. There is just one more after this one, and we believe we’ve kept the best until last. However, we have an exciting announcement – Sensei John’s friends at local film company, Pablo Productions ...

Part 14 in Wado Karate Federation’s series, Katas Around Hua Hin. This week’s video was shot at the North Khao Takiab Beach. The intention was to film it under the 19 Metre high Standing Buddha, which is quite iconic at this end of the beach, but very high low tides at this time of year combined wit...

Part 13 in Wado Karate Federation’s series, Katas Around Hua Hin. This week’s video was shot at a place often referred to as one of Hua Hin’s best kept secrets (not any more). Just South of Khao Tao, it is a small stretch of sheltered beach, situated between 2 mountainous rocks. The beach is very st...