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Part 5 in Wado Karate Federation’s series, Katas Around Hua Hin. This week, Sensei John visits the Hua Hin Fishing Lodge, which is slightly West of the city. Some may think a strange location, but he has spent many enjoyable hours here just sitting taking in the tranquil serenity. That is until one ...

Teaching karate to younger kids takes a completely different approach. It has to be fun, to keep the students interested. This short video shows Sensei John and some of the Younger Kids doing just that - having fun.

Part 4 in Wado Karate Federation’s series, Katas Around Hua Hin. This week, Sensei John visits one of the viewpoints on the mountain that overlooks our beautiful city, Hin Lek Fai. Hin Lek Fai offers total serenity, whilst overlooking the city below. It can be a bit rugged reaching some of the viewp...

Part 3 in Wado Karate Federation’s series, Katas Around Hua Hin. This week, Sensei John visits Wat Huey Mongkol. However, rather than showcasing the well known Luang Pu Thuat, he has chosen the lesser known Golden Buddha. This is a fairly new addition to the area, and stands serenely alone at the ba...

Part 2 in Wado Karate Federation's series Katas Around Hua Hin. This week Sensei John showcases Rajabhakti Park, which is a historically themed park honouring past Thai kings from the Sukhothai period to the current royal house of Chakri. Sensei John performs Bassai Kata in front of the 7 14 mtr hig...

Sensei John has decided to create a series of videos, showcasing various Wado katas against the backdrop of some of his favourite Hua Hin area beauty spots. This will be weekly feature, which should take us close to Christmas. In today's video, he is demonstrating Pinan Nidan at Khao Tao Lake. We ho...

The short version of our promotional video. We are still looking for more students. Your FREE lesson (with no obligation to continue) is only a phone call away.

CLUB NOTICE Sensei John is on a short break 25, 26 and 27 September. Classes scheduled for those days need to be cancelled for one week. 25 September training has been re-scheduled for Thursday 24th September. Club schedules will return to normal Monday 28th September. Apologies for any inconvenien...

We are looking for more Adult students (aged 18+). If you aren't sure karate is for you, you can try a lesson absolutely free of charge, with no obligation to continue. Just give us a call, and we can arrange a time to suit you. Do you think you might be too old to start? Our newest student started ...

Our videographer had a bit of fun with our promotional video, and came up with this. Guess what? We like it.

The kids at WKF Hua Hin being put through their paces to a heavy beat.

If interested, contact details are at the end of the video.

Starting this Saturday and Sunday we are adding 2 more regular children's classes to our schedule i.e.: Monday - Children (7+) 19:00 to 21:00 Friday - Children (7+) 19:00 to 21:00 Saturday - Children (4 to 7) 09:00 to 10:00 *New* Saturday - Children (7+) 10:30 to 12:30 *New* Sunday - Children (4 to ...

A few of the kids in action: https://youtu.be/C1sIzjTFvio Please enjoy the above video. ONLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION, please read the script below….. We have been successfully teaching traditional Japanese Karate in Hua Hin since 2012. The club is run by 3rd Dan, Sensei John Oliver, who h...

Things are changing at WKF, Hua Hin. There will be several announcements in the coming weeks. The first is a change that has been requested for quite some time. Introduction of Wado Toddlers aimed at 4 to 7 year olds, and rather than the regular syllabus based teaching, will be using a series of kar...

19 March 2020 Covid-19 Update It is with deepest regret that after much careful thought and consideration regarding Covid-19, we have decided to close the club with immediate effect until at least 1 April. We will reconsider on 31 March and advise further at that point in time. This difficult decisi...

Some exciting news for our little club. After being rejected by the Thailand Karate Federation (TKF) almost 7 years ago, Sensei John has applied for affiliation again this year. The good news is his application has been accepted, so the club is now officially recognised.