The WKU’s main dojo is in Chiswick, West London . Featuring training with.

- Sensei Tony Heap 7th Dan
- Sensei Gwyn Evans 6th Dan
- Sensei Steve West 5th Dan
- Sensei Kate Williams 4th Dan
- Sensei Dave Betts 4th Dan
- Sensei Jerry Lynch 4th Dan
- Sensei Tom Nichols 4th Dan
- Sensei Paul Clampin 4th Dan
- Sensei Fred Lucas 4th Dan
- Sensei Kevin Butler 3rd Dan
- Sensei Jakub Romanowski

Wado Ryu Karate

Translated to mean “Way of Peace School”, Wado Ryu was founded by Hironori Ohtsuka. The origins of karate date back centuries, and today karate has evolved to be more than simply a form of martial combat. Wado Ryu is a fusion of logical and natural techniques, which if effectively applied, will enable the weaker person to defeat the stronger. The karateka must in his training strive to achieve a Zen state of mind - empty and devoid of conscious thought. To react instinctively and spontaneously. We use body movement and evasion, bodyweight and speed, correct posture and form to produce an effective technique.

Hironori Ohtsuka

Founder of the Wado style of karate. He was born in 1982 in Shimodate, IbaragI Prefecture. From the age of five years old he studied jujitsu. Hi studies continued till at the age of 29 years become the highest degree in Shinto Yoshin Ryu and became the 4th Grandmaster of the art and awarded Menkyu Kaiden. Sensei’s thirst for knowledge in the arts took him to the dojo’s of Choki Motobu (Motobo Ryu), Kenei Mabuni (Shito Ryu) and Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan).

At the age of 37 in the year 1929 he merged the arts of Shinto Yoshin Ryu Jujitsu and Okinawa te karate and formulated the Wado Karate Jutsu School. He continued to study Kenjutsu with the Grandmaster Gihachiro Kubo. In 1940 Sensei Ohtsuka registered the name of Wado Ryu Karate. Ohtsuka Sensei became a true giant in Japanese martial arts passing away on the 29th January 1982 just 4 months short of his 90th birthday.

Wado Karate Union is now represented in England, Wales, Poland, The Czeck Republic and Holland.