Welcome to the Dojo

But leave your ego at the Door   Chris Fennessy is an Ishinryu 4th Dan who started training at the Woodlane Dojo back in 1988 and has been there ever since – now as a Club Instructor.  Chris first started Karate training as an adult and discovered that new...
Welcome to the Dojo – but leave your ego at the door

Welcome to the Dojo – but leave your ego at the door

  This article, by one of our senior students,  describes the experience of starting out and training at Woodlane as an adult student.  In 1988 I stepped into the Woodlane Dojo for the first time.  Then in my early thirties, I arrived at the Sports Centre with my...
Enter the Dragons

Enter the Dragons

Students of all ages can train at Woodlane, and we have always accepted students from the age of six upwards.  However, in 2009 it was decided to open club in Collier Row, dedicated to children only.  The idea came from Australian Ishinryu following a visit there by...