Washinkai Karate Espana

Washinkai Karate provides the Muncipal Karate School of both Javea (Xabia) and Benitachell, situated on the Costa Blanca. A further dojo is operated in the Jalon Valley at Lady Elizabeth School in Lliber.

The Club is legally registered in Javea (No 37) and Valencia (No 6398) and is organised by an Executive committee which meet on a regular basis.

Derived from Wado-Ryu, the Washinkai style of Karate was created by its Chief Instructor Sensei Chris Thompson.

Proud of the strong social and business community that exists within our group, an active role is played by the Association in supporting and nurturing these important areas.

 Washinkai Karate Principal Instructor Ray Sweeney 4th Dan was last week invited to Valencia to meet Roland Hernaez 10th Dan, Chief Instructor of Nihon Tai Jitsu and take part in a two day course.

The course consisted of vast amounts of pair work and multiple rounds of randori or free fighting.  Interestingly the pair work was very similar to our pairs and one of the most commonly used techniques in randori was our Mawashigeri No. 4.

Ray Sweeney said, “The roots of our karate could clearly be seen in the jujitsu techniques.  In fact Tai Jitsu even has many kicking and striking techniques, but the emphasis is more on locks, chokes, strangles and restraint techniques”.  Ray commented, “It’s like looking in a mirror”.

“ It’s good to forge strong ties with other martial arts groups, especially when our interests coincide to make a near perfect match”.

After the successful course, Washinkai Javea were invited by Spanish Tai Jitsu President Jose Giner Cremades, to attend further courses with a view to entering Tai Jitsu competition.

Ray Sweeney 4th Dan and Geovanny Sanchez 1st Dan  were invited to the Gala dinner for the top karate clubs in the Valencian Community last weekend.  Several meetings were held afterwards, including with Chief Referee Rafael Hernández who invited Ray and Geovanny to form a children’s karate team to represent Valencia in the forthcoming Spanish National Championships.

Washinkai has many elements of the joint manipulations, throws, locks, chokes and strangles from jujitsu and the President of Tai-Jitsu, Jose Giner Cremades, invited Ray to Valencia next weekend to take part in a course and meet 10th Dan Chief Instructor Roland Hernaez to arrange Washinkai Karate’s entry into their Jujitsu competitions.

Ray and Geovanny once again met Marceliano Gomez, President of the Valencian Karate Federation who introduced them to Faustino Soria Morales, President of the Royal Spanish Karate Federation.  Sr. Morales expressed his interest in arranging a meeting with Washinkai Chief Instructor Chris Thompson 8th Dan, who is Director of the English Karate Federation.

The Valencian Regional Karate Championships will now be held at Javea Sports Centre on 29th November and Elizabeth Sellitti Rangel and Ben Silberberg will represent Washinkai Karate and Javea at Cadet level (16 to 17 years old).

Club Deportivo Washinkai Karate is now one of the top seven largest clubs in the Valencian Community with dojos in Laude Lady Elizabeth School, XIC, Colegio l’Arenal and Javea Sports Centre.  CD Washinkai and is also the Municipal School of Karate for both Javea and Benitachell.

The 2008/2009 Washinkai Karate season starts on 2nd September at 1830 in Javea Municipal Sports Centre.    This year, in addition to the usual classes, we will be offering a special "Fight Night" concentrating on fitness, strength, competetion and self-defence techniques.  This will be strictly limited to age 12 to adult.