Our Mission:
Putting the soul back into Karate
Zen Bujutsu Kai Karate is dedicated to returning karate to it’s original purpose as a means for self defence and self improvement.
Our Classes
Karate Classes Edinburgh
Join others in a small group setting learning the key principles of Shorin-Ryu Karate, the traditional empty hand martial art from Okinawa including strikes, kicks, body shifting, throws, & joint locks.
Kobudo classes edinburgh
For those with Karate experience: Learn Ryukyu Kobudo, the traditional weapons martial art of Okinawa. Featuring Bo, Sai, Nunchaku & Tonfa.
Private Lessons
1 on 1 training with lead instructor Ben who offers block bookings for Karate, Kobudo & supllementary training
Main Focus:
Strength & Conditioning
Self Defence
Form & Technique
Kata
Availability
Monday – Saturday
Early Morning, Afternoon or Evening
Zen Bujutsu Kai Karate is one of Edinburgh’s leading Karate schools for learning Traditional Okinawan martial arts.
It aims to promote mental and physical wellbeing by forming healthy habits.
In cultivating inner wellbeing, and learning vital self defence applications, Edinburgh Karate seeks to empower it’s students to face the challenges and threats of the world.
The students of Edinburgh Karate should, with sufficient training, feel confident and self disciplined enough to achieve lifetime goals by persevering and reducing the intrinsic fear of others.
"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy with out fighting is the highest skill. The ultimate aim of the art of karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the characters of its participants.”
— Funakoshi Gichin, Founder of Shotokan-Ryu Karate
“I think we must avoid treating Karate as a sport – it must be a martial art at all times! Your fingers and the tips of your toes must be like arrows, your arms must be like iron. You have to think that if you kick, you try to kick the enemy dead. If you punch, you must thrust to kill.”
— Chibana Choshin, Founder of Shorin-Ryu Karate
Edinburgh Karate
Ben teaches his students from over 20 years of experience in Karate, the latest in supplementary training, advice on lifestyle health, diet and nutrition, and a personal creativity towards applied Karate practice.
Offering Traditional Okinawan Karate, Shorin-Ryu, taught in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the first time.
Learn the methods and principles of self defence, character development and physical fitness as practiced in the island of Okinawa, Japan.
Brought to Edinburgh by Ben, who lives and works in in the city, he injects his passion and expertise for Karate into his lesson - for people of all ages and experience.
Edinburgh Karate & Kobudo Classes
Weekly class in Edinburgh focusing on Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate & Ryukyu Kobudo
Every Wednesday & Thursday (Kobudo)
18:30-20:00 @ St. Brides Centre, Dalry
No priorexperience necessary. For Ages 16+)
Prices:
£14 per class (£8 National Entitlement Card Holders)
1 class per week: £50/ Month
2 Classes per week: £65 / Month
1-on-1 Training
Going beyond the regular achievements gained through class practice, bespoke personal training will accelerate your skills, knowledge and expertise. Karate was traditionally taught this way for a good reason.
Combining knowledge of Karate, complementary martial arts, modern and traditional conditioning techniques and personalised nutrition program I will ensure you get the most from your training.
Book Me For A Seminar
Offering Kata masterclasses, Bunkai and Application sessions, fundamental and advanced Karate methods, Okinawan training and Ryukyu Kobudo classes.
Get in Contact to find out what I can do for you.