Sensei Craig ford 3rd Dan, who is the Chief Instructor of the Crookhorn (Waterlooville and Havant) Karate club and also an instructor at the Portchester Karate club, is currently visiting Vietnam. This is his 4th visit to the country and Sensei Craig has developed a number of good friendships there.

Craig has been a student of Sensei Merv for many years and the members of  the Crookhorn and Portchester Karate Clubs enjoy joint membership of both clubs.

Sensei Merv and Sensei Craig

Whilst Sensei Craig is away Sensei Andy Martin is looking after the day to day running of the Crookhorn club and Sensei Pat O'Sullivan (Senior Instructor) will be visiting on a regular basis to help.

Whilst Craig is in Vietnam we are planning to have news updates on his Martial Arts experiences and what real life is like in Vietnam.

Sensei Craig demonstrating defense against two opponents.

Craig is now in regular contact and with more information we are subdividing the reports up to "cut off" dates. For reports up to Sunday 5th December go to read more