Blairgowrie Karate

My father in law was at the building of the ski lift. He drove a digger up to Cairnwell 😄

Listening to 1950s sci-fi Dimension X, X Minus One & David Gemmell's Drenai series; watching Fringe, The Expanse & Lucifer; reading LOTR & Silmarillion; listening to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Alan Parsons and studying Karate and hitting the heavy punch/kick bag, oh and building/painting models.

The Red circle line and the solid red circles represents the Hinomaru or circle of the sun, which reflects the Okinawan and later Japanese heritage and developmental journey of Karate itself throughout the last 100 years

The blue is the Saltire Blue which represents the club's Scots' heritage, as do the diagonals of the Celtic four cornered knot.

The Celtic tribes embellished themselves with the symbol as it was deemed protection of home, family, friends and civilisation, especially used upon armour and weaponry to aid protection during battle.

The four corners represent earth, fire, wind and water, the building blocks of our land.

The four corners also represent the four branches of Celtic wisdom - hand, hearth, head and heart.

The circle represents connections and community. The importance of community and fellowship is a benefit.

At the heart Is the Celtic Four Cornered Knot on a blue background. Representing our Celtic and Scots heritage.

The threads of the knot represent a journey that has no beginning and no end. The journey is one of physical (Jutsu), character (Do) and spiritual nature (Personal).

Updated the club logo/badge to best reflect our brand of Karate.

The Kanji is "Karate Do and furthermore Karate Jutsu".

"Do" is the personal development.

"Jutsu" is the combative skill development.

Both Do and Jutsu form the nucleus of Karate.

Rebranding is a very "business" thing but we've refreshed our club logo or brand. We've produced a clean logo that is neatly transferable to an embroidered badge. Examples of the logo and what it would look like as a badge. More in comments.

Fearnan by Loch Tay

Kushanku / Kanku-Dai / Kosokun-Dai partner drills and pad drills in Blairgowrie! Great to see everyone and congratulations to Ally Whytock on being awarded his 6th dan!

These were potato storage sheds when the station was operational until 1966. The driving test centre was there in the 1980s.

Lucy Bronze
"Tis but a scratch"

Played the entire tournament with a fractured tibia.

Lucy Bronze. Warrior 😤

#WEURO2025

Karate clubs contain a syllabus against which the progress of a student is tested. Most syllabi are relatively unchanged from the mid 1920s.

A curriculum focused on embodied knowledge and tacit learning are crucial for skill development and participation in the pragmatic physical world.

#karate

Rip 0zzy

While down below the trees
Bathed in cool breeze
Silver starlight
Breaks dawn from night
And so, we pass on by
The crimson eye
Of great god Mars
As we travel the universe

#ozzy #blacksabbath

A fan from the 70s.

#lochtay #fearnan #kenmore #perthshire

We had a progression test or skill test or grading examination earlier this week. June (2nd Kyu brown) and Christoph (4th Kyu purple) progressed to learning their next group of skills. Well done. Pictured one of our instructors with Christoph.

#karate #perthshire #blairgowrie #bunkai #kihon #kumite

Seminar in Blairgowrie, Scotland - Iain Abernethy On Sunday the 21st of September 2025, I will be teaching a seminar in Blairgowrie, Scotland! The theme for the day will b...

Karate Bunkai Applications Seminar with Iain Abernethy. Blairgowrie, Scotland.
Sunday 21st September 2025.

All styles and Martial Arts Welcome.

#Karate #Seminar #Bunkai #MartialArts #SelfProtection #SelfDefence

iainabernethy.com/events/semin...

Loch Tay. The village is called Fearnan. Located near the village of Kenmore in Perthshire, Scotland.

Schiehallion silhouetted by the setting sun. Tomorrow it will have moved on a few more degrees from my position.

#Perthshire #Scotland

Sunset in Perthshire. Schiehallion to the right.

Tonight, we stand united against disability-based slurs in martial arts.
#wordsmatter #martialartswithrespect

Please note that our normal classes reflect the formal approach of the traditional dojo.

2/2 Other methods are available and know. This is a snapshot of one specific study illustrating the learning stage.

Informal clothing, garden and 1-2-1 setting parallels the 19th century Ryu Kyu practice of teacher & student working together. No dogis, no obi and no wooden floored dojo.

#Karate A 1-2-1 study of the ubiquitous straight or cross lapel grab with a swinging hook. At the learning stage with partner compliance to assist study. Not presented are the two next stages: practice and training i.e. evolving kumite with iterative and incremental robustness.
1/2

Potentially confusing

C'mon the Coupar lad!!! Go for it. Strength and spirit, Phil. Keep the photography studies coming. Love them.