Sensei Kurt Buxey
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I started my karate career in the early 70's, under three instructors Shihan Mike Lambert, Shihan Kim Roberts & Shihan Dave Arnold. Shihan Mike Lambert & Shihan Dave Arnold trained on the Isle of Wight & Shihan Kim Roberts in Southampton. We would train 5 nights a week in Southampton & all day Sunday on the Isle of Wight.
In the early 80's, martial arts was made very popular by film & Television, so the club changed its name to Goju-Ryu Karate Remnei before changing again in 1982 to St Mary's Karate club where Sensei Gavin Mulholland & myself graded for 1st Dan ( we passed ). Then in 1983-early 84 we moved the club to the west of Southampton to a place called Thornhill & yet another name change this time, to Eastpoint Karate Club (which is still going strong to this day & run by my brother Sensei Kevin Buxey ). In that same year Gavin & myself took our 2nd Dan Student Pages & passed.
Then in 1985-86 I broke away from Eastpoint Karate Club & started out on my own & named the club Solent Goju-Ryu Karate, I still trained with Shihan Kim Roberts at his house on weekends. The club started to grow so fast that I had to open more clubs so it became 6 days a week again. Then came my 3rd Dan grade in Birkenhead, near Liverpool on a course with Shihan Kim & sensei Stevie Goldstone (I did not know I was going to grade until the line up was called). I was only there to give a hand with teaching those that had done their grade, but I did pass the grade. In 1987 the club joined Bukonkai International. In 1992, I got my 4th Dan grade during a specialist Kata course in Reading in front of a panel of instructors & had to wait 2 weeks for the results.
The club grew stronger & stronger we then joined the A.M.A in 1995 before leaving in1996 because it had become too political. In 1997 we joined the E.K.O where I got my 5th Dan in Birmingham. In 1999 the club formed its own association called Solent Martial Arts Association with Sensei Dave Andrews & secretary Sue Snow. I was awarded 6th Dan in 2006.
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Learn traditional Martial Arts in Romsey, Hampshire (near Southampton).
A friendly club teaching traditional Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate for exercise and self defence.
Goju Ryu is one of the most effective self defence styles of the traditional Japanese martial arts, and offers real self defence capability, as well as providing very good exercise and improving stamina and self confidence.
Students notice improvements in general fitness and balance after only a handful of sessions.