Swindon Oasis Higashi Karate

HKK has been in operation for more than 35 years and has over 1,700 students in more than 30 clubs. We are a founder member of the English Karate Governing Body and recognised by the European Karate Federation and the World Karate Federation, and are members of the World Karate Confederation. We have clubs in an area stretching North from London to Middlesborough, West to Somerset and South to Surrey, as well as affiliated clubs in Northern Ireland, Eire, Wales, and Australia. We hold at least three National competitions a year of our own and participate in various National, International and Open events whenever possible.

HKK as a group began life in 1968 when a handful of clubs, Forest Gate, Cheltenham, Cardiff and Bristol, decided to get together occasionally to train. They were at the time members of the British Karate Association. A year or so earlier, the BKA had a split with the Japanese instructors, and were using their own highest graded people as instructors.