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Welcome to your Karate in Manchester.
We are offering training across the city, with our two main hubs being the Central Hall close to Piccadilly Gardens and the Angel Centre in Salford, close to Spinningfields.
Our training follows the Missing Link cycle concept that makes it possible to attend the regular Omote classes, no matter of your graduation level. On top of that, you find Okuden classes featuring advanced and specialised topics.
To make training as flexible and practical for you as possible, the schedule offers a mix of indoor and online classes throughout the week. Individual lessons are available as well.
Find the detailed schedule and prices here.
Training is open for all ages, with dedicated Kids Classes.
We follow the Manchester Syllabus of the Missing Link Community.
Find out more about gradings and the Missing Link Community here.
Manchester Karate is the first Missing Link Dojo in the UK, started by Founder Circle Member Heero Miketta, a German Martial Arts teacher who moved to the UK in 2010 after living in Finland, Estonia and China before. He has been practicing martial arts for over 35 years. Besides founding numerous different Dojos, he also worked for the German police, co-developed concepts for self-defence and violence prevention and initiated the German ShoShin Projekt, a network of martial arts teachers from different backgrounds that aims to research and teach without limitations, based on exchange and cross-training between styles and methods from all around the world.
Today, a team of highly skilled and experienced instructors around Senseis Tony Bolton, Arto Laaksonen and Carl Taylor teaches in Manchester, bringing decades of experience in many different martial arts to the table.
Your gate to the world of martial arts:
The Missing Link concept is always open for beginners – you will be welcomed and looked after by teachers and advanced students all the same. With the mix of face to face classes in the dojo and online offers, it is always possible to brush up on basics as well.
You are always welcome to join for some sweat, fun and bruises (don’t worry, not too much of the latter, but a lot of the first two).
Missing Link Martial Arts connects tradition, modern applications and two of the biggest sources of Martial Arts: China and Japan. It unlocks the actual fighting content within the art and the philosophy behind it. We care deeply for Modern Application: Urban self defense, health and fitness, inner balance and well-being. Our classes are for new starters, and if you are an experienced martial artist, Missing Link might be the next big step in your personal development.
Find your flow, health, fitness and inner balance. Not all of it in the first lesson, but you will definitely:
Every lesson includes valuable information for coping with conflicts, self defence and personal health and fitness. It will give you an insight into martial arts and help you decide whether this is something you want to do more often.
Sensei Tony Bolton is well known throughout Manchester – as a hard working martial artist always looking for new experiences and never stopping his own learning journey, as an ambitious teacher and last not least as a host for some of Manchester’s most loved comedy events. Today, he is the motor of Missing Link in Manchester.
Arto looks back on more than three decades of Karate and martial arts in general, starting as a young boy in Finland. Besides being a health and fitness fanatic, his special passion is Kobujutsu – the traditional Okinawan weapon art.
Carl comes from an authentic Karate background and trained with many legends of classical martial arts. He found the Missing Link community in 2017 and has since added his decades of knowledge and experience to the instructor team.
Heero is member of the Founder Circle of the Missing Link Community and brought the concept to Manchester. Before this, he travelled extensively and lived in Finland, China and Estonia. He has been practicing martial arts most of his life and wrote quite a few books during these 35+ years. Today, he lives in Scotland with his family, but visits Manchester regularly to teach, make plans and meet friends.
Chris covers all the bases of a good martial artist. As a nurse, he is an expert in healing. As a Karate practitioner, he can be quite intimidating. In the everyday business of the dojo, the gentle giant is well known for his love for detail and the ability to break down complex topics into understandable lessons.
Antje started Taekwondo as a teenager in Germany and joined Manchester Karate in 2016, switching focus and style because she liked the Missing Link approach. Today, you will meet her a supporter in the kids classes.
Venjin practices Karate since 2007 when she started her first lessons during a visit in Germany. She has since been involved in the building up of Manchester Karate from day one.
Address
Missing Link Martial Arts UK
170 Park Lane, Whitefield
Manchester M45 7PX
Phone: 07539946777