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Welcome to your Karate in Manchester.
We offer 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.
There is no greater source of health and fitness than the ancient fighting arts. Born in conflict, deeply rooted in Asian philosophy, focused on a holistic lifestyle, they answer many questions of modern life. And they are also quite good if you want to learn how to pack a punch. Martial arts can make you feel better and be safer on many levels.
Our training follows the Missing Link cycle concept that makes it possible to attend the regular Omote (core) 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.
In Manchester, you will find a team of highly skilled and experienced instructors around Sensei Tony Bolton, Arto Laaksonen and Carl Taylor, bringing decades of experience in many different martial arts to the table.
What does it cost?
First class is free, if you like it, £24.50 per month. That includes all classes, also the online lessons, and discounted private lessons if you want to train more.
More classes?
Seminars, workshops, private lessons, online classes, Qi Gong, Workouts… and you can train in any Missing Link dojo on the planet.
Any hidden costs?
Yeah. If you want to grade or come regularly, you should have a yearly license that costs £20 and also includes insurance. Gradings and seminars cost a small extra amount..
Clothes?
A black shirt and ideally white pants. If you want, Karate trousers are cheap on Amazon, and at missinglink-martialarts.uk/gear you find our official training shirt.
What Karate style?
Any! We follow the Missing Link concept, and that is very open. More info at www.missinglinkmartialarts.com
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.
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. He also took on the challenge as Chief Instructor for England.
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. He also took on the challenge as Chief Instructor for Finland.
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.
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