Vale Karate

Vale Karate is a family-run professional Karate Organisation established and run by Chief Instructor Rob Copeland 6th Dan and secretary Cathy Copeland and based at Barry YMCA Hub and in schools across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Vale Karate has a comprehensive timetable of classes running throughout the week with all classes taken by Rob Copeland. Our timetable includes: Classes for children from four years; 'The Vale Karate Tigers' Separate Children's Beginners and Intermediate classes Advanced classes Adults traditional Shotokan sessions Classes for children with Special Needs Competition Specific sessions in Kata and Kumite. Rob and Cathy also run After School Karate classes in local Primary Schools. Vale Karate really is Karate for Everyone. We aim to make each students time with Vale Karate, be it a week or two, or a lifetime, enjoyable and beneficial. A place to meet old friends and make new ones. A place to improve your fitness and wellbeing, reduce stress and take advantage of the wide array of benefits Karate delivers both physically and mentally. A place to learn the absorbing and challenging art of Shotokan and the exciting Sport of Karate. The sporting side of Karate is not for everyone, and we offer a host of 'traditional' classes, but we believe competitive Karate can be a vitally important stepping stone towards a fulfilling and successful Karate career. For the past decade Vale Karate has had the most successful karate squad in Wales. The Vale Karate Squad in excel in both aspects of competitive Karate; Kata and Kumite. We're proud that we compete successfully in both aspects of competitive Karate wherever we go. We believe in a competitive, sporting ethos and in giving those who want to compete the very best chances of being successful. Chief Instructor Rob Copeland withdrew Vale Karate from the Welsh Karate Governing Body (WKGB) in 2012, but during the years between 2000 when Vale Karate was established and 2010, Vale Karate were dominant, winning One Hundred and sixty WKGB Welsh titles and Twenty-One BKF British titles as well as a European Silver medal, World Universities Bronze medal and gold medals at the Commonwealth Karate Championships, Kamacho Open, French International Open for teenagers, Belgian Open, Junior Austrian Open, Czech Open and Celtic Cup. Vale Karate also counted among our membership many WKGB Welsh International Competitors. In 2012 we were among the founder members of a new Governing Body for Karate in Wales: Karate Wales. Through Karate Wales all our members are fully insured and have experienced new and exciting opportunities. Vale Karate through our Governing Body Karate Wales, is affiliated to WUKF and the IKU.