Welcome to the website of the Ascot K.D.S Karate Club! The club is a member of the K.D.S (Karate-Do Shotokai) Association, a non-profit making organisation, whose Principal Instructor is Master Mitsusuke Harada, the first ever resident Japanese karate instructor in the UK and a direct pupil of Master Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of modern karate.     (Above - Master Mitsusuke Harada) Please feel free to have look around the site. If you have any questions or if you'd like to participate in any of our practices please e-mail us at: info@ascotkarateclub.com We'd be delighted to answer your questions and/or welcome you to our practice sessions. Above: Phil Glennerster 5th dan (left), Ascot Karate Club Chief Instructor, and Tim Arnold 3rd dan , Assistant Instructor, demonstrate ude-uke block against gyaku-zuki attack.   Click on photo to enlarge (Above - Ascot KDS club after Friday night practice with Master Harada before the February 2001 weekend course.)