About Us
WHO ARE WE?
COTSWOLD KARATE SCHOOL
Cotswold Karate School was founded in 2024. Head Instructor Jack Heritage (4th Dan) decided to structure a school that conveyed the key message of practicality, self-protection, and live training. Jack has trained most of his life, starting at the age of 7 under the Instruction of Ed Mountney (6th Dan) from United Sports Karate Organisation.
Originally, Cotswold Karate School was opened in January 2020 as a franchise of
USKO. The Longborough location was the first to open in 2020, and then Later in 2021 the second location in Chipping Campden Secondary School was opened.
CKS prides itself on keeping things 'real' and always striving to evolve. Nowadays we care less about keeping things 'traditional' unless it serves a useful purpose.
UNITED SPORTS KARATE ORGANISATION
U.S.K.O. began teaching its students back in 1996 under the instruction of Ed Mountney, Jon Robbins, and Andy Hobday. The organisation focused on teaching sports karate including Kata and Kihon techniques found in the Wado Ryu branch of the art. To find out more about the origins of U.S.K.O. follow the tab below...
Meet the Team
JACK HERITAGE 4th DAN
STUART JAMES
3rd DAN
Head Instructor at CKS
Experience in Karate, Submission Grappling, Kickboxing, and Tai-chi
Over 16 years of Martial Art Experience.
Senior Instructor at CKS
Experience in Taekwondo & Karate
Over 13 years of Martial Art Experience.
dr Reka haraszi
2nd DAN
Senior Instructor at CKS
Experience in Karate & Kyokushinkai Karate
Over 16 years of Martial Art Experience.
SAFEGUARDING & INSURANCE
All of our instructors are DBS-checked and have teaching experience to ensure a good healthy learning environment. We are fully insured to create a safe space if something were to happen during a class. We also issue licenses to our students for extra peace of mind with activities like sparring and self-defense drills.
Martial Arts obviously come with risks so we ask students to be respectful to one another and train to each other's abilities to avoid upset and tears (and that's just the adults!).
Our learning environment is relaxed yet productive, with questions always welcome to help students understand why we do the things we do. It is also key to us that we emphasise the difference between real-life self-protection and competitive sparring to avoid confusion that can lead to dangerous usage of Karate and its principles.