Hengrove (Whitchurch) is our longest running club – it started up in 1993, and we still have some of our original members training! The club benefits from many very experienced black belts who are very keen and highly skilled at passing on their considerable knowledge to the less experienced. The club trained originally in the Whitchurch Community Centre and moved in to the Hengrove Park Leisure Centre when it opened in February 2012. We are proud to be the first martial arts group invited to move into the new centre, which boasts a 150 station gym and 50 metre international swimming pool. We train on two badminton courts in the main sports hall of the leisure centre, which gives us plenty of space with an airy feel and a good floor (important when you’re in bare feet!). The Hengrove/Whitchurch club likes to train hard, but still has a very friendly and approachable atmosphere. The Wednesday adult training sessions are split into junior and senior grades, meaning that more individual attention and grade appropriate instruction can be given to both the junior and senior grades alike.