Welcome to the Cempa- Jutsu Karate website. Our system is made up of 25 katas taken from Shotokan Karate (we call them living books) we don’t have any fixed blocks or linework and we train to deliver debilitating techniques on our opponents in a practical and methodical way, there are no short cuts, there are no rules!  

The Cempa- Jutsu Karate system is   designed to make sense of what appears to be obscure. Often students from beginner to advance will spend 90% of their time practicing   moves which have never been explained and appear to have no value other than being hard to master, why spend all   that time practicing moves which you   never use outside the dojo? Or learn to understand how effective they really are!

Cempa- Jutsu is more than just fighting it's about making you become all that you are! We welcome all karateka regardless of style, age or creed, our only requirement is that you have a thirst for knowledge and a mind which looks outside of the current status quo. Knowledge is 'Key' if you are not to stop training and become one of the many Karateka Black Belts who have given up. The word   ‘Cempa’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon meaning ‘Warrior’ or Fighter/Soldier. The Japanese word ‘Jutsu’ translates to ‘Way’ or Path, and Karate translates to ‘Empty Hands’ and is widely understood by most people as a martial art, so Cempa- Jutsu translates to:

‘Warriors Path’ or ‘Path of a Warrior’

Just to be clear we don't offer magical training moves or promise you advance grades we offer a path of knowledge to assist you in understanding the many   systems of karate.     I hope you find this Cempa- Jutsu website intresting, it’s not the words you read but the questions in your head we seek to answer?

We hope to meet you soon!

Allen Tottman

6th Dan Cempa- Jutsu Karate