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Monday, 31 December 2018

Kanban - 看板 - Dojo Name Boards

A few weeks ago I was honoured to have the privilege of training at the integrated budokan of Teikyo University in Tokyo.
I thought I would snap a few images of Japanese style kanban and compare them to the sign boards I produce here in the UK.

Teikyo University Karate Club - Kanban
To the left of the doors to the karate dojo is a small kanban, the column on the right 帝京大学 reads Tekiyo University and on the left karate club.


On the right is the larger sign which has one less kanji, university is daigaku, but here just dai is used.


Above is a set of kanban that we made for a uk club with both club and association kanji.

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Sunday, 30 December 2018

Nafudakake for Kimochi Ryu

Just before Christmas we completed a nafudakake, a gift for Kimochi Ryu's Instructor Ian Edward's.
The timeline was a little tight, but we got it there on time.

We complete a graphic design and send it to the client for approval prior to production.


After approval it was put into production, maple nafuda in the black kake is a striking contrast.


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Sunday, 16 December 2018

A3 Dan Certificate template for NAKC

Over the last few months following a number of enquiries from existing clients we started to produce both dan and kyu grade certificates.
It was something that we considered, but dismissed in the past as there are many companies out there producing certificate templates or printing certificates for clubs and associations.
We were persuaded that there was a market for clients that wanted a traditional style certificate, but did not have a current direct link to a Japanese Honbu.
The "added value" that we thought we could provide was adding the translations of students names, dates and grades as associations undertook dan gradings.
We actually produce the dan template at cost (or below) because we recognise that there is an ongoing income stream.

Over the last couple of months we have been asked by other existing clients if we could just produce a dan template where they could insert the details themselves in kana and English text.

Newton Aycliffe Karate Club asked if we could produce a certificate that they could just enter English text, they also wanted two logos converting, a custom hanko, a custom border and the 7 virtues of Bushido kanji  adding.
The template is supplied with the blue text left blank, so they can insert the details of rank, name and date.

Please take a look and drop us a mail to sotosabisu@btinternet.com with details of your project.

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Saturday, 15 December 2018

Nafudakake for Tividale Shotokan Karate Club

We recently produced a Nafudakake for Tividale Shotokan Karate club for their instructor Leslie Knight.
The Oak tiles were sawn and planed to size, sanded and then french polished.
Next the graphics are applied.
The frame is prepared
and then assembled
Even the back looks good :-)
We had to reproduce the logo from scratch because the one supplied was of a poor quality, it is about 99.5% perfect to the original. (but better resolution)
The completed Nafudakake.
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Custom A3 Dan Certificates for Chiltern Karate Association

We recently worked closely with Chiltern Karate Association to produce a fully customised certificate.
Our client wanted a traditional style certificate, they wanted to use the same font as they use for all their Association paperwork. There was also a few changes to the honorific used on the certificate and a number of layout changes to our normal semi-custom certificate we produce.

Dan grade certificate ready for printing
 Also instead of the Hanko images being printed on the certificate the template was left blank and we manufactured Hanko so they could be applied by the client after printing.

Certificate printed and Hanko added
There were many e mails back and forth with our client, we pride ourselves on being able to offer a custom service and detail is what we do best.

We produce a standard template for our customer which we hold and individual certificate pdfs are sent with registration numbers, date , grade and names translated and added to the certificate.

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Nafudakake for Applied Karate Association

A  few weeks ago we completed a pair of Nafudakake for the Applied Karate Association.

It is great to get repeat orders from clients and this time it was presentation pieces for two Godan, Chris Carr and Emma Williams.




The ever popular maple tiles in a black frame combination was selected for the commission.

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