Instructor Profile

Age - 51

Years training - 31

Instructors - John Flavell 7th Dan, Archie Fieldhouse 6th Dan, Mark Tranter 5th Dan, Clive Tranter 4th Dan.

Courses Attended - Aidan Trimble 7th Dan, Akihito Isaka 8th Dan, Al Peasland 5th Dan, Alan Campbell 6th Dan, Bob Poynton 8th Dan, Bob Rhodes 8th Dan, Christine Pullan 7th Dan, Dave Hazard 7th Dan, Frank Brennan 7th Dan, George Best 7th Dan, Hajime Matsue 5th Dan, Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan, Howard Taylor 4th Dan, Iain Abernethy 6th Dan, Janet Tunstall 4th Dan, John Johnston 7th Dan, John Preece 6th Dan, Karl Heinz-Griebenow 5th Dan, Keith Gray 5th Dan, Kelvin Raynor 5th Dan, Ken Davies 7th Dan, Kiyoshi Yamazaki 9th Dan, Lee Butler 7th Dan, Manabu Murakami 6th Dan, Masao Kagawa 8th Dan, Matt Price 6th Dan, Melvin Austin 5th Dan, Mick Tully, Nobuaki Kanazawa 6th Dan, Paul Bowman 8th Dan, Paul Wainwright 5th Dan, Peter Allen 6th Dan, Randy Williams 6th Dan, Rick Jackson 7th Dan, Roger Carpenter 7th Dan, Ronnie Christopher 6th Dan, Scott Langley 6th Dan, Shinji Akita 6th Dan, Shinji Nagaki 5th Dan, Shiro Asano 9th Dan, Simon Oliver 6th Dan, Terry O'Neill 8th Dan, Ticky Donovan  8th Dan, Tony Atherden 5th Dan, Wayne Otto 5th Dan

Graded to 1st Dan in 1997 under John Flavell, 6th Dan.

Graded to 2nd Dan in 1999 under Mark Tranter, 5th Dan.

Graded to 3rd Dan in 2002 under Mark Tranter, 5th Dan.

Graded to 4th Dan in 2006 under Lee Butler, 6th Dan.

Graded to 5th Dan in 2011 under the AMA Technical Committee including Peter Allen 7th Dan,  Christine Pullan 7th Dan, Dawn Gardner 6th Dan and Arthur Ellis 3rd Dan.

Graded to 6th Dan in 2017 under the AMA Technical Committee including Peter Allen 7th Dan,  Christine Pullan 7th Dan, Steven Stavrisis 7th Dan and Bill Riley 9th  Dan. 

Competition Awards:

• A.M.A./M.B.K. West Midlands Open Karate Championships 1996 - Mens kata - 1st Place 
• A.M.A./M.B.K. West Midlands Open Karate Championships 1997 - Team Kata - 2nd Place
• A.M.A./M.B.K. West Midlands Open Karate Championships 1997 - Team Kumite - 2nd Place
• A.M.A./M.B.K. West Midlands Open Karate Championships 1999 - Mens kata - 1st Place 
• A.M.A./M.B.K. West Midlands Open Karate Championships 1999 - Team kata - 1st Place
• WUKO European Championships 2012 - Masters Mens Kata - 3rd Place Bronze Medal 
• SKI-GB Annual National Championships 2014 - Masters Mens Kata - 3rd Place Bronze Medal
• SKI-GB Annual National Championships 2014 - Masters Mens Kumite - 3rd Place Bronze Medal

Instructor Qualifications: 

• National Coaching Certificate (A.M.A) 
• Qualified Instructor Licence & Insurance (A.M.A)
• Enhanced DBS Certificate
• Certificate in Child Protection - T&W Safeguarding Children Board
• Certificate in Emergency First Aid 
• Telford & Wrekin Council Combat Sports & Martial Arts Member
• Approved Coaching Assessor - Amateur Martial Association (A.M.A.)

All  certificates and qualifications re-validated every 3 years in  accordance with AMA rules. Instructors insurance renewed annually.