| Tony Heap - 7th Dan - President and Chief Instructor of The Wado Karate Union |
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Heap Sensei has practiced karate for over 40 years, his instructors have included both Sensei Hironori Ohtsuka and his son Jiro, Sensei’s Suzuki, Shiomitsu, Tanabe, Arakawa and Maeda and many others including Kanazawa Sensei from the Shotokan school. Sensei Heap has degrees in Movement Studies, Physiology and Sports Psychology. He has studied with others from the arts of Taichi, Aikido and Juijitsu to broaden his knowledge of the martial arts. Having trained as an amateur and professional boxer he was always interested in the fighting arts. Through his knowledge of body movement and dynamics he has formulated his own unique interpretation of the martial arts
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Hogarth, Chiswick
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7th Dan - President and Chief Instructor of The Wado Karate Union
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| Gwyn Evans - 6th Dan - Chief Instructor and Representative of Welsh Wado Kai
and Senior Instructor and Chairman of the Wado Karate Union |
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As well as being a renown karate instructor, Sensei Evans is also a qualitfied judge and referee of national and international standard. Sensei Evans has practiced Wado karate for over 40 years with many of the worlds top Japanese instructors. Sensei Evans teaches at all of our Welsh dojos.
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Welsh Dojos
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6th Dan - Chief Instructor and Representative of Welsh Wado Kai
and Senior Instructor and Chairman of the Wado Karate Union
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| Steve West - 6th Dan - Senior Instructor |
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Senior WKU instructor and former national kata champion. Sensei West has practiced karate for over 30 years at the highest level, he has represented England in both kumite and kata. Sensei Steve teaches regularly in our dojos in Chiswick and Ealing west London.
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Hogarth, Chiswick
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6th Dan - Senior Instructor
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| Kate Williams - 5th Dan - Secretary and senior Instructor for the Wado Karate Union |
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Sensei Kate Williams has been a student of martial arts for over 20 years. She is a former England representative in kumite and kata. In 1994, Kate became national kumite champion and in the same year represented England as a member of the Wado fight squad in the World Wado Championships, in Japan, where she attained to third place in kumite. Kate trains and teaches regularly at our Chiswick dojo.
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Hogarth, Chiswick
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5th Dan - Secretary and senior Instructor for the Wado Karate Union
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| Paul Bann Murray - 4th Dan - Instructor for the Wado Karate Union |
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A student of the martial arts for over 20 years, a member of the Wado fight squad.
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Hogarth, Chiswick
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4th Dan - Instructor for the Wado Karate Union
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| Jakub Romanowski - 4th Dan. East European Representative of The Wado Karate Union |
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3 times Polish Champion and vice European Champion in Full Contact Karate. Sensei Jakub has concentrated on developing ki training. He is presently performing demonstrations around the world on the possibilities of the “Human Organism”, which incorporates the development of will power, kime and the focus of energy and internal power. His demonstrations have been enthusiastically attended in TU1 Poland, Polsat, Germany DSF Sport, Eurosport and Italy Rai Uno. Sensei Jakub teaches and trains at our Chiswick dojo.
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Hogarth, Chiswick
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4th Dan. East European Representative of The Wado Karate Union
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