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Instructors: Craig Williams Sensei, 3rd dan
Image of the instructor 1999: Started training at the age of 12.

2000: Joined Seibukan Karate Club.

2002: First ever SSKA Junior Championships Grand Champion - winning individual Kata and Kumite (also Team Kata - 1st, Team Kumite - 3rd).

2002: Passed Shodan with Alan Campbell and Uwé Schwehm Sensei’s.

2002: Won 2 bronze medals at the FSKA World Karate Championships, Las Vegas, USA in Boys 14-15 years Heavyweight Kumite and Team Kata.

2004: Won Gold (Men’s Team Kata), Silver (Male Cadets 16-20 years Kata) and Bronze (Male Cadets 16-20 years Kumite) at the 1st JKS GB Championships.

2006: Passed Nidan with Yasuhisa Inada Sensei and under the guidance of Takeshi Yamaguchi, Koshi Kanayama, Alan Campbell and Scott Langley Sensei’s.

2006: Won Silver medal for Senior Kata at the JKS Ireland Open.

2006: Won Gold in Men’s (20+) Kumite and Men’s Team Kata and Silver in Male Cadets (16-19) Kumite and Men’s Team Kumite at the JKS GB Open.

2007: Travelled to Okinawa to train and compete in the JKS World Championships.

2007: Won Gold in Senior Kumite at the JKS Ireland Open.

2007: Won Gold in Team Kata at the JKS GB Open.

2008: Quarter-Finalist in Open Weight Kumite and Senior Kata at the British University Championships.

2008: Selected for the FEKO England Squad.

2008: Won Bronze in Team Kata and Team Kumite for JKS England at the JKS European Championships, Cambridge, England.

2008: Won Gold in Team Kata at the JKS GB Open.

2009: Won Silver in Senior Kata and Kumite at the All England Open Karate Championships.

2010: Passed Sandan with Masao Kagawa Shihan.

Craig is an enthusiastic competitor/Karate-ka and appreciates the standard of teaching at Seibukan and the opportunities that are made available for members to train with some on the best Japanese and non-Japanese instructors in the world.