People - B
Important people within Karate
Moira Barber 6th Dan
Chief Instructor of Grays, Rainham and Ockendon Ishinryu
Telephone:
07779 237344
Website: http://gro-ishinryu.tripod.com/index.html
Mick Blackwell 7th Dan
Chief Instructor of the EKKA - English Korean Karate Association
Telephone: 01473 256500
Mike Burnand 7th Dan
Chief Instructor of the ZKGB - Zanshin Kai Great Britain
Email: zanshinkai@btinternet.com
Richard Burridge 4th Dan
Chief Instructor of Shuhari Kai
Richard started learning Karate, Jujitsu and Kung Fu at the age of fifteen. He began his training at Ardleigh Green College in Hornchurch. In 1980 he started training in Wado-Ryu Karate where he gained his 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dan grades. Richard has now been teaching Karate and running clubs for over two decades.
Richard formed the Shuhari-Kai Karate Club because he wanted a club that was different, a club where business was not the main emphasis and a club where the students were the most important thing. Since its inception, Richard has made it a very popular family club. He has arranged parties for his students and their families, special courses where specialist guests are invited to teach the students and caravan holidays for intensive training course.
Richard is deeply involved within his association which is affiliated to the English Karate Governing Body (EKGB), the English Karate Federation (EKF) and the Alliance of International Wado ryu (AIWa). Richard is one hundred percent committed to his students and his patience, dedication and determination encourages them all to want to succeed. Indeed, Richard has trained children up to become World Junior Kata Champions and National Kumite Champions.
Richard currently runs the Havering Youth Games for Margaret Campbell at Harrow Lodge and has been doing so for over eight years. He is also the coach for the Havering Karate team who compete at the Heathrow London Youth Games which take place at Crystal Palace.
Although specialising in Traditional Karate tuition, Richard has been awarded the English Judge's Badge and now the English Referee's Badge by the English Karate Governing Body (EKGB) and has refereed Karate competitions all over the country from local club level to the English Nationals and International events. He has also received the EKGB Coaching Certificate and is a member of the National Coaching Foundation. Richard has received the Jack Petchey Leadership Award and was voted Sports Personality of the year in 2001 by the Havering Sports Council.
Telephone: 01708 737125
Mobile: 07850 253998
Email: info@shuharikai.co.uk
Website: www.shuharikai.co.uk
Rod Butler 5th Dan
Chief Instructor of Shotokan Karate England.
Rod Butler, has over 30 years of experience in Shotokan Karate. He was a long time member of the Karate Union of Great Britain (KUGB) and achieved his 4th Dan under Sensei Keinosuke Enoeda in May 1999 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London. The late Sensei Enoeda was the highly respected Chief Instructor of the KUGB as well as the Chief Instructor of the JKA (Japan Karate Association) in Europe. Rod has subsequently achieved his 5th Dan and is now the Chief instructor of the well respected association 'Shotokan Karate England' with dojos in London, Hertfordshire and Essex and links to international groups in Japan, Europe and the USA.
Rod's dojos in the North London area have produced more than 170 Black Belts, and many of his adults and children members have achieved national and international competition success.
In addition to overseeing his clubs as Chief Instructor of Shotokan Karate England, Rod has trained in Tokyo at the JKA's honbu dojo and has written articles for various martial arts publications including Shotokan Magazine, Traditional Karate, and Fighting Arts International. He also assisted in the production of Sensei Enoeda's series of videos and books on advanced Shotokan kata and has written the biography and history of his own instructor, the late Master Keinosuke Enoeda. He was honoured to recently interview Master Okazaki in the USA and has been commissioned to write his biography.
Telephone: 0845 4303 007
Email: info@karate-london.co.uk
Website: www.shotokan-karate-england.co.uk
