People - D
Important people within Karate
Peter Dennis 7th Dan
Chief Instructor of Sen Shin Ryu Karate
Peter Captained the Ishinryu National Team for over ten years and was second in command only to Ticky.
He represented England many times in International competition including 5 European all–styles championships and Great Britain in the 1977 Official WKF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
He has also coached the English under 21 squad, and the full England squad on occasion when Ticky was unavailable and took the Jersey national team to the 1985 Commonwealth Karate Games. Peter was National Coach for the Federation of English Karate Organization team that represented F.E.K.O. in the 3rd World Karate Confederation (WKC) Association & Federation Championships.
Peter
was an appointed delegate on the interim Board of the English Karate Federation (National Governing Body of Karate) in 2007/08.
Telephone:
01275 810459
Mobile: 07939071122
Email: senshinryukarate@aol.com
Website:
www.senshinryukarate.co.uk
Michael J. Dinsdale 7th Dan
Founder and Chief Instructor of the British All Styles Karate Association (BASKA)
Michael began his karate training under Steve Arneil, Kyokushinkai, in 1966 beginner to 1st kyu. He went on to train under the great Steve Morris of Goju fame, as soon as he came back from Japan (back to white belt). He further trained directly under Masutatsu Oyama, Tatsu Suzuki, Shigiru Kimura & Keinosuke Enoeda. Mike has also trained in Ueshiba Aikido 1980-1988 under Paul Barker.
- Bronze medallist at the European Karate Federation (EKF) European Championships Hamburg, Germany 1970
- Silver Medallist at the EKF European Championships, Paris, France in 1977 (open weight)
Mike is qualified as a British Karate Federation (BKF) Referee in both Kata & Kumite.
Mike was elected as English Karate Governing Body (EKGB) General Secretary in 1990–1994. He was also elected on to the Executive Board of the EKF in 1994, appointed as its Treasurer in 1997 until the present time and also elected as Executive Board member of the World Karate Federation (WKF) in1994. He was appointed Acting Treasurer of the above, in January 2007 and confirmed as Treasurer of the above in October 2007.
Mike was appointed Executive member of the British Karate Federation board 2006, appointed WKF and BKF representative on the British Olympic Association (BOA) and appointed Chairman of 4 WKF Disciplinary Tribunal.
Michael was an appointed delegate on the interim Board of the English Karate Federation (National Governing Body of Karate) 2007/08.
He is also an appointed delegate on the Board of the English Karate Federation (National Governing Body of Karate) 2008/09.
Email: michaeldinsdale@btinternet.com
(David) Ticky Donovan OBE 8th Dan
Chief Instructor and Founder of Ishinryu Karate
3 times British Champion
British, European and World Team Champion
British Team Manager / Coach – World Champions Taipei 1982, Holland 1984, Australia 1986,
Cairo 1988, Mexico 1990
Ticky is the current England National Squad Director and is renowned as the 'Worlds Most Successful Coach'. Often heard to say "make it happen".
Ticky holds an annual summer intensive training course in St Osyth, Clacton-on-Sea during the third week of June. This course gives any Karate-ka from any style of Karate the chance to train solidly for 6 days with some of the best Instructors in the World.
Karate can sometimes be turned into big business purely for financial gain and this is at the detriment of the Instructors and Karate-ka around them and it is never pleasant to see the results of that. Here we see the opposite. This is what happens when someone with a business mind gets passionate about the Art that they love and can afford to invest their time and money into it for the benefit of everyone. This is someone who has made it happen and who is living the dream.
Ticky thoroughly deserves his OBE for services to Karate and cannot be rated highly enough.
Ticky was an appointed delegate on the interim Board of the English Karate Federation (National Governing Body of Karate) 2007/08.
He is also an appointed delegate on the Board of the English Karate Federation (National Governing Body of Karate) 2008/09.
Fax: 020 8532 1980
Telephone: 020 8532 1990
