MEET OUR BLACK BELTS
Chief Instructor
Mike Gude
Started Training: 1970
Shodan: 1973
Nidan: 1975
Sandan: 1993
Yondan: 1999
Godan: 2007
Rokudan: 2015
Co-Founder & Senior Instructor
Ian Shaw
Started Training: 1977
Shodan: 1980
Nidan: 1988
Sandan: 1999
Yondan: 2014
Senior Instructor
Ian Teasdale
Started Training: 1978
Shodan: 1983
Nidan: 1987
Sandan: 2019
Assistant Instructor
Holly Bamford
Started Training: 2007
Shodan: 2011
Nidan: 2015
Instructor
Jim Bamford
Started Training: 2007
Shodan: 2011
Nidan: 2015
Assistant Instructor
Ben Lacey
Started training: June 2016
Shodan: February 2020
Nidan: October 2021
Black belt
Paul Broadbery
Started Training:
Shodan: 2019
Black Belt
Lucy Smith
Started Training: 2012
Shodan: October 2021
Black Belt
Tom Goring
Started Training:
Shodan: October 2021