The Sensei involved in the production
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Craig Raye (5th Dan) KUGB
Individual Kumite Champion, team Kata and team Kumite winner who has both trained and fought in Japan. Fought for Britain five times in the European Championships. Craig has won fourteen out of his sixteen team Kumite finals for his club. A true disciple to the late Sensei Enoeda, Craig still trains hard at least twice a week with Sensei Kawasoe. He has ensured that all performances filmed were "best practice", and performed to his high standards. Awarded the Enoeda Trophy for Fighting Spirit.
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Dave Wilkins (5th Dan) Kase Kai
Dave began training in 1979 and reached 5th Dan in the year 2000 under Master Taiji Kase. Dave has won National Kata and Kumite Championships as well as winning the European Team Kumite Championships in 1994. He trained under two great Sensei, the late Steve Cattle 6th Dan (1947 - 1995) and the late Master Taiji Kase 9th Dan (1929 - 2004). Dave is currently senior squad coach for the Kazoku Kai National squad. He is actively teaching Dojos around the world the Kase system of Shotokan as passed down by Funakoshi.
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Robert Richards (4th Dan)
Graceful, powerful and technically exemplary. A pleasure to watch perform and a leading light amongst today’s Sensei. A champion of many regional and national competitions and an old sparring partner of Craig Raye. Years of training under the greats, Sensei Enoeda, Sensei Kawasoe and Sensei Ohta can be seen in every one of Robert's performances with the dividend of excellence. A real star, a comet in the Karate world, grab onto his tail and you will go far, but you could not meet a more modest man.
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Lauren Frearson (4th Dan) Kase Kai
Lauren is now one of the highest ranked women in the Shotokan Kase Ha system, making the grade of fourth Dan in 2001. In 1998 she won Leicester's Sports Woman of the year having much success in national and regional competitions. Lauren has and continues to train all over Europe and is continuing to strive for excellence in Shotokan.
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Trevor Evans (2nd Dan) KUGB
Years of teaching all comers at the grassroots level, Trevor has been recognised and rewarded for all those years of hard graft. A great example to all devotees. The KUGB has rewarded Trevor with a retrospective Black License in recognition of his services over twenty years membership.
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Mathew Frost (1st dan ) KUGB
Twenty years of experience, trained by Sensei Enoeda and a black belt at the age of 17. Mathew has trained with some of the great names in Shotokan Karate, such as Sensei Kawazoe, Sensei Tanaka and he also had the great privilege of training for six months under the JKA Kata Champion Sensei Hashiguchi. Mathew now trains with the KUGB and Sensei Kawasoe.
