We strongly believe in a family friendly club, somewhere not only the students feel welcome and at ease, but the parents and extended families of our students. We welcome visitors and people are free to stay within the dojo to watch or from the viewing gallery. In our time so far, we like to think that we have established a good bond with our parents. They are all keen and enthusiastic and are known to join in when we have "fun lessons" and create a great social atmosphere afterwards. We encourage parent participation and believe that good communication between instructors, students and family is extremely important.

Reikan Karate is run purely as a club and not a business. We have a board of five adult members plus a youth representative, that assess our performance and decide the best way forward. We have a Child Protection Policy, Constitution and Equal Opportunities Policy, copies of which are carried by both Senior Instructors.

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Sensei Tony began his karate training back in Kyokoshinkai in the early eighties. After a long break, Tony got back into karate after his son's started training. This is where Tony and Paul met. He went on to become the Association Coach for Hanko-Ryu Karate-Do and an English Karate Kata Judge. Sensei Tony passed his second dan grading in December 2010 with IKC. Tony holds :

• Enhanced CRB Discloure
• Instructors Indemnity Insurance through the English Karate Federation, member 113929 (public liability at £5,000,000 & professional indemnity at £1,000,000)
• EKF Accredited Tatami Coach
• Certificated First Aid
• Sports Injury First Aid
• Safeguarding Children Level 1
• Trained in the use of AED - Defibrillation
• Chairman of the Reikan Board

Sensei Tony has been awarded the Jack Petchey's "Outstanding Leaders" Award for his contribution to the last club he trained with, Hanko-Ryu.

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Sensei Paul trained in Shotokan for a short while before joining the Royal Navy. During this time he tried out Wado Ryu before taking a break from the sport in 1979. It was only after daughter Nicole wanted to start karate 7 years ago that Paul got back into training, this time in Shitoryu. Father and daughter have trained at the same club since then.

Sensei Paul was awarded the Binney Bravery Award by Prince Charles in 1992 after catching an armed robber in North London. Sensei Paul is the founder & Chief Trainer of RSS Ltd, after having worked in the security industry for over 30 years. Paul holds:

• Enhanced CRB Discloure
• Instructors Indemnity Insurance through the English Karate Federation, member 113916 (public liability at £5,000,000 & professional indemnity at £1,000,000)
• Pediatric First Aid
• Trained in the use of AED - Defibrillation

Sensei Paul has been awarded the Jack Petchey's "Outstanding Leaders" Award for his contribution to the last club he trained with, Hanko-Ryu. Sensei Paul passed his 2nd Dan grading on Saturday 23rd March 2013.

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Sensei Matthew joined our club shortly after being awarded his black belt at another club. He works closely with Sensei David and is very generous with his knowledge of kata's with all of our students. Sensei Matthew holds:

• Certificated First Aid until 2019
• Reikan Board Member

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Sensei David started karate training 'quite' a few years back in Shotokan. He joined Reikan not long after we opened the club and is a great addition to our instructor lineup. Sensei Dave is on the Reikan Board and is usually found helping the younger students get to grips with the syllabus. He is a valued member of club. Sensei Dave holds:

• Enhanced CRB Discloure  
• Certificated First Aid until 2019
• Trained in the use of AED - Defibrillation
• Reikan Board Member

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Treasurer

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Licencing Officer

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