Clive Young 6th Dan, Chief Instructor
Sensei Young first started karate at Sussex University in 1972 and trained with a KUGB club. He moved to
London in 1973 and joined an Okinawan karate style and was graded to 8th kyu. In 1976 he joined Shotokan Karate International (SKIF) training at the Harrow Leisure Centre dojo and gained his Shodan in 1979 and Nidan in 1981.
More recently he has trained at Kobukan under Kyoshi Carpenter and was graded Sandan in 1995, Yondan in 2003, Godan in 2009 and Rokudan in 2022. All dan grades have been awarded by Soke Kanazawa and Kancho Nobuaki Kanazawa. He has also trained in Tai Chi for 10 years and practices the Yang Style short form.

Tyrone Stodart 4th Dan, Assistant Instructor
Tyrone started karate in 1987 at the University of Sheffield, under Sensei Mick Smith (5th Dan). In 1990 he moved to Nagano Prefecure, Japan, and trained under Sensei Minoru Hotta (5th Dan, JKA) until 1997, grading to 2nd Dan. After a long break from karate upon leaving Japan, he started training at Windsor Kobukan in 2006. Tyrone graded to 3rd Dan in 2016 with Kancho Nobuaki and 4th Dan in 2024 with Tanaka Sensei.

Sensei Box ran a popular children’s class every Thursday evenings from 1992 for many years. She has been a student of Kyoshi Carpenter since starting at a beginners class over 30 years ago and has been graded at every level by Kancho Kanazawa.
In 1997 she gained 3rd place in the women’s veteran kata in the World Championships in Milan and also took 3rd place in the National Championships for women’s kata in 1999.