Clive Young 6th Dan
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. (Our Instructors are all DBS checked and have Instructor Insurance with TK Risk Solutions_Martial Guard Instructors Policy)

Anne-Marie Box 6th Dan

Sensei Box teaches at the mixed sessions on Tuesday evenings. She 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.

Tyrone Stodart 3rd Dan
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

Peter Crawford 4th Dan

Peter Crawford started karate training in 1975, at his father’s Shotokan karate club in Langley, Berkshire. Since then he has studied Shotokan, Shotobudo, Goju-ryu and Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu karate as well as judo and aikido, and sees this experience as being very much complimentary to his core Shotokan training.

Peter’s karate is very much centred on kata, and the interpretation and application of the moves within. This has lead him to research kata from other styles, as well as the older versions of current Shotokan kata. He is also a believer in use of training aids such as punchbags, focus pads and video to provide more technical feedback than can be obtained by just “punching air”.

Peter has a deep interest in karate history, which he will inflict on slow-moving club members in the bar after training. This does not mean that he shuns modernity however, and he is a long-time member of a number of karate-related internet discussion forums.

Peter was awarded 3rd Dan by Kanazawa Sensei in November 07 at the Windsor course.

Peter has now received his 4th Dan from Kancho Nobuaki Kanazawa (May 2015)