Instructors

Chief Instructor - Leicester Kofukan Karate Club Sensei John Wynd 4th dan

Started training in 1972 with Bob Aikman in Leicester.

Graded 3rd dan with Sensei Omi 8th dan & Sensei Tomiyama 8th dan way back in the depths of time.

2018 Graded to 4th dan with Sensei Omi 9th dan & Sensei Tomiyama 9th dan

Assistant Instructor: Sensei Phil Holding 6th dan

Phil started training in karate in 1969 Derby Sankukai Karate Club, a style introduced by Yosinao Nanbu (now 9th dan). Previous to this he had trained in Judo since 1965. He graded to 3rd dan in Sankukai karate with Yosinao Nambu who later went on to found Nambudo style in which Phil also trained. Nambu was involved in the spread of karate around Europe and France in particular.

2000 Phil joined Kofukan and started weekly training in Shito ryu with Sensei Tomiyama at Loughborough.

2004 - Tested for & passed Kofukan 4th dan with Naoki Omi 7th dan & Keiji Tomiyama 7th dan.

2011- Tested for & passed Kofukan 5th dan with Naoki Omi 7th dan & Keiji Tomiyama 7th dan.

2014 - Appointed Kofukan England Licensing Officer.

2022 - Graded to 6th dan by Shihan Tomiyama 9th dan and Shihan Omi 9th dan